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Robert Llewellyn Gibbins and Jessie May Ballard
Husband Robert Llewellyn Gibbins
Born: 27 Oct 1912 - Mititai, Northern Wairoa 1
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Died: 23 Nov 1971 - Auckland, Auckland, , , NZL 2
Cause of Death: bronchopneunomia following multiple injuries received in a car accident
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Father: John "Jack" Gibbins (1869-1932)
Mother: Mary Catherine Vincent (1872-1923)
Marriage: 24 Feb 1945 - Dunedin, , , NZL 3
Noted events in his life were:
1. Living: on the family farm., Between 1913 and 1918, Tikinui, Northern Wairoa, Northland, , , NZL.
2. He was educated From 24 Jun 1918 in Port Fitzroy, Gt. Barrier Island. 4 Parent noted as Mr J Gibbins of Te Kopuru. Robert must have gone to stay with his cousins, the Bush family, who lived on Gt Barrier Island, for a period. His mother may have been ill at this time.
3. He worked as an Exchange clerk through to Postmaster between 1935 and 1948 in , , , New Zealand. 5 His jobs were:
Exchange clerk, Ohaeawai, 1935 to 1939
Telegraphist, Kaitaia 1940 and 41
Postmaster, Waimaha
Telest, Wellesley St - absent with defence forces 1944, 45
Telegraphist, Wellesley St, 1948
4. Military: Air Force, Between 1939 and 1945, , Taieri, Otago, New Zealand. He was in the Air Force during World War 2, but he didn't see active service due to his having a heart murmur.
5. Living: Between 1945 and 1957, Auckland, Auckland, , , NZL.
6. He worked as a teacher in 1957 in Dunedin, , , NZL.
Wife Jessie May Ballard
Born: 6 Oct 1920 - Dunedin, , , NZL 6
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Died: 10 Jun 2010 - Dunedin, , , NZL
Cause of Death: Bronchopneumonia - several days; General Debility - months; Dementia - years; Ischaemic heart disease - years
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Father: Launcelot John Ballard (1881-1953)
Mother: Jessie Stewart (1879-1949)
Noted events in her life were:
1. She worked as an executive secretary before 1940 in Dunedin, , , NZL.
2. Military: Between 1940 and 1945, Dunedin, , , NZL.
3. Sep: 1960, Dunedin, , , NZL.
Noted events in their marriage were:
1. They resided at 7 Aorangi Road, in Birkenhead, Auckland, Auckland, , , NZL.
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General Notes: Husband - Robert Llewellyn Gibbins
Robert was born on his VINCENT grandparent's farm, then lived his early life at his parent's farm at Tikinui. When his mother died he was only eleven, and the youngest by seven years, so he was brought up by his sister Rhoda and her husband.
John Ballard and Ellen Sanderson
Husband John Ballard
Born: 10 Jan 1825 - Northiam, SSX, England, UK 7
Christened: 6 Mar 1825 - Northiam, SSX, England, UK
Died: 21 Feb 1887 - Newcastle, NSW 8
Cause of Death: Typhoid fever
Buried: 22 Feb 1887 - Maitland
Father: Robert Ballard (1804-1878)
Mother: Sophia Hawkins (1803-1883)
Marriage: 13 Mar 1846 - Maitland East 9
Noted events in his life were:
1. He immigrated on the ship 'Neptune' on 27 Sep 1839 to Sydney. 10 They left from Gravesend, England on 1 Jun 1839. This ship was 25 years old at the time (built in Calcutta)
2. He was employed about 1846 in Morpeth, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. 11 Publican
3. He was employed in 1848 in Morpeth, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. 11 Labourer
4. He worked as a Builder. As per his son James' death certificate
5. He worked as a Carpenter. 12
Wife Ellen Sanderson
Born: 2 Apr 1829 - Narellan 13
Address: Elderslie
Christened: 9 Aug 1829 - Narellan 14
Died: 24 Jun 1892 - Maitland 15
Cause of Death: Liver cancer
Buried: 26 Jun 1892 - Morpeth, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia 16
Father: Lancelot Sanderson (1802-1861)
Mother: Elizabeth Stamp (1805-1865)
Other Spouse: Thomas Hamilton ( - ) - 1889 - Boggabilla 17
Noted events in her life were:
1. She was baptised on 9 Aug 1829 in Narellan. 18
2. Christening Adult: St Peters, Church of England., 1 Nov 1837, Maitland. 19
Children
1 F Elizabeth Ballard 17
Born: 3 Jun 1846 - Morpeth, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia 20
Christened: 27 Jun 1846 - Maitland East
Died: 28 Jul 1925 - Newcastle, NSW
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2 M * James Edward Ballard
Born: 7 Jun 1848 - Morpeth, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia 21
Christened: 2 Jul 1848 - Morpeth, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia 22
Died: 3 Feb 1918 - Murrumburrah, NSW 23
Cause of Death: Heart failure
Buried: 4 Feb 1918 - Murrumburrah, NSW
Spouse: Elizabeth McGarry (1852-1920)
Marr: 22 Mar 1873 - Narrabri 24
3 F Louisa Jane Ballard 11
Born: 9 Mar 1850 - Morpeth, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia 25
Christened: 14 Apr 1850 - Morpeth, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 7 Jul 1899 - Singleton
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Spouse: Thomas EASTERBROOK ( - )
4 F Mary Ann Ballard 11
Born: 30 Sep 1861 - Morpeth, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia
Christened: 12 Apr 1864 - Morpeth, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia
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5 F Lydia Ellen Ballard 11
Born: 2 Aug 1865 - Morpeth, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia
Christened: 28 Jan 1867 - Morpeth, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 30 Jan 1867 - Morpeth, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia
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6 F Emma Ballard 11
Born: 2 Jan 1870 - Bendemeer, NSW 26
Christened: 29 Jul 1870 - Tamworth
Died: 1870 27
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Burial Notes: Husband - John Ballard
Campbell's Hill CoE Cemetery, Telerah.
Birth Notes: Wife - Ellen Sanderson
She was born at "Elderslie'.
Death Notes: Wife - Ellen Sanderson
She died of liver cancer at her sister and brother-in-law's house.
General Notes: Wife - Ellen Sanderson
Ellen was born seven months and 18 days after her parents arrived in N.S.W..
She was baptised twice, first when four months old at Narellan (with the father recorded as Samuel Sanderson) and again at East Maitland when she was eight and a half years old (with the father recorded as Lancelot).
Although the name Samuel on the first baptism raises the question of her paternity a calculation back from her birth date shows she must have been conceived on the ship her parent emigrated on (the Caroline), and been within 3 months of them leaving Durham to get married in London, which in turn was just 3 weeks before boarding ship. The passenger list for the Caroline does not list any Samuel. It may be that this was a name Lancelot went by or simply be a recording mistake.
Ellen married, just before her 17th birthday, in the same church at East Maitland where she had been baptised, St Peters Church of England. The Rev G K Rufden officiated and four witnesses names appear on the marriage record: her father Lancelot Sanderson, her sister Jane Sanderson, Thomas Smith and Mary Jennings.
Two years after her first husband's death (John Ballard) Ellen remarried in 1889 at Boggabilla on the Queensland border to Thomas Hamilton.
She returned to Maitland and was staying with her sister and brother in law, Jane and Alexander Wilkinson, in High Street West Maitland.
She died three years later, (1892) aged 63, after being ill with cancer of the liver for two years. (Lancelot is recorded as her father in her death record).
Notes: Marriage
James was baptised at age three months and for some unknown reason, Elizabeth was baptised again.
Mary Ann and Lydia Ellen were both baptised in St James Church at Morpeth. No father's name was recorded in the baptism register only that of the mother, Ellen Ballard a laundress, abode Morpeth.
Lydia Ellen died young at Morpeth in 1867 and was buried in Morpeth cemetery.
In 1870 another daughter, Emma, was born and baptised by the Methodist minister at Tamworth. The parents names, John and Ellen Ballard appear in the baptism record and the place of abode was Bendemeer in the Tamworth district. Emma died the same year, 1870. In the following year, 1871, Louisa Jane, married at Bendemeer.
It appears Ellen and John with their two daughters, Louisa Jane and Mary Ann, moved to the Peel River area between 1867 and 1870. It is not known what prompted the Ballard family to move but their 18 years old son, James, had taken a position with the post office in 1867 at Tamworth and this may have had some bearing on their decision.
Ten years later, in 1880, they were joined by their eldest daughter, Elizabeth, her husband and children.
Elizabeth and her family returned to Newcastle sometime before 1888 and perhaps Ellen and John did too, as John died aged 62 years in 1887 and was buried at Maitland.
Death Notes: Child - James Edward Ballard
heart failure
General Notes: Child - James Edward Ballard
James Edward was baptised in the Anglican Church of St James at Morpeth, which had been consecrated in 1837.
The town of Morpeth is named after Morpeth in the County of Northumberland in England. Morpeth, NSW and Morpeth, Northumberland are equal distances from Newcastle on Tyne (Northumberland) and Newcastle, NSW.
Morpeth was a private town from 1831 - 1841 and a toll of one penny per person and a halfpenny per wheel was levied on all travelers. The road from Maitland to Morpeth had been built by convicts.
Morpeth became the Hunter Valley's busiest port from the 1830's to the 1890's until the arrival of the Great Northern Railway.
During this time the town had eighteen inns, eight wharves from which thousands of newly arrived immigrants arrived to settle the Hunter Valley and New England areas, five Railway Stations, a flour mill, iron foundry and stores. Several of the old buildings remain and have been classified by the National Trust.
James moved to the northwest of NSW when a young man. He began working with the Postmaster General's Office in the Electric Telegraph Department on 1 April 1867 when he was 18.
He held the position of junior operator at Tamworth on a salary of 104 pounds per year.
On 1st March 1870 James transferred to Bendemeer, where his parents were living. His salary dropped to 52 pounds per year.
Later that year he took up the position of Telegraphic Station Master at Narrabri with a salary of 180 pounds.
Medical Notes: Child - James Edward Ballard
James had been ailing for six months with a heart condition and died peacefully in his sleep.
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Father: Osmund Egbert Ballard (1888-1952)
Mother: Lily Carland ( -1968)
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Name and occupation: John Ballard, Carpenter
Sex and age: Male, 63 years
Cause of death - Typhoid fever, duration - 3 weeks, Doctor - Ludlow, Last seen - 21 February 1887
Father and Mother: Robert Ballard, Gentleman and Sophia Ballard, formerly Hawkins
Informant: certified by James E Ballard, Son of deceased, Coonabarabran
Particulars of registration: F W Lockhead, 23 February 1887, Newcastle
Buried: 22 February 1887, West Maitland, Undertaker - W J Hoan
Minister - W H H Farringgton, Church of England, Witnesses - J Sanderson, G Sanderson
Born - Kent, England, 49 years in New South Wales
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Children: Elizabeth 40; James E 38; Loisa J 36 living
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Bride:SANDERSON, Ellen - Morpeth, Spinster
Married 13 March, 1846
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By Banns
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Born: 2 April 1829
Ceremony: 9 August 1829
Where: Parish of Narrellan, in the county of Cumberland, NSW
Where registered: not stated
Father: Samuel Sanderson
Mother: Elizabeth Sanderson
Abode: Narrellan
Profession: Overseer to Mr Howden
Sponsors: Not stated
Ceremony performed: Thos. Hassell, Church of England.
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Name and occupation: Ellen Hamilton, Household duties
Sex and age: Female, 63 years
Cause of death - Cancer of liver, duration - two years, Doctor - Alex Pentland, Last seen - 20 June 1892
Father and Mother: Lancelot Sanderson, farmer and Elizabeth Stamp
Informant: Alex Wilkinson whose house deceased died, High Street West Maitland
Particulars of registration: Thomas Hughes, 30 June 17892, West Maitland
Buried: 26 June 1892, Church of England cemtary, Morpeth, Undertaker - W J Hoan
Minister - R E Goddard, Witnesses - C J Wakely, L A Wilkinson
Born - New South Wales, Sixty three years in New South Wales
Marriage: twice - 1) Morpeth, age 17 years to John Ballard, 2) Bogabilla, age not known to Thomas Hamilton
Children: Living: Elizabeth; James Edward; Loisa Jane; Mary Ann. Ages not known. All by first marriage
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When born: 2 April 1829
Date of ceremony: 9 August, 1829
Where performed: Parish of Narrellan, in the County of Cumberland, NSW
Where registered: Not stated
Father: Samuel Sanderson Mother: Elizabeth Sanderson Abode: Narellan Profession: Overseer to Mr. Howden
Sponsors: Not stated Ceremony performed by: Thos. Hassall Church of England.
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Where: Parishes of Butterwick, Seaham and Middlehope, in the County of Durham Father: John Ballard Mother: Ellen Ballard Abode: Morpeth Profession: Labourer Sponsors: - Ceremony performed by: J Rodwell
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23. Death Certificate (NSW), Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (NSW), Death Certificate (NSW), 1918/002302. Surety: 4. Date and place of death: 1918, 3rd February, harden, Murrumburrah municipality
Name and occupation: James Edward Ballard, Postmaster
Sex and age: Male, 70 years
Cause of death - Failing heart, Aortic, regurgitationr, duration - about 12 months, Doctor - Theo K Potts, Last seen - 25 July 1917
Father and Mother: John Ballard, builder and Helen Sanderson
Informant: R L Ballard, son, Harden
Particulars of registration: J R Thomson, 4th February 1918, Murrumburrah
Buried: 1918 4th February, Methodist Cemetery, Murrumburrah, Undertaker - A P Sewell
Minister - David C Hughes, Methodist, Witnesses - M Kennelly, W Kerr
Born - Morpeth, New South Wales
Marriage: Narrabri, NSW, age 24 years to Elizabeth McGarry
Children: Lucy 44, Rebecca 42, James 40, Bessie 31, Lancelot 36, Robert 31, Osmund 29, Oliver 29, Priscilla 27, Adeline 20, living, none deceased.
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Birthplaces: blank
Occupation: Telegraph operator/blank
Age: blank
Usual place of residence: Narrabri/Ferriars
Parents names: blank
Father's occupation: blank
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