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Record #17949
Name :
: Leah BALLARD (1894 - 1958)


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1894 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 21 Sep 1958
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Birmingham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Ottawa
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 10 Jun 1903
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Siberian

Placement Family
: Harrison
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Middlemore
NotesParents: Henry Ballard and Sarah Hallam, married December 6, 1874, at Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.

Sarah Ballard, 43, died on November 23, 1898, at the Workhouse Infirmary, Western Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, of mitrial disease and cardiac failure.

In 1903, Leah Ballard, 9, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 124 Middlemore children.

Leah was placed and adopted by Andrew and Hannah Harrison of St. Marys Parish, Gibson, New Brunswick, Canada.

On July 3, 1914, at St. Marys, York, New Brunswick, Canada, a marriage was registered between Leah B. Harrison, 20, born in Birmingham, England, to Harry and Eliza Ballard; and [another Middlemore BHC] Thomas Whitehead, 22, labourer, born in Birmingham, England, to Thomas and Harriet Whitehead.

At least twelve children were born of this marriage.

The Ottawa Evening Journal
September 23, 1958

Mrs. Leah Whitehead of Rockland East, died in hospital on Sunday, Sept. 21, 1958, after a short illness. She was 64.

Born in Birmingham, England, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ballard. She married thomas Whitehead in 1914. Mrs. Whitehead attended the United Church.

Surviving besides her husband are three sons, Walter, Harry and Arthur, all of Ottawa, and five daughters, Anna and Hilda of Fredericton, N.B., Mrs. James Garrett (Edith), Verdun, Que., Hope of Montreal Que., and Mrs. Thomas Malone (Vida) of Ottawa.

The funeral was held in the Chapel of Veitch-Draper Funeral Home this afternoon, September 23, 1958, Rev. F. H. Joblin officiating. Burial in Pinecrest Cemetery. [Pinecrest Cemetery, Section S, Lot 277, S1/2.] 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-11-03 20:47:55 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-11-03 21:12:13 /

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3011 ABBOTT, Frederick1896ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3012 ABBOTT, George1893ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3157 ACTON, Alice1909ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jul 1923 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
3759 ADDERLEY, David Gerard1897ENG, WAR, Birmingham May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
3758 ADDERLEY, Harry1899ENG, WAR, Birmingham May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
8128 ADIE, Dorothy May1914ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jul 1928 : Newfoundland CAN Middlemore  
8129 AGER, Arthur Charles1915ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jul 1928 : Newfoundland CAN Middlemore  
4645 ALLDRIDGE, Arthur1897ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1904 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
4640 ALLDRIDGE, Francis1889ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
4644 ALLDRIDGE, Harry1892ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1904 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
4639 ALLDRIDGE, John Leonard1884ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
4641 ALLDRIDGE, Ruth Rebecca1890ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
4643 ALLDRIDGE, Violet1893ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1904 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
4642 ALLDRIDGE, William Henry1886ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
3860 ALLEN, Florence Elizabeth1891ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1902 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
10954 ALLPORT, Daisy Dot1879ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1890 : Sardinian CAN Maria Rye  
6926 ALLSUPP, John1875ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
8821 AMISON, Alfred1894ENG, WAR, Birmingham Aug 1907 : Tunisian CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
25138 ANKCORN, Dennis George1925ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jan 1937 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
8883 ASTLEY, Albert ERNEST1894ENG, WAR, Birmingham Oct 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
11066 ASTLEY, Emma1891ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1903 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3592 ASTLEY, May1899ENG, WAR, Birmingham Mar 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
11065 ASTLEY, Rosina1887ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1903 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
22012 ASTON, ROLAND THOMAS1895ENG, WAR, Birmingham Oct 1902 : Colonian CAN Barnardos  
5311 ATKINS, Fred1914ENG, WAR, Birmingham Aug 1930 : Duchess of York CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
9827 ATKINS, Selina1880ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1890 : Circassian CAN Middlemore  
2880 AUSTIN, Frederick George1883ENG, WAR, Aston, Birmingham Jun 1894 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
2881 AUSTIN, James1879ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1894 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
17314 BAGGOTT, Harold Cecil1893ENG, WAR, Birmingham Oct 1902 : Colonian CAN Barnardos  
17316 BAGGOTT, Horace Edgar1895ENG, WAR, Birmingham Oct 1902 : Colonian CAN Barnardos  
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