Our Waller ancestors came to the United States via a circuitous route - from England to Ireland (for a few generations), to Canada, then to India for three generations, and lastly to Colorado, U.S.A. Jocelyn Macartney Waller [7], patronymically named after his ancestor Anne Jocelyn [9], left Ireland, choosing to settle in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was the fourth son of Sir Robert Waller, baronet of Ireland and Member of Parliament, and Catherine Moore (see section "Wallers of Ireland"). He married Elizabeth Willis of Newport, County Tipperary, Ireland, and had eight children. While en route, he was shipwrecked and lost all his possessions but nevertheless succeeded in reaching America.

Jocelyn Macartney Waller [7] the fourth son of Sir Robert Waller, 1st Baronet of Newport and our ancestor, was born in Castle Waller but moved to Quebec, Canada. He was commissioned clerk of the crown for lower Canada in 1817 but was replaced because of his "reformist" views. He then became for a brief time clerk of the Court of Oyer and Terminer. He then retired to a country home, living on income from property inherited from his brother Sir Robert Waller, 2nd. Baronet of Newport [5]. In 1821 he became a justice of the peace for Quebec and commissioner for the summary trial of small causes in Saint-Gilles.

In 1822, Jocelyn Macartney Waller became a writer for the Montreal Gazette, eventually leaving because of his "independent views and outspoken articles". He later became Editor and Publisher of the Canadian Spectator (originally Le Spectateur canadien), opposing, along with French Canadians, union of Lower and Upper Canada. His views reflected support for self-determination and opposition to the imposition of changes in the Constitution by the government without the knowledge and consent of the colonists. His writings were highly regarded and republished in Upper Canada, the U.S., and England.and strongly opposed by the Tories. He editorially supported the "essential right of British subjects to meet and discuss public affairs and on the necessary balance between executive and legislative powers". He was arrested on 18 December 1827 for "libel against the government", charges which were not resolved before his death in 1828. Waller was much admired as "a firm advocate of liberalism, a spokesman for French Canadians, and an able and talented political writer with an amiable and virtuous character" [1].

Jocelyn Macartney Waller died in 1828, followed soon by his older brothers, which resulted in his son Edmund succeeding to the Baronetcy. Sir Edmund married into the family of Arthur Guiness, succeeded by his son Sir Edmund Arthur Waller, the fifth baronet.

Note:  The number/letter code preceding each entry begins (1) with Richard Warren Waller as described previously. The symbols >, >>, >>>, or >>>> are used only as markers to aid in identifying succeeding generations.  (Note that the codes for each descendent of Sir Robert Waller and Catherine Moore have the prefix 1a2d1)
Names in boldface appear to be direct descendents of (1) Richard Warren Waller and Dorothy Waller.

Descendents of (1a2d1e) Jocelyn Macartney Waller:

Robert Waller [6], the sixth son of Jocelyn Macartney, married Mary Anne Blowers and had two sons. He worked in the East India Civil Service with the important post of Harbourmaster of Bombay. He died shipboard while bound for England and was buried on the Island of Malta.

Descendents of (1a2d1e)  8a:   Robert Waller [6] and Mary Ann Blowers:

Descendents of (1a2d1e)  8c.  Jocelyn Waller and Elizabeth Power:

Alfred Jocelyn Waller [4] was born in Agra, India, famous as the capitol of the old Mogul empire and the site of the Taj Majal. As a boy, he became fluent in Urdu (the language of Pakistan) and Hindi. He left Calcutta for the United States at age 22 in order to attend Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, near Chicago. He studied English literature, world history, religion, Greek and Latin, later keeping a personal diary in Greek. He received a B.A. in English Literature from Northwestern in 1896. He then entered the Department of Graduate Studies for a Master of Arts in English and Anglo-Saxon Language and Literature and secondary studies of the works of Tennyson, Browning, and Longfellow, and Ferman, and Moral Philosophy. His thesis was a study of Shakespeare's style. He was a founder of the Beta Pi chapter of Delta Tau Delta.

Alfred studied for the Ministry at Garret Theological Union (associated with Northwestern) 1897-1898. He did not graduate from Garrett, probably because he had already received the Masters degree from Northwestern. He had intended to seek his Ph.D. but was advised not to, being told that a Methodist minister should not have the title of "Doctor". Later, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree in 1914 by the University of Denver, Colorado. Alfred married Katherine Tarrence of Terre Haut, Indiana in 1903. After his marriage, he held pastorates in Winamac, Whiting, Yeoman, Wanatah, Plainfield, and Terre Haute, Indiana, and in many cities and towns in Colorado (Pueblo, Brush, Longmont, Loveland, Lamar, Julesburg, Palisade, Wheatridge, Clifton, Hugo, Limon). After retirement, he moved to Denver until his death in 1950 [4].

Alfred's children were Hardress Jocelyn Waller [3] (1905-1935), who died prematurely in an accident, a daughter Alice Dorothy (born 1908), and a son Richard (1915-1998). Richard's daughter is Sharon Rose Waller, Ph.D.. Hardress's son Hardress Jocelyn Waller, Ph.D. [2] (born 1928) has a son Andrew Jocelyn Waller, M.D. [1] and now two granddaughters Nicole Alyce (born 1988) and Leah Victoria (born 1991, and a grandson Jonathan Andrew (born 1998).
Hardress Jocelyn Waller and Andrew Jocelyn Waller are the co-authors of this website.

Descendents of (1a1d1e)  8c4.  Alfred Jocelyn Waller:

Katherine Waller with children Hardress (Senior), Alice, and Richard (1a2d1 e8c4a, b, c) ca. 1917	Rev. Dr. Alfred Jocelyn Waller

[1] Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. VI, R. G. Halpenny, Ed., Univ. of Toronta Press, 1987. Much of the biographical material relating to Jocelyn Macartney Waller was taken from this source.
[2] Much of the family history outlined here was personally communicated by the late Richard Waller and his wife Mildred (Lucka) Waller.
[3] Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, London, 2000 Edition (Abbreviated as "Debrett's Peerage).
[4] Letters of Richard Waller to Sharon Rose Waller. The picture of Alfred Jocelyn Waller was contibuted by Alfred's granddaughter, Dr. Sharon Rose Waller.
[5] Preliminary draft of the will of Sir Robert Waller, 2nd. Baronet of Newport; personal communication from Michael Waller, 10th Baronet of Newport.

Last updated:   May 11, 2009