Nancy Ball

Brief Life History of Nancy

When Nancy Ball was born in 1842, in Ohio, United States, her father, John William Ball, was 23 and her mother, Jane Hazelton, was 23. She lived in Salt Lick Township, Perry, Ohio, United States in 1850.

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Family Time Line

John William Ball
1819–1890
Jane Hazelton
1819–1894
Nancy Ball
1842–
James Perry Ball
Priscilla Ball
1843–1907
Isabella Ball
1848–1912
Barbara Ellen Ball
1850–1874
John Henry Ball
1851–1926
Anna Ball
1855–
Eliza Jane Ball
1856–1929
James Perry Ball
1859–1889
Jenny Ellis Ball
1875–

Sources (2)

  • Nancy Ball in household of John H Ball, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Nancy Ball in household of John W Ball, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

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.

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