Clara Ball

Female27 September 1882–16 March 1956

Brief Life History of Clara

When Clara Ball was born on 27 September 1882, in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Abraham Ball, was 21 and her mother, Martha Jane Williams, was 19. She married Joseph Cullen on 11 November 1901, in Christ Church, Bradford, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Bradford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1891. She died on 16 March 1956, in Wythenshawe, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 73, and was buried in Southern Cemetery, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Cullen
1881–1957
Clara Ball
1882–1956
Marriage: 11 November 1901
Abraham Cullen
1904–1956
Edward Cullen
1906–1918
William Cullen
1911–1968
Joseph Cullen
1914–1943
Mary Cullen
1921–2001
Clara Veronica Cullen
1923–2008

Sources (10)

  • Clara Ball in household of Abraham Ball, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Clara Ball, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Clara, "England, Manchester, Parish Registers, 1603-1910"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    11 November 1901Christ Church, Bradford, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
  • Children (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1884

    Age 2

    Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

    1901 · East Lancashire Royal Engineers

    Age 19

    The East Lancashire Royal Engineers was a group of volunteers in a unit of Britian's Royal Engineers. They were started in Manchester in 1901. They fought on the western front during WWI and were part of the Dunkirk Evacuation during WWII.

    1908

    Age 26

    London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

    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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