Brief Life History of Susan
When Susan Ball was born in 1824, in Massachusetts, United States, her father, Nahum Ball, was 25 and her mother, Marinda Dudley, was 22. She married Simon Keith on 30 August 1865, in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. She lived in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1850. She died on 11 June 1902, in Woonsocket, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 78.
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- Susan Kieth in household of Simon Kieth, "United States Census, 1870"
- Susan Ball, "Rhode Island, Marriages, 1724-1916"
- Susan Keith, "Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1841 · Dorr Rebellion
The Dorr Rebellion, led by Thomas Wilson Dorr, took place from 1841 until 1842. During the Rebellion, the middle-class residents of Rhode Island attempted to force broader democracy to the state legislation.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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