This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: infosending1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.institutions.poorhouses.general/130.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: There were no births for Kate Victoria Ballard. There was only one birth for Victoria Kate Ballard. Her long version birth certificate will give you her birth parentage, ( and will include her mother's maiden surname ), which will be the same as you found on the 1901 census, unless one of them had subsequently remarried. Name: BALLARD, Victoria Kate Registration district: Portsea Island County: Hampshire Year of registration: 1879 Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec Volume no: 2B Page no: 523 http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/directory/life-events-and-services.html She died in the Portsmouth area in 1949 aged 70. Name: BALLARD, Victoria K Registration district: Portsmouth County: Hampshire Year of registration: 1949 Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec Age at death: 70 Volume no: 6B Page no: 368 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>