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BALES, Benjamin
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Name BALES, Benjamin Birth 1825 Spalding, Lincolnshire
Christening 28 Oct 1825 Spalding, Lincolnshire
Gender Male Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I2554 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father BALES, Benjamin, b. Between 1781 and 1782, King's Lynn, Norfolk
d. 1866, Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire
(Age 85 years) Relationship natural Marriage UNKNOWN Family ID F262 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family .........., Elizabeth, b. Between 1832 and 1833, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Englansd
d. Yes, date unknown Children 1. BALES, Benjamin, b. 1850, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Englansd
d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1272 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
BENJAMIN BALES 1825-
Benjamin BALES, son of Benjamin and Ann, was baptised at Spalding, Lincolnshire, on 28 October 1825.
The family was living at Bourn Road, Spalding in 1851:
Benjamin BALES, head, aged 69, cottager, born at Lynn, Norfolk;
Ann BALES, wife, aged 59, staymaker, born at Stamford, Rutlandshire;
David BALES, son, aged 18, son at home, born at Spalding;
*Benjamin BALES, son, aged 25, married, son at home, born at Spalding;
Elizabeth BALES, wife, aged 18, married, cottager's wife, born at Hitchin, Hertfordshire;
Benjamin BALES, grandson, aged 7 months, at home, born at Hitchin;
Emily Ann PERKINS, visitor, aged 9, scholar, born at Spalding;
Sarah RUFF, servant, aged 18, general servant, born at Northampton.
(HO107/2096/400)
(Emily Ann PERKINS may have been a relative of the Sarah Ann PERKINS who was staying with Richard PEACOCK and his wife Sarah PEACOCK nee BALES at the time of the 1861 census.)

