Charles Addison Wallace was a fisherman, aged abt. 47, the son of Addison Wallace & Annie B. Principal. He came from Friendship, Maine. Per Maine Marriage Records 1713-1937 he was married to Nellie B. Wincashaw(?) on Oct. 30, 1916 when he was 28 and they had daughters Ava V. (abt. Feb. 1917) and Annie B. (abt. May 1918) per the 1920 U.S. Federal Census for Knox, Maine. By the 1930 Census they also had children: Evelyn N., Robert W., Douglas C. and James H. They owned a house then on Thomaston Road in Friendship.
The undertaker noted that his death by drowning might have been suicide, but scallop fishing itself is dangerous where there are sudden drop offs in the sand and suits fill quickly with water. Charles is believed to be buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, very likely at the Seaman's Bethel plot.
The undertaker noted that his death by drowning might have been suicide, but scallop fishing itself is dangerous where there are sudden drop offs in the sand and suits fill quickly with water. Charles is believed to be buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, very likely at the Seaman's Bethel plot.
Charles Addison Wallace was a fisherman, aged abt. 47, the son of Addison Wallace & Annie B. Principal. He came from Friendship, Maine. Per Maine Marriage Records 1713-1937 he was married to Nellie B. Wincashaw(?) on Oct. 30, 1916 when he was 28 and they had daughters Ava V. (abt. Feb. 1917) and Annie B. (abt. May 1918) per the 1920 U.S. Federal Census for Knox, Maine. By the 1930 Census they also had children: Evelyn N., Robert W., Douglas C. and James H. They owned a house then on Thomaston Road in Friendship.
The undertaker noted that his death by drowning might have been suicide, but scallop fishing itself is dangerous where there are sudden drop offs in the sand and suits fill quickly with water. Charles is believed to be buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, very likely at the Seaman's Bethel plot.
The undertaker noted that his death by drowning might have been suicide, but scallop fishing itself is dangerous where there are sudden drop offs in the sand and suits fill quickly with water. Charles is believed to be buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, very likely at the Seaman's Bethel plot.
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