Joseph Fenelon Ballif Jr.

Brief Life History of Joseph Fenelon

When Joseph Fenelon Ballif Jr. was born on 23 July 1903, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Joseph Fenelon Ballif, Sr, was 26 and his mother, Florence Ella Squires, was 23. He married Lois Berrett on 16 November 1926, in Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States in 1935 and North Ogden Election Precinct, Weber, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 21 November 1993, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Fenelon Ballif Jr.
1903–1993
Lois Berrett
1904–1964
Marriage: 16 November 1926
Bruce Berrett Ballif
1929–2016

Sources (25)

  • Joseph F Ballif in household of Joseph F Ballif, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Fenelon Ballif Jr. - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Joseph Fenelon Ballif Jr.
  • Joseph F Ballif, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1939"

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World Events (8)

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1907 · Nebo Stake Tabernacle Is Dedicated

The Nebo Stake Tabernacle was dedicated in November 1907 by President Joseph F. Smith. The Nebo Stake Tabernacle replaced the Payson Tabernacle which burned in 1904. The building had a beautiful arched interior ceiling and light flooded the room through its many windows.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Lupe, Ana Isabel, Armando, Gonzalo, Guadalupe, Hilaria, Jose, Juan, Juan Carlos, Juana Maria, Macario, Mario.

German and Danish: habitational name from a place so named near Neubrandenburg, Germany.

Jewish (western Ashkenazic): most likely, metronymic from the hypocoristic form (using the suffix -lin) of the Yiddish female personal name Be(y)le (see Balin 1). Earliest bearers of the name spelling Bal(l)in or Bellin appear in available sources of Switzerland at the turn of the 14th–15th centuries.

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

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