Brief Life History of Leonard Garfield
When Leonard Garfield Ball was born on 9 February 1882, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, his father, James Calloway Ball, was 39 and his mother, Asenith Marlow, was 33. He married Ressa Hiatt on 11 December 1902, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Idaho Falls Election Precinct 6, Bonneville, Idaho, United States in 1940 and World for about 10 years. He died on 19 October 1966, in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Ammon Cemetery, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.
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- Leonard G Ball, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Leonard G. Ball, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Leonard G Ball, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1888 · Ammon, Idaho - History
Ammon was founded by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1888.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
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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