Personal Details of Ruth (stillborn) Ballard
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| Buried: | 02/04/1887 |
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Cemetery accounts
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| Name at death | Ruth Ballard (stillborn) |
| Date of burial | 02/04/1887 |
| Whence brought | Newbury |
| Where & how buried | |
| By whom buried | |
| Account remarks | The above name in the accounts deceased column is probably that of the mother rather than the stillborn child, no clergy, cost 2/6d |
| Account Entry | Book 02 - Page 030 |
| Transcription comments | Not on Free BMD |
Accounts Entry for Ruth (stillborn) Ballard
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission
Accounts Entry for Ruth (stillborn) Ballard
Biographical Information
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Ruth (stillborn) Ballard Buried 2nd April 1887
Ruth (stillborn) Ballard
Buried 2nd April 1887
This stillborn child’s parents were Thomas Ballard and Ruth Bradley, who were married in 1880 (marriage registered in Newbury)
The child’s family:
Thomas was born in 1855, in Curridge, Berkshire. He was baptised in 1855, in Chieveley, Berkshire, the son of Henry and Caroline Ballard (nee Pike/Pyke) who were married on the 15th January 1845 in Oare, Berkshire.
Ruth was baptised in 1857, in Speenhamland Berkshire, the daughter of Hannah Bradley.
Ruth had an illegitimate daughter, Edith Kate, born in 1879.
Thomas and Ruth had the following children:
Thomas Henry, c1882
Ernest Edwin, 1884
Charles William, 1888
Susanna Maria, 1891
George, 1894
Florence Caroline, c1899
The 1881 census records Thomas (24), an Agricultural Labourer, Ruth (21) and Edith (2), living in Shaw Bridge, Speenhamland, Berkshire.
In 1891 Thomas (33) was working as a Bricklayer’s Labourer, living at 3 Union Court, Newbury, Berkshire, with Ruth (32), Kate (11), (Edith Kate) Thomas (10), Erney (7), (Ernest Edwin) and William (3) (Charles William)
Ruth was widowed in 1900. Thomas died aged 45, in the Newbury Workhouse, on the 18th May. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 23rd May.
The 1901 census records Ruth (44) and her children, Thomas (20), a Groom, Charles (12), Susanna (9), George (7) and Florence (2), living at 1, Smith’s Buildings, Newbury.
Ruth died aged 49, on the 22nd December 1905. She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 26th December.
Author: gambles
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