Wallace Henry Lynch

LYNCH, OLSON, EVANS, FOLEY, WELP, SNYDER

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/21/2011 at 16:16:29

Wallace Henry Lynch (June 27, 1892 - January 4, 1957) was born in Estherville, Iowa to Ruben Lynch from Missouri and Sarah Olson Lynch, born in Norway. Mary Ellen (Evans) Lynch born in Estherville, Iowa on August 9, 1888 to Thomas Archy Evans (1866-1938) and Margaret Ann Foley Evans (1866-1941). Wallace and Mary were married by Father J.H. Murtagh at the catholic Church in Estherville on May 23, 1917. Wallace spent his early life engaged in farming but moved to Estherville in 1921, after which he worked for the Rock Island Railroad and Northern Lumber company and as a painter. Mary had a more colorful childhood, as her family moved to Ada, Minnesota when she was eleven years old. She remembers being chased by an Indian squaw with a papoose, as Mary had on a red cap and red mittens. A neighbor lady satisfied the Indian woman by tying a red handkerchief on the head of the Indian child. After a couple years in Minnesota the family moved back to the Estherville area. Two daughters were born to this couple, Laurette Magdalen, born April 29, 1919, was married to Clarence Francis Welp, Aug 18, 1937. A son Larry and a daughter Janyce were born to this couple. Mary Margaret, born November 2, 1924 was married to William Snyder June 25, 1947. They have a daughter Debra and three sons, David, Richard and Dale.

Portrait photo with biography shows Mary Ellen and Wallace Lynch.

Contributed by: Cyndi Vertrees. Source: History of Emmet County, Iowa Vol. III published 1976, page 273-274.