Brief Life History of Mary Emeline
When Mary Emeline Ball was born in 1845, in Bloomfield, Essex, New Jersey, United States, her father, Moses Ball, was 45 and her mother, Jane Campbell, was 36. She died on 23 May 1849, at the age of 4.
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
A battalion of volunteers from New Jersey assisted during the Mexican-American War. They were active from 1847 to 1848 and divided among four companies. The battalion assisted during the Battle of Contreras and the Battle of Churubusco.
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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