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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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5126 ABBOTT, Emily1886ENG,     May 1898 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3011 ABBOTT, Frederick1896ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3012 ABBOTT, George1893ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3058 ABBOTT, Herbert William1893ENG, WAR, Aston, Erdington Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3164 ADAM, Allan Devrix1885SCT,    , Govanhill, Glasgow Apr 1897 : Siberian CAN Quarriers  
3175 ADAM, William Butter1884SCT,    , Govanhill, Glasgow Apr 1897 : Siberian CAN Quarriers  
7357 ADDISON, Hugh1876SCT,    , Jamestown Apr 1887 : Siberian CAN Quarriers  
10057 ADIE, Henry1896ENG, WAR, Aston Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
10056 ADIE, Mary1895ENG,     Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
17060 ALLEN, Edward1887ENG,     Jun 1899 : Siberian CAN Middlemore hlomiller  
3860 ALLEN, Florence Elizabeth1891ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1902 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3804 AMES, Frank1894ENG, WOR, Redditch Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3805 AMES, Henry1896ENG, WOR, Redditch Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3803 AMES, Lizzie1893ENG, WOR, Redditch Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3806 AMES, Sarah1890ENG, WOR, Redditch Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
17073 ANSCOM, John1891ENG,     Jun 1902 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3699 ANSON, John1889ENG,     Jun 1902 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3698 ANSON, Kate1887ENG, STS, Stoke on Trent Jun 1902 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
11066 ASTLEY, Emma1891ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1903 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
11065 ASTLEY, Rosina1887ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1903 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
2880 AUSTIN, Frederick George1883ENG, WAR, Aston, Birmingham Jun 1894 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
2881 AUSTIN, James1879ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1894 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
17100 BAGGALLAY, Arthur Rodney1884ENG,     Jun 1900 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
16771 BAGLEY, Annie Dorothy1894ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1903 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
16774 BAGLEY, Leonard 1899ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1903 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
16772 BAGLEY, Richard Charles1889ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1903 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
16773 BAGLEY, Walter Ambrose1892ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1903 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
16770 BAGLEY, William Henry1896ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1903 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
17273 BAILEY, Thomas1889ENG,     Jun 1899 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
3696 BALL, George Alfred1891ENG, NTH, Northampton Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
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