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WARD, Benjamin Vessey "Ben"

Male 1881 - 1934  (53 years)


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  • Name WARD, Benjamin Vessey "Ben" 
    Birth 14 Jan 1881  Preston, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 03 Apr 1934  Colonel Belcher Veterans Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • complications from Diabetes.
    Person ID I5  Ward
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2017 

    Father WARD, Henry,   b. Abt 1833, Bow, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Sep 1910, Three Hills, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Mother COCKING, Sarah Ann,   b. 13 Jun 1845, Fotherby, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Aug 1918, Three Hills, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 22 Jun 1872  Christ Church, Southport, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • GRO marriage record #
    Family ID F8  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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 
    Children 
    +1. WARD (CAMP), Howard John,   b. 29 Dec 1919, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 1996, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    +2. WARD, Walter Lyal,   b. 28 Jan 1922, Nanton, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 2002, Nanton, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    +3. WARD, Benjamin Franklin "Frank",   b. 20 May 1925, Twining, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 2000, Langley, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    +4. WARD, Thomas Henry "Tom" or "Harry",   b. 06 Jun 1927, Deer Park, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jun 2019 (Age 92 years)
    +5. WARD, Edith Evelyn June "June",   b. 19 Dec 1929, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 2015, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F6  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Nov 1923 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 03 Apr 1934 - Colonel Belcher Veterans Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • 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.


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