Lyman James Ball

Brief Life History of Lyman James

When Lyman James Ball was born on 12 April 1884, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Alfred William Ball, was 27 and his mother, Mary Ann Walker, was 23. He married Nellie Wray Casper on 20 March 1907, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Menan, Jefferson, Idaho, United States in 1930 and Rigby Election Precinct 3, Jefferson, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 4 November 1945, in Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lyman James Ball
1884–1945
Nellie Wray Casper
1886–1973
Marriage: 20 March 1907
Lyman James Ball, Jr.
1908–1991
Raymond George Ball
1910–1968
Ethel Ball
1915–2003
Edith Ball
1918–1983

Sources (64)

  • Lyman James Ball, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Mr. Lyman J Ball, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Lyman James Ball, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1885

Current name adopted in 1885

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

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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Story Highlight

History of Lyman J. Ball by Ethel Cook (daughter)

HISTORY OF THE LYMAN J. BALL FAMILY IN MENAN by Ethel Ball Cook My parents, Lyman James and Nellie Wray Casper Ball moved from Rigby, Idaho to Menan about the year 1923 with their family consisting …

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