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My Family History

I'm John Ball — Come and meet some of the characters from my family tree...

To find out more - click on the photographs or the underlined text.

First - here's me, my children Liz and Dave, and grandchildren Isaac, Heidi, Emma, and Robin ....

Liz BallIsaac PartonHeidi PartonJohn BallDave BallEmmaRobin
Liz - at 39
born July 1976
Elizabeth BALL
Isaac - at 8 yrs
born 23 Dec 2007
Isaac Albert PARTON
Heidi - at 5 yrs
born 24 Jan 2011
Heidi Winifred
PARTON
Me - at 75
born June 1940
John Leonard BALL
Dave - at 38
born October 1978
David Andrew BALL
Emma - at 4 years
born 16 Sep 2012
Emma
OSTERSEHLTE-BALL
Robin - at 9 months
born 29 Jan 2016
Robin
OSTERSEHLTE-BALL

.... not forgetting Lady and Toby, the much-loved feline members of my family!!

Lady
Lady - at 2 years
2006 -
 Toby
Toby - at 4 years
1995 - 2008

Next - here are my parents

Frank Leonard BallLeonard Ball and Mona NealeMona Neale
Dad - aged 44
(Frank Leonard BALL)
1896 - 1961
Mom & Dad in 1924
- then aged 21 & 28
Mom - aged 19
(Mona Stella NEALE)
1903 - 2000

And now - my grandparents...

Frank BallAlice StensonArthur NealeFrances Kelly
Grandpa Ball
(Frank BALL)
Grandma Ball
(Alice STENSON)
Grandpa Neale
(Ernest Arthur NEALE)
Nan
(Frances Ruth KELLY)
1867 - 19431875 - 19571872 - 19221880 - 1970

New: Read about the Stenson branch of my family - here (15 megabyte PDF file)


...and my great grandparents

Robert BallElizabeth AdieNo
photo
Jane HughesSarah Ann ThompsonNo
photo
Elizabeth CorlettJohn Kelly
Robert
BALL
1820 - 1898
Elizabeth
ADIE
1833 - 1899
Charles Lacy
STENSON
1836 - 1913
Jane
HUGHES
1840 - 1898
Sarah Ann
THOMPSON
1848 - 1924
Unknown
male
Betsy
CORLETT
1833 - 1917
John
KELLY
1839 - 1916

...and finally (for now) my great great grandparents

BALLADIESTENSONHUGHESTHOMPSONUnknownCORLETTKELLY
James
BALL
1779-1861
Martha
CHEATHAM
1780-1851
Thomas
ADIE
1803-1868
Elizabeth
HORTON
1809-1873
William Joseph
STENSON
1796-1838
Harriet
BROOKHOUSE
1800-1873
Thomas
HUGHES
1799-?
Elizabeth
GRIFFIN
1811-?
Thomas
THOMPSON
1811-1849
Ann
PASCALL
1815-1883
Unknown
male
Unknown
female
Henry
CORLETT
1813-1854
Catherine
KNEALE
1806-1877
Thomas
KELLY
1780-1841
Jane
CALLOW
1812-1873

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This page last updated 10 December 2018
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