Pinabelle Ballard (1915 - 2004)

Born 9 Nov 1915 in Era, Cooke, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Oct 2004 at age 88 in Denton, Denton, Texas, United States

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Biography

"P.B." Ballard was born in Era, Texas in 1915, the sixth child and younger daughter of Martin V. Ballard and Tiney (Allen) Ballard^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}. She studied nursing as a young woman^[7] and served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II^[8][9]. She returned to civilian life and continued her career as a nurse anesthetist^[9][10]. She died in 2004^[9][11] and was buried in Lake Dallas, Texas^[1].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #16654914
2. ↑ "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2P4-VPN : 1 March 2021), Ballard, 09 Nov 1915; citing Era, Cooke, Texas, United States, certificate 45973, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,477,522.
3. ↑ "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L2L-3CPZ : 14 February 2020), Pinabelle Ballard, 1915.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCMY-54K : 3 February 2021), Peshabelle [sic] Ballard in entry for Martin V Ballard, 1920.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H585-QT2 : accessed 6 February 2022), Pinabelle Ballard in household of Martin V Ballard, Denton, Denton, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 6B, line 88, family 151, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2323; FHL microfilm 2,342,057.
6. ↑ Name preference related in conversation by her niece, personal acquaintance.
7. ↑ "1940 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1940; Census Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04185; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 257-48
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #159021843 (accessed 5 February 2022)
   Pinabelle Ballard (25), single, Student Nurse, in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas. Born in Texas.
8. ↑ "U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019"
   National Cemetery Administration; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites
   Ancestry Record 8750 #3599045 (accessed 5 February 2022)
   Pinabelle Ballard burial (died on 21 Oct 2004) in Texas, USA. 2nd Lt Us Army World War II.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKW9-LJ4J : accessed 6 February 2022), Pinabelle Ballard, Texas, United States, 24 Oct 2004; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Denton Record-Chronicle, born-digital text.
10. ↑ "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995"
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2469 #378390625 (accessed 5 February 2022)
    Name: Pinabelle Ballard; Residence Year: 1945; Street Address: 3717 Oak Lawn; Residence Place: Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Occupation: Nurse; Publication Title: Fort Worth, Texas, City Directory, 1945.
11. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTDS-P2F : 11 January 2021), Pinabelle Ballard, 21 Oct 2004; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).