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BALES, Benjamin
1850 - Yes, date unknown Has 3 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1833 - Yes, date unknown-
Name BALES, Benjamin Birth 1850 Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Englansd 
Gender Male Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I2556 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father BALES, Benjamin, b. 1825, Spalding, Lincolnshire d. Yes, date unknown Relationship natural Mother .........., Elizabeth, b. Between 1832 and 1833, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, Englansd d. Yes, date unknown Relationship natural Family ID F1272 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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BENJAMIN GRANT BALES 1850-
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.)
A Benjamin BALES married in 1884.
(GRO March Q 1884 Spalding 7a 487)