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Name: BALLANCE, William (Sergeant)
Birth Date: 1859 Bellary, Karnatika, India
Death Date: 12 Apr 1928 Manchester
Nationality: British
First Date: 1890
Last Date: 1892
Profession: IBEA Co. General Africa Staff - appointed 19-6-1890
Area: Witu 1891
Married: In Everton 21 Feb 1905 Caroline Colocott b. 1885 Egremont, Cheshire, d. 1919 St Martin's, London
Children: Winifred Rose (1906 Belfast-1921); Lena Beatrice (1911 Belfast-1911); William F. (24 Apr 1912 Belfast-2007)
Book Reference: EAHB 1905, North, IBEA, EAHB 1906, EAHB 1904
General Information:
IBEA Co. - Nominal List of British Born Subjects resident in IBEA Territories within the Sultan's Domain, 30 April 1891 - Sgt. W. Balance, Asst. to Rogers, Witu
North - RE, surveyor & draughtsman loaned to the IBEA Co. Company Appt 19-6-1890; Asst to Capt H.B. Mackay at Changamwe with R.J.D. Macallister, W.L. Roach working on initial construction of light railway from Mombasa to Mazeras Mar 1890; Asst. to Rogers at Witu 1891; asked to be sent home, complaints about pay, employment and Capt. Rogers, to dep. on first available ship 26-4-1892; end of detachment, returned to Royal Engineers May 1892