Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Ball was born on 29 March 1822, in Ibstock, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Ball, was 32 and his mother, Anne Sheriff, was 30. He married Susanna Chamberlain on 1 November 1847, in Kirkby Mallory, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Coalville Election Precinct, Summit, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 15 July 1905, in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Coalville Cemetery, Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States.
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- Thomas Ball, "United States Census, 1900"
- Thomas Ball, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- England Marriage Certificate # PAS825499/1.
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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Thomas Ball & Susanna Chamberlain
Thomas Ball a Patriarch in the Summit Stake of Zion, was born March 29 1822, in the small town of Ibstock, Leicester, England. Ibstock is about three miles south of Coalville, Leicester, England, th …
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