Margaret Ball

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Ball was born on 3 May 1863, in Linn, Kansas, United States, her father, John M. Ball, was 31 and her mother, Georgiana McKetridge, was 34. She married John Nicholls on 8 March 1879, in Linn, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Valley Township, Linn, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Boone Township, Douglas, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died on 19 July 1902, in Cherokee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Hosey Hill Cemetery, Weir, Cherokee, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Nicholls
1853–1907
Margaret Ball
1863–1902
Marriage: 8 March 1879
Rose May Nicholls
1879–
John William Nicholls
1881–1956
Francis Marion Nicholls
1883–1975
Joseph Andrew Nicholls
1885–1926
Anderson Wesley Nicholls
1890–1923
Stella Katharine Nicholls
1892–1969
Chester Orval Nicholls
1898–1972

Sources (8)

  • Margaret Ball in household of John Ball, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Maggie Ball, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
  • Maggie Nichols, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1871

Historical Boundaries: 1871: Cherokee, Kansas, United States

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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