Albert Joseph Wallace
Albert Joseph Wallace | |
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25th Lieutenant Governor of California | |
In office January 3, 1911 – January 5, 1915 | |
Preceded by | Warren R. Porter |
Succeeded by | John Morton Eshleman |
Member of the Los Angeles City Council from the 5th ward | |
In office December 13, 1906 – December 10, 1909 | |
Preceded by | George A. Smith |
Succeeded by | District eliminated |
Personal details | |
Born | Los Angeles, California | February 11, 1853
Political party | Republican |
Albert Joseph Wallace (February 11, 1853 – February 23, 1939) was a member of the Los Angeles, California, City Council in 1907–09 and lieutenant governor of California in 1910–14.
Personal
Wallace was born on February 11, 1853, in Wellington County, Ontario, the son of Donald Wallace of Scotland and Harriet Lasby of England. He had nine siblings—John D., George, Francis S., Alexander H., Charles L., Frank S., Lavinia M., Matilda H. and Mary A. Albert Joseph was educated at Victoria University, Toronto. He moved to Pasadena, California, in 1886 and to Los Angeles in 1898.[1][2][3]
Wallace was a
His first wife was Serena Healy, who died in childbirth on June 19, 1882. His second was Grace Alice Clark of
Wallace died at the age of 86 on February 23, 1939, in his home, 631 North McCadden Place in Hancock Park, Los Angeles.[2][7] His survivors were identified in his Los Angeles Times obituary as his widow, Mrs. Grace H. Wallace; two sons, Kenneth C. Wallace of Los Angeles and Donald H. Wallace of Long Beach; two daughters, Mrs. Helen Davis of Brooklyn, New York, and Mrs. Katherine Shannon of Bedford, Pennsylvania, and a sister, Mrs. S.F. Johnson of Pasadena. A funeral service was conducted at the First Hollywood Methodist Church, with interment at with interment at Rosedale Cemetery.[2]
Grace H. Wallace died on September 3, 1939.[8]
Vocation
Wallace was a teacher between 1869 and 1872, and he was a
Public service
Wallace was named a member of the
He was
Notes and references
- ^ a b c ""Regents of the University of California," University of California History". Archived from the original on 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Veteran State Leader Passes," Los Angeles Times, February 24, 1939, page A-12
- ^ Peter Ross, History of Long Island: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, New York (1903), Volume III, Pages 95-96, 114
- ^ Associated Press, "Angeleno Honored by International Y.M.C.A.," Los Angeles Herald, November 24, 1907
- ^ "Third Stroke Proves Fatal," Los Angeles Times, July 7, 1913
- ^ "Mrs. A.J. Wallace, Wife Lieutenant Governor, Dead," San Francisco Call, July 7, 1913
- ^ Location of the Wallace home on Mapping L.A.
- ^ "Vital Record," Los Angeles Times, September 5, 1939, page 16
- ^ "Incorporation," Los Angeles Herald, May 30, 1899
- ^ "Incorporations," Los Angeles Herald, August 7, 1900
- ^ "Incorporations," Los Angeles Herald, July 12, 1907
- ^ Building sells for $700,000. Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Tue, Dec 24, 1935
- ^ "Harper Next Mayor," Los Angeles Times, December 5, 1906, page 2
- ^ Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials 1850–1938, Municipal Reference Library, March 1938, reprinted 1946