Brief Life History of Ernest Reid
When Ernest Reid Ballard was born on 20 October 1876, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Henry Ballard, was 44 and his mother, Emily Reid McNeil, was 27. He married Amanda Dorthea Miller on 22 June 1904, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He died on 12 December 1961, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Newton, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Ernest R. Wall, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mr. Ernest R Ballard, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Ernest Reid Ballard, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1877 · Logan's First Stake is Formed
Eighteen years after the first ward was established and the population of the valley increased exponentially, the first Stake was established.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English ballard ‘bald-headed man’ (compare Bald 3).
French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Balhard, composed of the elements bal, presumably meaning ‘torment, spitefulness’, and hard ‘hard, strong’. Compare Ballor .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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