When Elizabeth Ballard was born in February 1794, in Virginia, United States, her father, Joseph C Ballard, was 23 and her mother, Elizabeth Burcham, was 22. She married Kenworthy about 1820, in United States. She died on 10 June 1874, at the age of 80.
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English: from Middle English ballard ‘bald-headed man’ (compare Bald 3).
French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Balhard, composed of the elements bal, presumably meaning ‘torment, spitefulness’, and hard ‘hard, strong’. Compare Ballor .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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