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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Historical Boundaries: 1871: Cherokee, Kansas, United States
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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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