Wallis, Roland (Roy), 1893-1979 (Person)

SummaryBorn in Hawera, Roy's family moved onto a 300-acre farm called 'Gardenhurst' on Cambridge Road.
He later established a successful pig farming and transport business adjacent to the family farm.
He married Lynn (Emmeline) Snodgrass in 1934.

His community associations include:

Life member of the Tauranga Racity Club.
Bay of Plenty-Rotorua Hunt Club.
Life member and eldest of the Masonic Lodge, number 125.

He later married Rennie Gordon.
He died in 1979, aged 87.SourcesBay of Plenty Times (1979, February 28) Death of Tauranga identity.Bay of Plenty Times, 1 October 1981.

Roy Wallis, 1973, image cropped from Photo gca-21739

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Date of Birth31st January 1893Place of BirthHaweraDate of Death19 February 1979Place of DeathTaurangaOccupationFarmer

Partner

PartnerRennie Gordon (Susan Reynolds)

Partner

PartnerEmmeline Clayton SnodgrassDate Married1934

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PlacesGardenhurst, c.1880-c.2022 (Place)

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Wallis, Roland (Roy), 1893-1979 (Person)