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  1. 1.  WARD, J.K.

    J.K. married MCINTOSH, L.J. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    J.K. married BOOTH, K.L. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  WARD, Benjamin Franklin "Frank" was born on 20 May 1925 in Twining, Alberta, Canada (son of WARD, Benjamin Vessey "Ben" and NESBITT, Evelyn Verena); died on 11 Jun 2000 in Langley, British Columbia, Canada; was buried about 15 Sep 2000 in Queens Park, sec "L", Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _ADDR: 01 Jan 1959, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Notes:

    remembers having to choose whom to live with when his parents divorced. He and Harry went with their father, while June and the others stayed with their mother.

    Graduated with squadron 91 as a Wireless Air Gunner. He trained on Harvards and Bolingbrokes (a twin engine bomber with a central turret on top). Frank recalled climbing into the turret, and then a plate was bolted on behind him, thus allowing the turret to rotate freely, and thus preventing his getting out in an emergency.

    purchased a 1/4 section of land Northeast of Airdrie, Alberta. Legal description of . Frank loved to stay out there (in a little trailer they placed on the land), and he ran a few cattle and had a large garden. When they first drilled their well it was free flowing artesian.

    had a heart attack just after returning home from an appointment with his heart specialist. Treated in the Calgary General Hospital.

    Died:
    Heart Attack at home of daughter, Diane.

    Benjamin married VAUGHAN, Grace Patricia on 31 May 1947 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Grace (daughter of VAUGHAN, Harold Rudolph "Jack" and FULLER, Zelphie Alice "Belle") was born on 31 May 1929 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; died on 28 Feb 2000 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried about 15 Sep 2000 in Queens Park, sec "L", Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  VAUGHAN, Grace Patricia was born on 31 May 1929 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (daughter of VAUGHAN, Harold Rudolph "Jack" and FULLER, Zelphie Alice "Belle"); died on 28 Feb 2000 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried about 15 Sep 2000 in Queens Park, sec "L", Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Grace Patricia Ward
    • _ADDR: 01 Jan 1959, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Notes:

    was successfully operated on for cervical cancer, and she would be a cancer survivor for almost 20 years.

    Birth:
    although her birth certificate was recorded incorrectly as 21 May, she never had it corrected.

    _ADDR:
    She and Frank lived at this home until their deaths in 2000.

    Died:
    she developed lung cancer, which had earlier been misdiagnosed as emphazema (sp ?). An operation was performed in June of 1999, but by then it was too late, so she started chemotherapy which was very debilitating on her quality of life.

    Children:
    1. 1. WARD, J.K.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  WARD, Benjamin Vessey "Ben" was born on 14 Jan 1881 in Preston, Lancashire, England (son of WARD, Henry and COCKING, Sarah Ann); died on 03 Apr 1934 in Colonel Belcher Veterans Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

    Notes:

    apprenticed, along with his brothers, as a joiner & cabinetmaker with his father.

    Fought in the battle of Vimy Ridge with the 31st Calgary Battalion, 2nd Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Wounded by machine gun fire on the x April, [wounds to his hand and leg, losing a finger].

    acquired a 1/4 section of land, [ description] through the Veterans Land Act, in the Twining area near his fathers place.

    Family entry into Canada, registered at Calgary, from Deer Park Washington, USA. Stated they entered the US on 1 April 1927, and their son Thomas Henry is shown as having been born there. Thomas Nesbitt [father of Evelyn] & Sam Ward [brother of Ben] shown as next of kin in Canada. Source: Canadian border crossings, Vol. 7, page 42. Ancestry.com.

    had a gold pocket knife (which went on his watch fob) that his son Frank remembers loosing while fishing on the Bow River. Frank later in life replaced the knife and proudly wore his fathers watch & fob.

    Died:
    complications from Diabetes.

    Benjamin married NESBITT, Evelyn Verena on 15 Nov 1923 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and was divorced est 1932. Evelyn (daughter of NESBITT, Thomas Andrew and HOLLEY, Sarah Eliza "Ida") was born on 03 Apr 1901 in Markdale, Ontario, Canada; died on 05 Oct 1987 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; was buried est 10 Oct 1987 in Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  NESBITT, Evelyn Verena was born on 03 Apr 1901 in Markdale, Ontario, Canada (daughter of NESBITT, Thomas Andrew and HOLLEY, Sarah Eliza "Ida"); died on 05 Oct 1987 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; was buried est 10 Oct 1987 in Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Evelyn Verena Adams
    • Name: Evelyn Verena Camp

    Notes:

    Birth:
    personal communication.

    Died:
    attended funeral.

    Buried:
    with husband George B. Smith.

    Children:
    1. WARD (CAMP), Howard John was born on 29 Dec 1919 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; died on 29 Jan 1996 in Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    2. WARD, Walter Lyal was born on 28 Jan 1922 in Nanton, Alberta, Canada; died on 20 Apr 2002 in Nanton, Alberta, Canada.
    3. 2. WARD, Benjamin Franklin "Frank" was born on 20 May 1925 in Twining, Alberta, Canada; died on 11 Jun 2000 in Langley, British Columbia, Canada; was buried about 15 Sep 2000 in Queens Park, sec "L", Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
    4. WARD, Thomas Henry "Tom" or "Harry" was born on 06 Jun 1927 in Deer Park, Washington, USA; died on 9 Jun 2019.
    5. WARD, Edith Evelyn June "June" was born on 19 Dec 1929 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; died on 14 Feb 2015 in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

  3. 6.  VAUGHAN, Harold Rudolph "Jack" was born on 15 Feb 1896 in 155 Third Street, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (son of VAUGHAN, Walter Rudolph and POOLE, Lulu Frances); died on 02 Feb 1965 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried in at Queens Park section L, Lot 31, Block 20., Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

    Notes:

    trained in Calgary, however never shipped overseas, while his brother Frank was shipped to England. One note in his file at the PPCLI office (then in Calgary) stated he was in the Brig for drinking and poor conduct, which may have been the reason he never had to go to England with his brother.

    Harold Rudolph Vaughan age 41, coal miner, wf. Belle Vaughan, res. 1009 3rd Ave NW, Calgary, business 1 day.

    had cancer of the throat leading to his death.

    Birth:
    Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841?1910. (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.). V458, p325. Mar 2011.

    Buried:
    headstone

    Harold married FULLER, Zelphie Alice "Belle" on 21 Jun 1927 in Acme, Alberta, Canada. Zelphie (daughter of FULLER, Charles Woodman and DECHANET, Grace) was born on 29 Jul 1906 in Carbon, Alberta, Canada; died on 21 Mar 1992 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried in at Queens Park, section L, Lot 31, Block 20., Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  FULLER, Zelphie Alice "Belle" was born on 29 Jul 1906 in Carbon, Alberta, Canada (daughter of FULLER, Charles Woodman and DECHANET, Grace); died on 21 Mar 1992 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried in at Queens Park, section L, Lot 31, Block 20., Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Zelphie Alice "Belle" Vaughan
    • _ADDR: Abt 1940, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Notes:

    _ADDR:
    house built by Jack Vaughan, and lived in till about 1990.

    Buried:
    headstone

    Children:
    1. VAUGHAN, Raymond Kenneth was born on 12 Apr 1928 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; died on 01 Aug 1932 in at farm of Grandparents Charles Fuller, Carbon, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 05 Aug 1932 in at Burnsland Cemetery, section F, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
    2. 3. VAUGHAN, Grace Patricia was born on 31 May 1929 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; died on 28 Feb 2000 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried about 15 Sep 2000 in Queens Park, sec "L", Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
    3. VAUGHAN, Roberta Francis 'Bert was born on 20 Jul 1930 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; died on 12 Feb 2005 in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
    4. VAUGHAN, K.H.W.
    5. VAUGHAN, B.A.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  WARD, Henry was born about 1833 in Bow, London, Middlesex, England (son of WARD, Richard); died on 06 Sep 1910 in Three Hills, Alberta, Canada; was buried about 14 Sep 1910 in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Three Hills, Alberta, Canada.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    stated on several census records he was born in Bow, London. [anywhere from 1833-37].

    Henry married COCKING, Sarah Ann on 22 Jun 1872 in Christ Church, Southport, Lancashire, England. Sarah (daughter of COCKING, Stephen Thomas and VESSEY, Eleanor) was born on 13 Jun 1845 in Fotherby, Lincolnshire, England; died on 13 Aug 1918 in Three Hills, Alberta, Canada; was buried about 18 Aug 1918 in Mount Olive Cemetery, Three Hills, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  COCKING, Sarah Ann was born on 13 Jun 1845 in Fotherby, Lincolnshire, England (daughter of COCKING, Stephen Thomas and VESSEY, Eleanor); died on 13 Aug 1918 in Three Hills, Alberta, Canada; was buried about 18 Aug 1918 in Mount Olive Cemetery, Three Hills, Alberta, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Sarah Ann Ward

    Notes:

    Married:
    GRO marriage record #

    Children:
    1. WARD, Charles William was born on 26 Dec 1871 in Douglas, Isle Of Man, England; died on 03 May 1917 in Vimy Ridge, France.
    2. WARD, Edith was born on 21 Mar 1873 in Southport, Lancashire, England; died on 11 Dec 1945 in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.
    3. WARD, Fred was born on 23 Apr 1875 in Preston, Lancashire, England; died on 11 Jan 1879 in Preston, Lancashire, England.
    4. WARD, Emily Jane was born on 04 May 1876 in Preston, Lancashire, England; died on 20 Sep 1876 in Preston, Lancashire, England.
    5. WARD, Harry was born on 14 Nov 1877 in Preston, Lancashire, England; died on 09 Jan 1879 in Preston, Lancashire, England.
    6. WARD, Samuel was born on 23 Jun 1879 in Preston, Lancashire, England; died on 22 Apr 1951 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
    7. 4. WARD, Benjamin Vessey "Ben" was born on 14 Jan 1881 in Preston, Lancashire, England; died on 03 Apr 1934 in Colonel Belcher Veterans Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
    8. WARD, John was born on 30 Jun 1882 in Preston, Lancashire, England; died on 08 Jan 1954 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
    9. WARD, Robert "Bob" was born on 31 Dec 1884 in St.John, Preston, Lancashire, England; died on 10 Aug 1955 in Crofton, British Columbia, Canada.

  3. 10.  NESBITT, Thomas Andrew was born on 27 May 1868 in Artemisia Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada (son of NESBITT, Andrew and ARMSTRONG, Margaret Jane); died on 13 Jun 1940 in High River, Alberta, Canada; was buried after 13 Jun 1940 in Nanton Cemetery, Nanton, Alberta, Canada.

    Notes:

    1911 Census living Glenelg Twp, Grey Co, ON, Lot 110, Conc 2, swts Rd.

    Birth:
    1901 census. 1911 Census gives 1870 , May.

    Buried:
    email from Town of Nanton, Cemetery administrator. Feb 2013

    Thomas married HOLLEY, Sarah Eliza "Ida" on 19 Feb 1901 in Markdale, Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of HOLLEY, Jacob Henry and MADILL, Eliza) was born in Oct 1877 in Artemesia Twp., Grey, Ontario, Canada; died on 06 Jun 1917 in Nanton, Alberta, Canada; was buried after 06 Jun 1917 in Nanton Cemetery, Nanton, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  HOLLEY, Sarah Eliza "Ida" was born in Oct 1877 in Artemesia Twp., Grey, Ontario, Canada (daughter of HOLLEY, Jacob Henry and MADILL, Eliza); died on 06 Jun 1917 in Nanton, Alberta, Canada; was buried after 06 Jun 1917 in Nanton Cemetery, Nanton, Alberta, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Sarah Eliza "Ida" Nesbitt

    Notes:

    Birth:
    1911 Census.

    Buried:
    email from Town of Nanton, Cemetery administrator. Feb 2013

    Children:
    1. 5. NESBITT, Evelyn Verena was born on 03 Apr 1901 in Markdale, Ontario, Canada; died on 05 Oct 1987 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; was buried est 10 Oct 1987 in Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
    2. NESBITT, James Alexander was born on 16 Aug 1904 in Markdale, Ontario, Canada; died on 23 Mar 1973 in Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 25 Mar 1973 in at Highwood Cemetery, High River, Alberta, Canada.
    3. NESBITT, Minnie Roxana "Roxie" was born on 12 Nov 1905 in Markdale, Ontario, Canada; died on 17 Dec 1985 in High River, Alberta, Canada.
    4. NESBITT, Ivan Henry was born on 18 Dec 1906 in Markdale, Ontario, Canada; died on 02 Jul 1980 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 05 Jul 1980 in at Mountainview Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
    5. NESBITT, Oscar William was born on 05 Apr 1908 in Markdale, Ontario, Canada; died in 1967 in Three Hills, Alberta, Canada; was buried in 1967 in Swalwell Cemetery, Swalwell, Alberta, Canada.
    6. NESBITT, Lyna Gertrude was born on 28 Jun 1909 in Markdale, Ontario, Canada; died in Jan 1983 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
    7. NESBITT, Eula Almeda was born on 04 Apr 1910 in Markdale, Ontario, Canada; died in 1934 in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada.
    8. NESBITT, Thomas Borden "Bob" was born on 08 Sep 1911 in Markdale, Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Jan 1987 in Langley, British Columbia, Canada.

  5. 12.  VAUGHAN, Walter Rudolph was born on 31 Oct 1868 in Kempt, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada (son of VAUGHAN, George Benjamin and NUNN, Sarah Amanda); died on 02 Jan 1951 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried about 05 Jan 1951 in at Queens Park, section H, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

    Notes:

    farmed on a homestead in the Dogpound, Alberta area, on the description?. He donated some of his land to build a country school on.

    Birth:
    Although NUNN Family Bible of Scott Wilkins has date as 2 Oct 1868. Apr 2012.

    Buried:
    headstone

    Walter married POOLE, Lulu Frances on 17 May 1893 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Lulu (daughter of POOLE, George Warren and CALDER, Helen Elizabeth) was born on 06 Oct 1870 in Lunenburg, Worchester, Massachussetts, USA; died on 14 Jan 1938 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried est 18 Jan 1938 in at Burnsland Cemetery, section F, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  POOLE, Lulu Frances was born on 06 Oct 1870 in Lunenburg, Worchester, Massachussetts, USA (daughter of POOLE, George Warren and CALDER, Helen Elizabeth); died on 14 Jan 1938 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried est 18 Jan 1938 in at Burnsland Cemetery, section F, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Lulu Frances Vaughan

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Lulu Frances Poole, female, born Lunenburg, daughter of George W. & Helen E. (Calder) Poole. Occupation father Boatman, father born Malden, mother born Lynn. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841?1910. (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.). Feb. 2011.

    Buried:
    no headstone?

    Notes:

    Married:
    Marriage Record.

    Children:
    1. VAUGHAN, Frank Nelson was born on 09 Feb 1894 in 642 Main Street, Melrose, Massachussetts, USA; died in 1964 in Banff, Alberta, Canada; was buried in 1964 in at Mountainview Cemetery, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
    2. 6. VAUGHAN, Harold Rudolph "Jack" was born on 15 Feb 1896 in 155 Third Street, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 02 Feb 1965 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried in at Queens Park section L, Lot 31, Block 20., Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
    3. VAUGHAN, Raymond Poole was born on 14 Jan 1906 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; died on 14 Nov 1968 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried about 17 Nov 1968 in at Crossfield Cemetery, Crossfield, Alberta, Canada.
    4. VAUGHAN, Lewis Earl "Pete" was born on 02 Feb 1908 in Alberta, Canada; died on 02 Jun 1980 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

  7. 14.  FULLER, Charles Woodman was born on 11 Jul 1861 in Dunkirk, Chatauqua, New York, USA; died on 07 Oct 1937 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

    Charles married DECHANET, Grace on 26 Nov 1891 in St. Paul, Ramsay, Minnesota, USA. Grace was born on 22 Feb 1868 in Wabashaw, Wabashaw, Minnesota, USA; died on 01 Dec 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  DECHANET, Grace was born on 22 Feb 1868 in Wabashaw, Wabashaw, Minnesota, USA; died on 01 Dec 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Grace Fuller

    Notes:

    To see her family ancestors please go to my cousin Wayne Fullers site at: http://fullereriksen.familygenes.ca/getperson.php?personID=I30&tree=wfuller

    Children:
    1. 7. FULLER, Zelphie Alice "Belle" was born on 29 Jul 1906 in Carbon, Alberta, Canada; died on 21 Mar 1992 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried in at Queens Park, section L, Lot 31, Block 20., Calgary, Alberta, Canada.


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