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Buried:	09/08/1887

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Burial Register

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Cemetery accounts

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Name at death	Henry Ballard
Date of burial	09/08/1887
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Conscrated Common Internment
By whom buried	Reverend N C Parr
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 032
Transcription comments	On FBMD

Accounts Entry for Henry Ballard
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Workhouse Records

This information was taken from the Newbury Workhouse records currently held at the Berkshire Record Office.

Name:	Henry Ballard
Date of death:	05 August 1887
Age at death:	63
Parish from which they were admitted to the workhouse:	Chieveley
Where buried:	Newbury Cemetery
Workhouse Master:	William Hawkes
Comments:

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

deaths - Henry Ballard

Source:	nwn
Article date:	18/08/1887
Copyright:
Transciption:	Newbury Weekly News Dated 18^th August 1887 BALLARD – Aug. 5, at the Workhouse Newbury, Henry Ballard, aged 63, late of Chieveley.
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

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Henry Ballard c1823-1887

Henry Ballard

c1823-1887

Henry, his parents, siblings and early life:

Henry was baptised on the 22^nd December 1823, in Chieveley, Berkshire, the son of Thomas and Hannah Ballard (nee Tidbury) who were married on the 25^th December 1816, at St Andrew, Bradfield, Berkshire.

His father Thomas was baptised on the 2^nd August 1795, Leckhampstead/Chieveley, Berkshire, the son of William and Charlotte Ballard (nee Brooker) who were married on the 7^th November 1782, in Leckhampstead/Chieveley.

His mother Hannah was born on the 15^th August 1792, in Thatcham, Berkshire. She was baptised on the 26^th August, 1792, in Thatcham, the daughter of Jacob and Hannah Tidbury (nee Jayes) who were married on the 25^th November 1791, in Thatcham. Hannah died aged 69, she was buried on the 21^st June 1863, at St Bartholomew, Oare.

Thomas and Hannah also had the following children:

Thomas, baptised 8^th June 1817, in Oare

James, baptised 29^th August 1819, in Oare/Chieveley

Sarah, baptised 24^th June 1821, in Oare/Chieveley

Charlotte, baptised 7^th May 1826, in Oare/Chieveley

George, baptised 18^th August 1828, in Oare/Chieveley

David, baptised 1^st May 1831, in Oare/Chieveley

Charles, baptised 11^th August 1833, in Oare (died aged 7, buried 30^th Nov. 1840, at St Mary the Virgin, Chieveley)

Joseph, born c1837 (no baptism found)

William, born c1838 (no baptism found)

Harriet, baptised 1^st January 1843, in Oare

The 1841 census records Henry (15), an Agricultural Labourer, living in Curridge, Chieveley, Berkshire, with his father Thomas (45), his mother Hannah (45), his brothers, James (20), an Agricultural Labourer, George (10), David (10), Joseph (3), William (3) and his sister Charlotte (15).

Henry in later life:

Henry married Caroline Pike/Pyke on the 15^th November 1845 in Oare/Chieveley, Berkshire.

(Caroline was baptised in 1826, in Oare/Chieveley, Berkshire, the daughter of William and Lucy Pike (nee Sellwood) who were married on the 11^thJanuary 1824, in Chieveley).

Henry and Caroline had the following children:

Amos, birth registered in the December quarter 1845 as Amos Ballard, mmn Pike. Amos was baptised as Amos Pike, 1^st March 1846, in Oare, the son of Caroline Pike.

Maria, born 1846, baptised 3^rd January 1847

Mary Louisa, born 1848, baptised 3^rd September

Sarah, born 1849, baptised 24^th July 1850

Harriet, born 1851 (died aged 17, buried 6^th March 1868, at St Bartholomew, Oare)

Charles born 1853, baptised 5^th June

Thomas, born 1855, baptised 3^rd June

Alice Hannah, born 1858, baptised Alice Anna, 3^rd October

David, c1860, baptised 1^st April 1860

Twins: Matthew and Mark, born 1861, baptised 2^nd March 1862

Eliza, born 1865, baptised Eliza Jane, 1^st October

Charlotte, born 1867, baptised 25^th December

Harriet, born 1869

The 1851 census records Henry (28), as a Pauper, Farm labourer, living in Cold Ash, Thatcham, Berkshire, with Caroline (26) and their children, Amos (6), Maria (5), Mary (3) and Sarah (2).

In 1861 Henry (37), an Agricultural Labourer, Caroline (35), Maria (14), Mary (13), Sarah (11), Harriet (9), Charles (8), Thomas (5), George (4), Alice (3) and David (1), were living in Crab Tree Road, Curridge, Chieveley, Berkshire.

The 1871 census records Henry (47), a Labourer, Caroline (45) and their children, Thomas (16), a Labourer, Alice (12), David (11), a Labourer, twins, Matthew and Mark (9), Eliza (5), Charlotte (3) and Harriet (1), living Curridge, Chieveley, Berkshire.

Henry was widowed in 1875, Caroline died aged 49, she was buried on the 12^th September, at St Bartholomew, Oare.

Henry (57), an Agricultural Labourer and his children, George (24), an Agricultural Labourer, Eliza (15), Charlotte (13) and Harriet (11), were still living in Curridge, in 1881.

Henry died aged 63, in the Newbury Workhouse, on the 5^th August 1887. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 9^th August.

Newbury Weekly News

Dated 18^th August 1887

BALLARD – Aug. 5, at the Workhouse Newbury, Henry Ballard, aged 63, late of Chieveley.

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