William Ball

14 May 1786–31 August 1873
North Meols, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of William

When William Ball was christened on 14 May 1786, in North Meols, Lancashire, England, his father, Robert Ball, was 54 and his mother, Anne Jump, was 46. He married Sarah Howard on 16 November 1807, in North Meols, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in North Meols, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 31 August 1873, in Southport, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 87, and was buried in Southport, Lancashire, England.

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Family Time Line

William Ball
1786–1873
Sarah Howard
1787–1851
Marriage: 16 November 1807
Ann Ball
1809–1846
Alice Ball
1811–1882
Robert Ball
1814–1856
Thomas Ball
1817–1849
Mary Ball
1820–1822
Mary Ball
1823–1889
Jane Ball
1825–
Peter Ball
1831–
Sarah Ball
1833–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    16 November 1807North Meols, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia
    The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.
    1789 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
    "Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled ""The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano."" Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer."
    1815
    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    Name Meaning

    English: from Middle English bal, ball(e) ‘ball, sphere, globe, round body’ (Old French balle or Old English beall(a)), a nickname for a short, obese person.English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a knoll or rounded hill, from the same Middle English word, bal(le) as in 1 above, but applied topographically.English: from a Middle English adjective ball (weak form balle) in the sense ‘bald’, from ball ‘white streak, bald place’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Baller
    Bald
    Balle
    Balls

    Sources (18)

    • William Ball, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
    • William Ball in entry for Mary Ball, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
    • Wm. Ball in entry for David Entwistle, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "

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