Isabella Race

Brief Life History of Isabella

When Isabella Race was born on 23 March 1849, in Norton, Durham, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Brigham Race SR., was 34 and her mother, Isabella Vest, was 26. She married James Sullivan Ballard in 1868, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 26 August 1889, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Sullivan Ballard
1847–1924
Isabella Race
1849–1889
Marriage: 1868
John Newton Ballard
1869–1948
William Joseph baby Ballard
1873–1873
Lidia Eleanor Ballard
1874–1877
James Phillip Ballard
1875–1939
Henry E Ballard
1878–1926
George Albert Ballard
1878–1947
Paris J Ballard
1881–1919
Lillian Ballard
1883–1953
Shadrick Ballard
1885–1915
Pearl Ballard
1887–1887
Frank Ballard
1888–1904

Sources (36)

  • Isabella Ballard in household of James Ballard, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Isabella Race, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Isabella Race Ballard, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

1854 · St. George's Hall

In 1854, St. George's Hall was completed. The site that it sits on is were the Liverpool Infirmary was previously located. The hall was built for entertainment.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Race, Rasse (ancient Germanic Radizo, Razo, Rasso), a pet form of ancient Germanic names beginning with the element rad ‘counsel’.

English: nickname from Old French ras ‘clean shaven’.

Americanized form of German Räss (see Rase 2) and perhaps also of Rase 1.

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

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VEST, Ship "Juventa" brings the Vest family to America

The Juventa was of U.S. registry. It had the capacity to carry a load of 1,187 tons. Its rigging type classified it as a ship. It was built at Thomaston, Maine. The ship was owned by the Eastern Star …

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