Wallace Hector McNeill1,2,3,4

Family Chart
ID# 22094, (1892 - 1967)
FatherBenjamin Franklin McNeill1,7,8 (9 Dec 1854 - 22 Dec 1939)
MotherMarguerite C. West1,5,6 (5 Sep 1865 - 24 Nov 1959)

Key Events:

Birth: 5 Feb 1892, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois9,10,11
Marriage: 11 Jan 1917, Detroit, Michigan, Reanza Agatha Termote (7 Sep 1893 - 27 Jan 1972)12,13,14
Divorce: 21 Dec 1937, Ingham Co., Michigan, Reanza Agatha Termote (7 Sep 1893 - 27 Jan 1972)15,16,17
Marriage: 6 Dec 1941, Coldwater, Branch Co., Michigan, Christine Loree Whitmore (20 Jan 1897 - 17 Feb 1991)18,19
Divorce: 14 Feb 1948, Ingham Co., Michigan, Christine Loree Whitmore (20 Jan 1897 - 17 Feb 1991)20
Death: 7 Feb 1967, Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan21,22
Burial: 10 Feb 1967, St. Joseph Cemetery, Lansing, Michigan23
ChartsDescendants of Dr. Davis Green Tuck
Descendants of David Dutt/Toot
AncestryThe Dutt/Toot Family
The Tuck Family

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Narrative:

     Wallace Hector McNeill was born on 5 Feb 1892 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.9,10,11
     He appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, in the household of his parents, Benjamin Franklin McNeill and Marguerite C. West.7
     He moved to Michigan with his parents by 1907. He appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan, in the household of his parents.24
     He was a shipping clerk in a corset factory in 1910.24 He was a machinist in an automoble factory by 1917.25,26
     Wallace married Reanza Agatha Termote, daughter of Henry Termote and Wihlemina Tepporten, on 11 Jan 1917 in Detroit, Michigan, with John McCarroll officating.12,13,14
     Wallace lived in Ohio for a time after their marriage, but it is unclear whether Reanza was there with him. Wallace registered for the draft for World War I on 5 Jun 1917, while living at 2112 Jefferson, Toledo, Ohio, reporting he was employed as a salesman for Detroit Auto Cleaner Manufacturing Co. in Toledo.27
     Wallace and Reanza moved to Lansing, Michigan, shortly after that. They appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan, at 309 Townsend St., enumerated 16 Jan 1920, reporting they rented their home. Their son Raymond was listed as living with them.28
     Wallace seems to have used the spelling MacNeill for his surname for a time. He signed his draft card in 1917 that way, and that is the spelling of the divorce papers from his first wife in 1937. Other records use the McNeill spelling.4,15
     Wallace and Reanza appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan, at 1112 Glenn St., enumerated 22 Apr 1930, reporting they rented their home, for $35 per month, and owned a radio. Their children Raymond and Dorothy were listed as living with them.29
     Wallace and Reanza were divorced on 21 Dec 1937 in Ingham Co., Michigan, after he filed 30 Aug 1937 on grounds of extreme and repeated cruelty.15,16,17
     Wallace appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan, in the household of Christine Loree Whitmore, his future wife, reporting he had lived in the same city in 1935.30
     Wallace married second Christine Loree Whitmore, daughter of Frederick C. Whitmore and Grace Samantha Lee, on 6 Dec 1941 in Coldwater, Branch Co., Michigan, with Rev. Herbert G. Hurrell officiating.18,19
     Wallace registered for the draft for World War II on 27 Apr 1942, while living at 2332 Kensington Rd., Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan, reporting he was employed by the Oldsmobile Division of General Motors Corp.31
     He was a salesman, reporting in 1940 he had not worked the last week of March, nor the prior year, and was seeking work.32,33,34
     Wallace and Christine were divorced on 14 Feb 1948 in Ingham Co., Michigan.20
     Wallace died on 7 Feb 1967 in Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan, at age 75.21,22 He was buried on 10 Feb 1967 in St. Joseph Cemetery, Lansing, Michigan.23

Children:
     Children with Reanza Agatha Termote:

  • Raymond Wallace McNeill28,15,35 (11 Dec 1918 - 21 Jan 1994)
  • Dorothy Rita McNeill29,15,36 (24 Aug 1920 - 6 Dec 2003)

Children:
     There were no children with Christine Loree Whitmore

Citations

  1. [S4936] "Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1938," FamilySearch.org, record for Wallace Hector McNeill, citing cert. no. 65085.
  2. [S8711] Benjamin McNeill household, 1900 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows name as Wallace McNeill.
  3. [S8714] Benjamin F. McNeill household, 1910 U.S. Census, Kent Co., Michigan, shows name as Wallace H. McNeill.
  4. [S9280] Wallace Hector MacNeill, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, signed Wallace H, MacNeill.
  5. [S8711] Benjamin McNeill household, 1900 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  6. [S9220] Margaret C. McNeill obituary, The State Journal.
  7. [S8711] Benjamin McNeill household, 1900 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois.
  8. [S9224] Benjamin F. McNeill obituary, The State Journal.
  9. [S4936] "Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1938," FamilySearch.org, record for Wallace Hector McNeill, citing cert. no. 65085, shows date, city, county, and state.
  10. [S8711] Benjamin McNeill household, 1900 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows month, year, age 8, and state.
  11. [S9280] Wallace Hector MacNeill, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, shows date, city, and state.
  12. [S2785] Marriage Register, State Copy, Michigan, 1917, Wayne Co., no. 141158, Wallace H. MacNeill and Reanza A. Termote.
  13. [S9279] Wallace H. McNeil household, 1920 U.S. Census, Ingham Co., Michigan, shows married.
  14. [S9281] Wallace H. McNeill household, 1930 U.S. Census, Ingham Co., Michigan, shows married, with his age at first marriage as 25, and hers as 21.
  15. [S9282] MacNeill v. MacNeill, Divorce Record, 26 Dec 1937, Michigan Department of Community Health.
  16. [S9286] Vivian Rawlings household, 1940 U.S. Census, Ingham Co., Michigan, shows her as divorced.
  17. [S9284] Christine Merritt household, 1940 U.S. Census, Ingham Co., Michigan, shows him as divorced.
  18. [S7235] Marriage Certificates, State Copy, Michigan, 1941, Ingham Co., no. 41-1494, Wallace H. McNeill and Christine Merritt, shows date, town, county, state, and officant, and that each had been married once before.
  19. [S9231] "Michigan, Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952," Ancestry.com, 14 Feb 1948, Ingham Co., Wallace H. McNeill and Christine L. McNeill, shows date and state.
  20. [S9231] "Michigan, Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952," Ancestry.com, 14 Feb 1948, Ingham Co., Wallace H. McNeill and Christine L. McNeill.
  21. [S9285] Wallace H. McNeill obituary, The State Journal, shows died Tuesday at a local hospital.
  22. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Wallace McNeill, Soc. Sec. No. 375-16-8356, shows month, year, and last residence as 48823 East Lansing, Ingham, Michigan.
  23. [S9285] Wallace H. McNeill obituary, The State Journal, shows service Friday and cemetery.
  24. [S8714] Benjamin F. McNeill household, 1910 U.S. Census, Kent Co., Michigan.
  25. [S2785] Marriage Register, State Copy, Michigan, 1917, Wayne Co., no. 141158, Wallace H. MacNeill and Reanza A. Termote, shows occupation as machinist.
  26. [S9279] Wallace H. McNeil household, 1920 U.S. Census, Ingham Co., Michigan, shows occupation as machinist and industry as auto factory.
  27. [S9280] Wallace Hector MacNeill, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  28. [S9279] Wallace H. McNeil household, 1920 U.S. Census, Ingham Co., Michigan.
  29. [S9281] Wallace H. McNeill household, 1930 U.S. Census, Ingham Co., Michigan.
  30. [S9284] Christine Merritt household, 1940 U.S. Census, Ingham Co., Michigan.
  31. [S9283] Wallace Hector McNeill, World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of Michigan.
  32. [S9281] Wallace H. McNeill household, 1930 U.S. Census, Ingham Co., Michigan, shows occupation as laundry salesman and industry as laundy company.
  33. [S7235] Marriage Certificates, State Copy, Michigan, 1941, Ingham Co., no. 41-1494, Wallace H. McNeill and Christine Merritt, shows occupation as salesman.
  34. [S9284] Christine Merritt household, 1940 U.S. Census, Ingham Co., Michigan, shows occupation as salesman and industry as car factory.
  35. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Raymond Wallace McNeill, Soc. Sec. No. 385-03-0030.
  36. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Dorothy Rita McNeill, Soc. Sec. No. 364-07-6827.