Lucy Ann Ball

Brief Life History of Lucy Ann

When Lucy Ann Ball was born in April 1839, in Davidson, North Carolina, United States, her father, William Ball, was 23 and her mother, Margaret Rebecca Essick, was 19. She lived in South Fork, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States in 1860. She died in 1917, in Stockdale, Wilson, Texas, United States, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

William Ball
1815–1894
Margaret Rebecca Essick
1820–1894
Lucy Ann Ball
1839–1917
Harrison Ball
1841–
Benjamin Franklin Ball
1846–1926
Henderson A Ball
1849–1929
Martha Rebecca Ball
1859–
John A Ball
1862–
Rhoda C Ball
1863–

Sources (2)

  • Lucy An Ball in household of William Ball, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Lucy A Ball in household of William Ball, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1844 · German Immigration to Texas

Over 7,000 German immigrants arrived in Texas. Some of these new arrivals died in epidemics; those that survived ended up living in cities such as San Antonio, Galveston, and Houston. Other German settlers went to the Texas Hill Country and formed the western portion of the German Belt, where new towns were founded: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.

1853 · First State Fair

The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.

1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States

On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.

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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