Marian Leslie
1837–1905
Daughter of Lewis James Leslie. Betrothed to Alfred Russel Wallace, 1864–5. Married Thomas Farmer Collins (1836–1914), rector of Church, Lancashire, in 1888.
Sources
Census returns of England and Wales 1861 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG9/18/2/8)
Correspondence vol. 13, letter from A. R. Wallace, 20 January 1865
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.com, accessed 8 July 2019)
England, select births and christenings, 1538–1975 (Ancestry.com, accessed 5 July 2019)
London, England, Church of England marriages and banns, 1754–1932 (Ancestry.com, accessed 8 July 2019)
Post Office London directory 1865
A. R. Wallace 1905, 1: 409–11
Wallace’s notes for A. R. Wallace 1905 (Wallace family papers, private collection).
Bibliography
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1905. My life: a record of events and opinions. 2 vols. London: Chapman & Hall.
