William aand Etta Strang Wallace
Hello, I'm searching for any info that I can find abt. my Great Grandparents William B. Wallace b.1894 and Etta Louise Strang b.1899. I'm trying to find their ancestors. I have them on the 1920 and 30 Census and know that they were married in Feb 1916 in Illinois. Their first child William Francis Wallace was born in 1916 in Ogle Co., Illinois. And they lived in Ogle, Winnabago, and perhaps Lee county, Illinois from then on. On the 1920 and 30 Census both say they and their parents were born in Utah.
On William that's all I know except for a rumor that he was really William Edgar and adopted by a John and Viola Wallace when he was 9 or 10 years old after his parents were killed in a buggy accident. This was around Salt Lake City. My searches there have all turned up nothing that I can connect to my William. I did find a Viola Wallace b. abt 1880 who was an inmate at the Crittinden Home in Salt Lake on the 1900 Census.
I don't even have a rumor on Etta. The only thing that I've found on the Strang family is that there was a branch of the family in Illinois and that some may have gone to Utah with the Mormons. I've found some birth records there but unfortunately they don't list the baby's first name. So, if you don't know the parents names, you get the idea.
I've found Wallaces and Strangs in Utah that are good possibilities but like I said they're missing that one bit of info for a positive match. If you know of them or have a good place to check out Please let me know. Post it here or email me or both. Any help would be greatly appreciated.