Hazel Knowlton

Brief Life History of Hazel

When Hazel Knowlton was born on 30 April 1887, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin Knowlton Jr, was 20 and her mother, Sarah Lavina Clark, was 20. She married Lorenzo Craig Ball on 1 October 1913, in Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Menan Election Precinct, Jefferson, Idaho, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. She died on 3 March 1956, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Lewisville Cemetery, Jefferson, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lorenzo Craig Ball
1887–1971
Hazel Knowlton
1887–1956
Marriage: 1 October 1913
Viola Ball
1914–1987
Harold Knowlton Ball
1915–1998
Norma Ball
1918–2021
Hazel Lucille Ball
1920–2003
Mary Ball
1924–1924

Sources (70)

  • Hazel K Ball, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Hazel Knowlton, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Hazel K Ball, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

English (Hampshire): habitational name from either of two places so named, one in Dorset and the other in Kent. Both are named from Old English cnoll ‘knoll, hilltop’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

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

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