Ashpan Annie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Halifax Explosion survivor
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Place of Birth: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
About Ashpan Annie
- Ashpan Annie (January 25, 1916 – July 18, 2010) was the name given to Halifax Explosion survivor Anne M.
- Welsh (née Liggins). At the time she was 23 months old.
- Her brother Edwin and mother Anne were killed in the blast, which leveled most of the north Barrington Street structure.
- She was blown under the kitchen stove, where the still warm ashes in the ashpan kept her alive until she was rescued by a soldier, Sgt Davies and his dog along with a neighbour, Mr Henneberry, who was looking for his own family that had lived nearby some 26 hours later.Her father, Pte Edward, was a soldier who was overseas at the time.
- She was taken to the Pine Hill Convalescent Hospital, where she was discovered by her grandmother and aunt.She worked as a laundry worker at a young age, married and raised her own family.
- Her husband, Angus Welsh, died in the 1990s.She lived most of her life in the Hydrostone district.
- She died at The Berkeley, Gladstone Ridge in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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