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WARD, Benjamin Franklin "Frank"

Male 1925 - 2000  (75 years)


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  • Name WARD, Benjamin Franklin "Frank" 
    Birth 20 May 1925  Twining, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    _ADDR 01 Jan 1959  Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 11 Jun 2000  Langley, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Heart Attack at home of daughter, Diane.
    Burial Abt 15 Sep 2000  Queens Park, sec "L", Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3  Ward
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2015 

    Father WARD, Benjamin Vessey "Ben",   b. 14 Jan 1881, Preston, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Apr 1934, Colonel Belcher Veterans Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Mother NESBITT, Evelyn Verena,   b. 03 Apr 1901, Markdale, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Oct 1987, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 15 Nov 1923  Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce Est 1932 
    Family ID F6  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family VAUGHAN, Grace Patricia,   b. 31 May 1929, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 2000, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 31 May 1947  Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. WARD, J.K.
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 31 May 1947 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps_ADDR - 01 Jan 1959 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Jun 2000 - Langley, British Columbia, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S117] Compiler: Province of Alberta, Vital Records, Alberta, (Province of Alberta, 8555 Roper Road, Edmonton, AB), Statement of Birth Particulars Form, Registration #25-08-405353, Reg. Date 20 June 1925, Ful- Various.


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