Sydney George Ball

Male1907–6 January 1928

Brief Life History of Sydney George

When Sydney George Ball was born in 1907, in Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Alfred Ball, was 23 and his mother, Edith Lily Belfield, was 22. He lived in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911. He died on 6 January 1928, at the age of 21, and was buried in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Alfred Ball
1884–
Edith Lily Belfield
1885–
Sydney George Ball
1907–1928
William Ernest Briand Ball
1910–1980
Reginald Ball
1915–2002

Sources (5)

  • Sydney George Ball in household of William Ernest Maycock, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
  • Sydney George Ball, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Sidney G Ball, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (3)

World Events (6)

1908

Age 1

London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1914

Age 7

Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.

1914 · Britain Enters the Great War

Age 7

After Germany declared war Russia, Britain entered The Great War and declared war on Germany on August 4, 1914. The war ended on November 11, 1918, as Germany signed an armistice that brought fighting to a halt.

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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