resting_place death_date death_place birth_place other_names nationality name birth_date known_for article_title birth_name
mount olivet cemetery 18 july 2010 halifax , nova scotia , canada halifax , nova scotia , canada ashpan annie canadian anne welsh 25 january 1916 survivor of the halifax explosion ashpan annie
 anne liggins
ashpan annie

ashpan annie -lrb- january 25 , 1916 -- july 18 , 2010 -rrb- was the name given to halifax explosion survivor anne m. welsh -lrb- née liggins -rrb- .
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 .
