Hi Bob, are you having trouble logging onto / or seeing posts on the Ballard forum i left some stuff for you Best Wishes Adrian Ballard of Bristol, Uk WWW.BALLARDGEN.COM WILLIAM BALLARD 39th Regiment Foot. Born, 1748/52 at Bristol, (WHERE). married 1771 King Stanley, Gloucestershire, By Licence, Occupation "Wool Scribbler later a Soldier & Shoemaker". Lost a leg during the Siege of Gibraltar, Pensioned 1783, aged 31. Died 1812 & bur, Bristol Baptist Burial Grounds ("an old pensioner age 62)other Ballard's buried here earlier . [why cant i find his bapt record, is it because he was a baptist]. HELP HELP HELP !!! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 9:28 AM Subject: [HEF] Ballard Family Gloucestershire and Herefordshire > Hi > > I am new to the list and am posting my interests. > > Thomas Ballard b. 1801 at Dymock just over the border in Gloucs. Worked > as > a paper stainer in Middlesex with his brother James and later as a house > decorator. One daughter Mary Ann Ballard 1845-94. > Thomas died at Chiswick in 1894 at the age of 93. > > Thomas had various siblings some of whom were baptised at Fownhope in the > 1790s. Other siblings include Richard, Frederick, Charles. All baptised at > Dymock. > > It is possible that Thomas' father John Ballard married Ann Skipp - > connected to the Ledbury family? > > Any Ballard information from Herefordshire gratefully received. > > Thanks > > Bob Parsons > Shropshire > > > ==== ENG-HEREFORD Mailing List ==== > . > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >