Elizabeth Ann Sones

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Ann

When Elizabeth Ann Sones was born on 3 April 1807, in Opp, Moreland Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, George Washington Sones, was 24 and her mother, Ann Lowe, was 24. She married George Charles Ball about 1828, in Lycoming Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Moreland Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Moreland, Moreland Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 30 November 1893, in Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Gordner's Cemetery, Unityville, Jordan Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Charles Ball
1810–1890
Elizabeth Ann Sones
1807–1893
Marriage: about 1828
Charles Ball
1830–
Thomas Luther Ball
about 1833–1888
Mary Ellen Ball
1832–1902
Sarah Ann Ball
1837–1928
John Ball
1842–1863
George W Ball
1846–1918

Sources (5)

  • Eliz Ball in household of Chas Ball, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Elizabeth Ann Sones Ball, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Elizabeth Bull in household of Charles Bull, "United States Census, 1880"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English (Suffolk):

perhaps an altered form of Soames; see Somes .

variant of Soane, with post-medieval excrescent -s (see Son ). The -o- in Middle English and early modern English son(e) is a conventional spelling of /u/ before an n. This /u/ became /ʌ/ in Standard English, hence the current pronunciation of Son. If /u/ was lengthened it became /o:/ in Middle English, and then /u:/ in modern English, hence the occasional spelling Soon. In some speakers' dialects, however, it seems that Middle English /u/ may have been lowered to /ɔ/ and lengthened to /ɔ:/, becoming modern English /əu/ represented in the spelling Soane. At any rate, Soon and Soane (also Sone) appear together in the same counties and are presumably alternative pronunciations of the same name.

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

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