Heather CULBERTSON

1925 - 2012  (87 years)

• Name	Heather CULBERTSON
  Birth	24 Feb 1925	Hastings, East Sussex   [1]
  	At time of birth parents living at 6 Pulteney Road, Wanstead, Essex
  		24 Feb 1925 Birth Certificate for Heather Culbertson in St Elizabeth's Home, Hastings Parents Robert Bryan & Violet Victoria (née Bolingbroke) Culbertson
  Baptism	24 May 1925	Woodford, Essex   [2]
  	Probably St Mary's Church
  Gender	Female
  Death	9 Nov 2012	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  		9 Nov 2012 Death Certificate for Heather Ball (née Culbertson) Died at Marebello, 537 Cleveland-Redland Bay Road, Victoria Point, Brisbane, Australia
  		14 Nov 2012 Cremation Certificate for Heather Ball (née Culbertson) who died aged 87 years
  Cremation	14 Nov 2012	537 Cleveland Bay Road, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia   [3]
  	Ashes spread off Victoria Point, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia with those of her husband Tom Ball
  Person ID	I61	Culbertson Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Bryan CULBERTSON,   b. 17 Jul 1889, Anglesea Road, St Mary Cray, Orpington, Kent d. 16 Jan 1971, Royal Treloar Hospital, Alton, Hampshire (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Violet Victoria BOLINGBROKE,   b. 28 Mar 1897, Wellington Road, Hastings, East Sussex d. 8 Nov 1973, Whitehanger Nursing Home, Fernhurst, Sussex (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	29 Oct 1921	Hollington, Sussex   [4]
  	Witnessed by Frances Maud Packham & John Culbertson
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Tom Benjamin BALL,   b. 15 Feb 1912, Inverleith Terrace, East London, South Africa d. 17 Jul 1985, Caloundra, Queensland, Australia (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	12 Mar 1974	Mombasa, Kenya   [5]
  Family ID	F29	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2020

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 24 Feb 1925 - Hastings, East Sussex Death - 9 Nov 2012 - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Heather Ball née Culbertson Taken in Caloundra, Queensland, Australia
  		Heather Culbertson / Ball Passport photo
  		Heather Culbertson in Mapleton Post Office, Queensland
  		Violet Victoria Culbertson as a VAD and daughter Heather VAD = Voluntary Aid Detachment
  		Heather Ball, Kathy & John Culbertson at Mousehole II, Headley Down, Hampshire
  		Heather Ball & Kathy Culbertson, Queensland, Australia
  		c. 1940 Heather & John Murray Culbertson
  		Heather Culbertson
  		Violet, Heather & Robert Bryan Culbertson arrive for John & Kathleen's wedding

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		17 Jul 1985 Death Certificate for Thomas Benjamin Ball aged 73 years Cremated at Buderim Lawn Crematorium. Widow Heather Ball (née Culbertson)
  		16 Dec 1950 Witness to marriage of Kathleen Hall to brother, John Murray Culbertson Witnesses: Heather Culbertson, Geoffrey Bassett Palau, Adrian Solleveld. This church is now Colchester Arts Centre
  		12 Mar 1974 Bride to Thomas Benjamin Ball
  		12 Mar 1974 Bride to Thomas Benjamin Ball

  
  

• Notes

  Heather went to the same school as her mother, the Convent of Zion in Ladbroke Grove, London (Nr Kensall Rise). In the 50's she was a rat-catcher for the local council in the Petersfield/Liss area of Hampshire. She then emigrated to Africa, living for many years in Kampala, Uganda, where she met her future husband. She and Tom were forced to leave Uganda when Idi Amin took power and managed to get out with most of their property. They moved to Mombassa and then to Port Elizabeth, South Africa, before trying New Zealand and finally Caloundra, Australia Heather went to the same school as her mother, the Convent of Zion in Ladbroke Grove, London (Nr Kensall Rise). In the 50's she was a rat-catcher for the local Urban District Council in the Petersfield/Liss area of Hampshire. She then emigrated to Africa, living for many years in Kampala, Uganda, where she met her future husband. She and Tom were forced to leave Uganda when Idi Amin took power and managed to get out with most of their property. They moved to Mombassa and then to Port Elizabeth, South Africa, before trying New Zealand and finally Caloundra, Australia [6,7]

  
  

• Sources

  [S428] Birth - 1925-02-25 - Heather Culbertson, 25 Feb 1925 (Reliability: 3). [S429] Bapt - 1925-05-24 - Heather Culbertson, 24 May 1925 (Reliability: 3). [S501] Cremation - 2012-11-14 - Heather Ball nee Culbertson. [S416] Marr - 1921-10-21 - Violet Bolingbroke to Robert B Culbertson, 29 Oct 1921 (Reliability: 3). [S491] Marr - 1974-03-12 - Heather Culbertson to Thomas B Ball, 12 Mar 1974 (Reliability: 3). [S726] File (merged): C:\users\crossover\My Documents\WebPages\glio.me.uk\gen\TNG\TNG_gedcom\Culbertson_Family TNG export.ged. [S726] File (merged): C:\users\crossover\My Documents\WebPages\glio.me.uk\gen\TNG\TNG_gedcom\Culbertson_Family TNG export.ged. Record originated in...