Pioneer.
Born at Bowmanville, Ontario in April 1870, she came to Manitoba in 1880. On 31 July 1895, she married John Balfour in the RM of Pembina and they had five daughters: Margaret Barbara Balfour (1897-1933, wife of Norman Charles Checkley), Annie Maud Foley (1899-?), Ada Bella Balfour (1900-?, wife of James Stewart Skillings), Mary Foley Gertrude Balfour (1903-?, wife of John Worral Platt), and Francis Bower Balfour (1906-?). The family farmed 960 acres of land near Manitou. She died at home on 29 December 1933 and was buried in the Manitou Cemetery.
Marriage registration [Bella Maude Foley, John Balfour], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registrations [Margaret Barbara Balfour, Annie Maud Foley, Ada Bella Balfour, Mary Foley Gertrude Balfour, Francis Bower Balfour], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Margaret Barbara Balfour, Norman Charles Checkley], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Mary Gertrude Balfour, John Worral Platt], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Ada Bella Balfour, James Stewart Skillings], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
Death registration [Belle Balfour], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Death of Mrs. Bella Maude Belfour,” Western Canadian, 4 January 1934, page 1.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 February 2024
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