Wallace James Kanalley (1902-1977)

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RELATIONSHIP: Great-grandfather

Wallace Kanalley 🇺🇸 –> Kenneth Kanalley 🇺🇸 –> Patrick Kanalley 🇺🇸 –> Craig Kanalley 🇺🇸

FATHER: James Kanalley
MOTHER: Mary Wallace

BORN: 5 Jan 1902 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, USA¹

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RELIGION: Catholic
OCCUPATIONS: Steeplejack, Sailor

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MARRIED: 3 Nov 1930 St. Joseph RC Cathedral, Buffalo, Erie, NY, USA²
WIFE: Mildred McQuaid, daughter of Joseph McQuaid & Agnes Short

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INTERESTING NOTES: While he was born in Cleveland, Ohio, he grew up in Cobourg, Ontario where his parents were born.

He immigrated to the United States in the 1920s, spending some time in Chicago before settling in Buffalo, New York. He married in 1930 and moved his family to Lockport in Niagara County in the 1950s.

As part of his work as a steeplejack, he was once stuck on a chimney for many hours in an incident that received national news attention.

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DIED: 26 Dec 1977 Buffalo, Erie, NY, USA, age 75 years old³
BURIED: Dec 1977 Cold Springs Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara, NY, USA³

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SOURCES

1. United States, Ohio, Cuyahoga, Cleveland – Official Birth Certificate
2. United States, New York, Erie, Buffalo Roman Catholic Church Records, St. Joseph Cathedral
3. Find A Grave, Cold Springs Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara, NY, USA – Wallace Kanalley Memorial Page

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ANCESTORS

PARENTS:
James Bernard Kanalley, born 1868 Cobourg, ON 🇨🇦, died 1923 Cobourg, ON 🇨🇦
Mary Ann Wallace, born 1878 Cobourg, ON 🇨🇦, died 1940 Buffalo, NY 🇺🇸

GRANDPARENTS:
Thomas Kennelly, born c1820 Co Limerick 🇮🇪, died 1899 Cobourg, ON 🇨🇦
Rose Flynn, born 1831 🇮🇪, died 1902 Cobourg, ON 🇨🇦

Andrew Martin Wallace, born 1856 St. Catharines, ON 🇨🇦, died 1916 Brainerd, MN
Catherine Agnes Bulger, born 1856 Cobourg, ON 🇨🇦, died 1913 Brainerd, MN

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