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FAMILY NAME

BALL

Given name 1

Henry

Given name 2 etc

William

Date of Birth

1816, baptised 18/2/1816, St Michaels Macclesfield.

Place of Birth

Macclesfield,  Cheshire, England

Date of Death

July 1893, buried 21/7/1893

Place of Death

Prospect, South Australia

Place of Burial

North Road Cemetery, Prospect

Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)

Duchess of Northumberland, left London 6/8/1839, arrived Adelaide 19/12/1839

Lived in Prospect Council Area (Dates)

1840-about 1845; 1848-1893

Addresses in Prospect Council Area

Section 349, allotment 51. He eventually subdivided into 36 building plots. He lived in the plot where St Cuthbert’s Church now stands, on the corner of Prospect Road and Ballville Street. He lent his own name to the name of the street.

Lived outside Prospect Council area (Dates)

1845 (approximately), Henry Ball went to London, returning with his bride on the Navarino, arriving 10/11/1848

Addresses outside Prospect Council Area

Chelsea, London.

Names of houses (if any)

 

Parents - names; DOBs etc (if known)

David Ball, 1789-30/8/1877

Martha Pimlot Ball, 15/5/1780-20/10/1876

Spouse(s) - including maiden name; DOBs etc. (if known)

  1. Frances Colley, 29/12/1808-9/8/1870
  2. Mary Smith nee Remnant, 1827-1920

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

  1. 8/7/1846
  2. 30/3/1871

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

  1. St Lukes, Chelsea, London , England
  2. Stepney, South Australia

Children - names and dates of birth/death if known

No issue

Education

No details; was fully literate

Occupation(s)

Engineer

Interests/Activities

 

Religion/Churches

Church of England

Local Government experience (if any)

 

Notes (points of interest etc.)

 

Cross-references eg to siblings, parents, children

Siblings Mary Elizabeth Ball Colley and Frederick David Ball.

Sources of information

BDM and shipping records

Principal Researcher(s)

Joan Wilcox

 

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