Harriet Ball

4 July 1814–from 1856 to 1860 (Age 41)
Leek, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Harriet

When Harriet Ball was born on 4 July 1814, in Leek, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Ball, was 22 and her mother, Martha Hamilton, was 21. She married John Wardle on 4 September 1834, in Leek, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Holt, Missouri, United States in 1850. She died from 1856 to 1860, in Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 46.

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Family Time Line

John Wardle
1815–1902
Harriet Ball
1814–1860
Marriage: 4 September 1834
Alice Ann Wardle
1839–1912
Thomas Wardle
1841–1931
Margaret Wardle
1842–1842
Emma Wardle
1845–1845
Matilda Wardle
1847–1905
Francis Mary Wardle
1849–1917
Charles Carlos Wardle
1852–1852
Anna Wardle
1852–1856

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    4 September 1834Leek, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (1)

    World Events (8)

    1815
    Age 1
    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
    1821
    Age 7
    Missouri is the 24th state
    1829 · Missouri State Library
    Age 15
    The first Missouri State Library was established by law on January 22, 1829. This law was created due to the large amount of public documents which had been collected in the office of Missouri's secretary of state. The library included documentation of the actions of the Missouri senate and house. The documents were cataloged and made available to the public. The public had access to any of the books in the library from sunup to sundown on any day except Sunday.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Baller
    Bald
    Balle
    Balls

    Sources (9)

    • Hariet Wadle in household of John Wadle, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Harriett Ball in entry for Alice Richardson, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
    • Harriet Wardle in household of Ralph Wardle, "England and Wales Census, 1841"

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