Ball Family of Wales, Cheshire, Illinois and California


	Charles Ball ?-? died bef. 1876, where ? Joiner (furniture maker, light woodwork) \|
		\| William Ball c1844-1905 b. Wales or England d. Hazelcrest, Illinois, USA England to USA 1891. Shipwright of Birkenhead, Cheshire, England; Ship Carpenter of Chicago, Illinois.		m. 1876 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales \| \| \| \| \|	Jennet "Janet" Wright 1855-1930 b. Neath, Glamorgan, Wales d. Cook Co., Illinois, USA England to USA 1891.

Sarah Ann Rawley "Anna" 1885-1911 b. Wolfe Island, Ontario. d. San Francisco, California. Ontario to California c1903. (Harry and Anna were in the mountains when the great San Francisco earthquake hit in 1906. They returned to the city to find their home destroyed. After Anna's death in 1911, age 26, her three young sons went to live with their maternal grandparents in McLean.)	m. c1904 California (Lompoc?) \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \|	\| Thomas William Harry Ball "Harry" 1876-1954 b. Birkenhead, Cheshire d. Lompoc, California England to USA 1891. Veteran of the Spanish- American War 1898 (wounded in Cuba). Fiddler in the saloons of San Francisco on the Barbary Coast. Cabinet-Maker, Mechanic, and Violinist of San Francisco, Eureka, Los Angeles and Lompoc, California. m. (2) Bertha C. Langnedker ?-1942, Artist		\| Reginald Arthur Ball 1879-1954 b. Cardiff, Wales d. Los Angeles, California England to USA 1891. Railroad Fireman of Chicago. m. Mary McBain 1884-1959 b. Illinois, USA d. Los Angeles, California \| \| \| \| \| 2 children		\| Jeannette Augusta Ball 1885->1930 b. West Derby, Lancashire. England to USA 1891. m. John Hilbish c1886-<1920 I \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| 1 child	\| Wiliam George Ball 1888-? b. West Derby, Lancashire. England to USA 1891. Blacksmith in Cook Co. Illinois in 1910 married?	\| Two children who died before 1900.

\| Reginald William Ball 1905-1983 b. San Francisco; California to Ontario 1915, age 10. Ontario to England 1937 on the "R.M.S. Aluania". Tinsmith and Plumber of Wellington, Ontario; Sheet Metal Worker of Ealing, Middlesex; Teaching Assistant of Lancing, Sussex. Corporal, Home Guard, 1939-1945.		m. 1925 Kingston, Ontario \| (grand- parents of the author) \| \| \| 2 children	Edith Amelia Fox 1905-1993 England to Ontario 1922 Ontario to England 1937 on the "R.M.S. Aluania". Seamstress, Soft Toy Maker, and Homemaker. (dau of Joseph Fox and Eliza Long of West Drayton, Middlesex)		\| Edward Albert Ball 1906-1971 Ice Cream Maker, Car Inspector. California to Ontario 1915, age 9, then to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. m. 1929, Milwaukee Helen Theresa Lenz 1908-2001 Sales Clerk and Homemaker. \| \| 6 children		\| Robley Evans Ball 1908-1990 IBM Technician. California to Ontario 1915, age 7, then to New York then Florida. m. 1933, Newburg, New York Violetta Rhodelle Silkworth 1914-1991 IBM Clerk and Homemaker. \| \| 2 children

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Compiled by Tina Gemmell This branch of the Ball family were carpenters and shipwrights from Wales and Cheshire, England who emigrated to Illinois, USA in 1891 via Castle Garden. Please select landscape format to print.