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


Father
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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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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
8365 BALLARD, Ada Eliza1904ENG,    , Christchurch Sep 1912 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
17320 BALLARD, Alfred1894ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1903 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
5560 BALLARD, Alice E1896ENG,    , Fulham May 1907 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
28254 BALLARD, Alice Ellen1897ENG,        cranstone  
28255 BALLARD, Alice Ellen1897ENG,     1907 :    cranstone  
8976 BALLARD, George 1895ENG,     Oct 1909 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
8853 BALLARD, Kate 1886ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
17949 BALLARD, Leah1894ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1903 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
8246 BALLARD, Raymond 1914ENG,    , Warwick Apr 1931 : Duchess of Atholl CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
9275 BALLARD, Samuel1901ENG,     Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
28253 BALLARD, Thomas Frederick ENG,        cranstone  
28256 BALLARD, Thomas Frederick1893ENG,     1904 :    cranstone  
17948 BALLARD, Walter1889ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1900 : Siberian CAN Middlemore