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William Wallace was a member of the lesser nobility, but little is definitely known of his family history or even his parentage. William's own seal , found on a letter sent to the Hanse city of Lübeck in 1297, [ 5 ] gives his father's name as Alan Wallace.
The Clan Wallace is a Lowlands Scottish Clan and is officially recognized as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. [5] The most famous member of the clan was the Scottish patriot William Wallace of the late 13th and early 14th centuries.
The Lincoln family is an American family of English origins. ... William Wallace Lincoln (1850–1862) Thomas "Tad" Lincoln III (1853–1871) Mary "Mamie" Lincoln
Lady Margaret Crawford was the mother of the Scottish patriot William Wallace, and mentioned as a daughter of Hugh Crawford by Blind Harry. Born Dunfermline and final resting place grounds of Dunfermline Abbey marked by a plaque under a tree. Harry mentions Wallace's parentage in his poem The Wallace. [1] [2] [3]
William Alexander Anderson "Bigfoot" Wallace (April 3, 1817 – January 7, 1899) was a Texas Ranger who took part in many of the military conflicts of the Republic of Texas and the United States in the 1840s, including the Mexican–American War.
William Wallace Lincoln (December 21, 1850 – February 20, 1862) was the third son of President Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. Willie was named after Mary's brother-in-law, Dr. William Smith Wallace. [1] [2] He died of typhoid fever at the White House, during his father's presidency, age 11.
The Wallace family were inheritors of the fortune of William Baird and Company, a nineteenth century family firm of coal and ironmasters who became one of Britain’s richest families. Wallace’s father, Euan Wallace was a Conservative MP and minister in the Chamberlain government.
Wallace is a irish surname stemmed from the Anglo-Norman French Waleis "Welshman". It is a northern variant form of Gualeis "Welshman" (Wace, Brut, éd. I. Arnold, 13927); adjectiv gualeis "Welsh" (Id., ibid., 14745); same as walois "the oil language" (J. Bretel, Tournoi de Chauvency, éd. M. Delbouille, 63).