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Grace Helen (Ranken) Ballard (1908 - 1995)

Grace Helen Ballard formerly Ranken aka Wilson
Born in Waldron, Sussex, Englandmap
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Wife of — married 10 Jan 1935 in Bloomsbury, London, Englandmap
Wife of — married 23 Jun 1951 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdommap
[children unknown]
Died at age 87 in Callow End, Worcestershire, Englandmap
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Grace (Ranken) Ballard is Notable.

Grace Helen Ranken was a British horticulturalist known for her hellebore hybrids.

Grace was born in Waldron, Sussex on 11 January 1908, her parents were Arthur Ranken and Sarah Phillips [1] [2]

She was married to Peter Cecil Wilson on 10 January 1935, in Bloomsbury Register Office [3]

A short announcement of the marriage appeared in the Weekly Dispatch (London), dated 13 January 1935 [4]

Marriage - The Modern Way

A love story in the best modern romantic tradition lies behind the announcement of the marriage of a grandson of Lord Ribblesdale and a young authoress. Mr Peter Cecil Wilson, who is 21, was married last week to Miss Grace Helen Ranken, of Bloomsbury, at Bloomsbury Register Office. 'They kept their engagement a close secret', a friend of the bride told the Sunday Dispatch yesterday. 'On Thursday Miss Ranken put on her coat and hat and calmly said she was going out to be married'. 'She said it as casually as if she were going out for a walk'.

Grace was divorced from Peter Wilson in 1951, and the same year she married Philip Ernest Ballard, in Gloucestershire [5]

Grace was given some hellebore roots and her interest in these plants developed over the years until she became a specialist in their cultivation and propagation.

She died in St Cloud Nursing Home, Callow End, Worcestershire on 28 May 1995, her personal estate amounted to £685,789. [6] [7]

Census

1911 Culverwood Cross in Hand, Waldron, Sussex [8]
Arthur William Ranken Head Married Male 43 1868 Consulting Engineer Oxford
Sarah Kate Ranken Wife Married Female 34 1877 - Taynton Glos
Catherine Mary Ranken Daughter - Female 9 1902 - London N W
Edna Marjorie Ranken Daughter - Female 7 1904 - Woking Surrey
Grace Helen Ranken Daughter - Female 3 1908 - Waldron Sussex
George Edward Ranken Son - Male 0 1911 - Waldron Sussex

1939 Register

Eshton Hall,Gagrave Bell Busk, Coniston Cold, Skipton R.D., Yorkshire [9]
Sir Mathew Wilson, Baronet, CSI, DSO 25 Aug 1875 Male Colonel 10th Royal Hussars & Middlesex Yeomanry (Retired) Married 20 1
Lady Barbara Wilson 30 May 1880 Female authoress Married 20 2
Grace Helen Wilson 11 Jan 1908 Female Teacher Retired (Oxford Ba) Married 20 3
The record for this person is officially closed.
Peter Cecil Wilson 08 Mar 1913 Male Art Auctioneer Married 20 5
Matthew M Wilson 02 Jul 1906 Male Assistant Land Agent Single 20 6
Anthony T Wilson 15 Nov 1908 Male Stock Broker Married 20 7
William L Newman 19 Sep 1901 Male Butler Married 20 8
Robertina Newman 08 Feb 1909 Female Cook Married (Not Employed) Married 20 9
Annie M Stephens 20 Jun 1889 Female Cook House Keeper Widowed 20 10
The record for this person is officially closed.
Phyllis E Haslen 26 Feb 1918 Female Children's Nurse Single 20 12
Edith M Comber 15 Jan 1873 Female Children's Nurse Single 20 13
Phyllis E Wise (Haslen) 26 Nov 1918 Female Childrens Nurse Single 20 12
The record for this person is officially closed.

Sources

  1. (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp) GRO index RANKEN, - PHILLIPS GRO Reference: 1908 M Quarter in UCKFIELD Volume 02B Page 109
  2. (https://www.freebmd.org.uk) GRO index Q1 Uckfield vol 2b page 109, shows full name as Grace Helen Ranken
  3. (https://www.freebmd.org.uk) GRO index Q1 1935 Holborn vol 1b page 685
  4. Findmypast Newspaper Archives [1]
  5. (https://www.freebmd.org.uk) GRO index Q2 1951 Gloucester R vol 7b page 844
  6. Probate Calendar Entry
  7. (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp) GRO index BALLARD, GRACE HELEN (yob1908) GRO Reference: DOR Q2/1995 in MALVERN (5211) Reg 17D Entry Number 133
  8. "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7BG-8BL : 12 July 2019),
  9. Findmypast 1939 Register [2]




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