Family/Spouse: PICKARD, Robert. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married SYKES, Mary Elizabeth [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 4/10/1975

BALLING - Leonard T.
Balling, 62, of 267 Shartle
Place, North Tonawanda,
Thursday (April 10, 1975) at
Mercy Hospital, Buffald
following a short illness. A life
long resident of the
Tonawandas, he was employed
by the Balling Construction
Company. Mr. Balling was a
member of Ascension Church,
Bricklayers Local No.49,
Gratwick Hose Co. No. 6,
Ascension Boosters, the Holy
Name Society and an Honorary
member of the Kiwanis Club.
He is survived by his wife,
Anna Mae (nee Canty) Balling;
four sons, Thomas and Bernard
Balling of North Tonawanda,
William and Kenneth Balling,
at home; four daughters, Joan
and Deborah Balling, at home,
Mrs. James (Lenore) Thompson
of North Tonawanda, Mrs.
Charles (Jean) Ryan of Sterling,
Va.; four brothers, Joseph
of Tonawanda, Leo of
Williamsville, Walter, Norman
and Jacob Balling, all
of the Tonawandas; four
sisters, Mrs. Spencer (Sophia)
Carney of North Tonawanda,
Mrs. Frances Brown and Mrs.
Florence Korkow, both of
Florida and Mrs. Archibald
(Gertrude) Clifford of
Tonawanda. and six grandchildren.
The family will be present
from 7 to 9 this evening and 2 to
4 and 7 to 9 Friday at the Hamp
Funeral Home, Adam and
Seymour Sts., Tonawanda
where prayers will be said at
9:30 a.m. Saturday followed by
a Mass of Christian Burial at 10
a.m. at Ascension Church.
Interment Mt. Olivet
Cemetery. Recitation of the
Rosary Friday evening at 7:30
at the funeral home

Leonard + CANTY, Anna Mae. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 5/8/1926

Jacob Balling, aged 49 years, died
suddenly at ten o'clock Thursday e v e
n i n g at h i s home, 842 Grove street.
Mr. Balling worked as bricklayer for
Morris and A l l a n , building contractors
He was talking over some working
plans with his family when he stepped
i n t o the kitchen and fell dead. He
was born ln Germany and lived here
for 43 years. Surviving are a wife.
eight sons. M. Joheph, Henry, Fred,
Leo, Leonard, Walter, Norman and
Jacob Balling, Jr. four daughters.
Florence and Gertrude Balling, Mrs.
Spencer Carney and Mrs. Miles Brown
and three grandchildren, all of the
Tonawandas. He was president of the
Holy Name Society of St. Francis
church and of the Bricklayers' Union.
No. 49, of the Tonawandas, at tne
time of his death. Funeral services
will be held Monday morning at 8:30
o'clock from the residence and a t 9
o'clock at St. Francis church. interment
will be in St. Francis cemetery.
Very Rev. John A. Weismantel
will officiate.

Jacob married Magdalene about 1898. Magdalene was born about 1878 in Germany; died on 2 Oct 1951 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 10/2/1951

Mrs. Magdalena Balling, 74. of
342 Grove St., fifty years a resi-
dent of Tonawanda, died this
morning in DeGraff Memorial
Hospital after a short illness.
Born in Germany, Mrs. Balling
came to the United States
when she was seven years old.
She is the mother of four daugh
ters and eight sons. Seven sons
are associated with their brother
Henry J. Balling, prominent
contractor. She was the widow
of the late Jacob Balling.
Mrs. Balling was a member
of St. Francis Church and the
Altar and Rosary Societies of
the church.
Daughters surviving are Mrs.
Spencer Carney, Mrs. Florence
Karkow and Miss Gertrude Balling
of the Tonawandas; Mrs.
Frances Brown of Englewood,
Fla. Her sons are M. Joseph,
Henry J., Fred, Leo, Leonard,
Walter, Norman and Jacob, all
of the Tonawandas. Also surviving
are 28 grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren.
A prayer service will be conducted
in the residence Friday
at 9 a.m. and the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
John A. Weismantel will sing a
solemn high Requiem Mass at
9:30 in St, Francis Church. Burial
will be in St. Francis Cemetery.