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Robert S Ball 1847 – 1918 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1847

Birth Location: Brantford, Ontario

Death Date: 7 Mar 1918

Death Location: Straffordville, Elgin, Ontario, Canada

Father: Charles Ball

Mother: Caroline Serpell

Spouse(s): Chloe Ostrander

Children(s):

1847 marked the beginning of Robert S Ball's life in Brantford, Ontario, to parents Charles Ball and Caroline Serpell. Eventually, Robert S Ball married Chloe Ann Ostrander. Robert S Ball passed in 1918 at Straffordville, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.

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Parents

Charles Ball
1805 – 1898
Birth Location: Cornwall, England (near Plymouth)
CB
Caroline Serpell
1814 – 1904
Birth Location: Liskeard, Cornwall, England
CS

Spouses(s)

Chloe Ostrander
1857 – 1941
Birth Location: Guysborough, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada
CO

Children(s)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: abt 1847
    Event Place: Brantford, Ontario
    Record Source: 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, 1861 Census of Canada, 1871 Census of Canada, 1881 Census of Canada, 1891 Census of Canada, 1901 Census of Canada, 1911 Census of Canada, Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952, Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, Web: Canada, GenWeb Cemetery Index, Year: 1851; Census Place: Norfolk, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C-11741; Page: 27; Line: 8, Year: 1891; Census Place: Bayham, Elgin East, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6333; Family No: 241, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1052, Year: 1881; Census Place: Middleton, Norfolk North, Ontario; Roll: C_13263; Page: 17; Family No: 81, Year: 1871; Census Place: Bayham, Elgin East, Ontario; Roll: C-9900; Page: 43, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 26, Year: 1901; Census Place: Bayham, Elgin (East/est), Ontario; Page: 1; Family No: 14, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 242, Year: 1911; Census Place: 5 - Bayham, Elgin East, Ontario; Page: 1; Family No: 11, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1851
    Event Place: Norfolk, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
    Record Source: 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Year: 1851; Census Place: Norfolk, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C-11741; Page: 27; Line: 8

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1861
    Event Place: Houghton, Norfolk, Canada West, Canada
    Record Source: 1861 Census of Canada, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1052

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: abt 1871
    Event Place: Bayham, Elgin East, Ontario
    Record Source: 1871 Census of Canada, Year: 1871; Census Place: Bayham, Elgin East, Ontario; Roll: C-9900; Page: 43

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1881
    Event Place: Middleton, Norfolk North, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1881 Census of Canada, Year: 1881; Census Place: Middleton, Norfolk North, Ontario; Roll: C_13263; Page: 17; Family No: 81

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1891
    Event Place: Bayham, Elgin East, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1891 Census of Canada, Year: 1891; Census Place: Bayham, Elgin East, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6333; Family No: 241

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1901
    Event Place: Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1901 Census of Canada, Year: 1901; Census Place: Bayham, Elgin (East/est), Ontario; Page: 1; Family No: 14

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1911
    Event Place: Elgin East, Ontario
    Record Source: 1911 Census of Canada, Year: 1911; Census Place: 5 - Bayham, Elgin East, Ontario; Page: 1; Family No: 11

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 7 Mar 1918
    Event Place: Straffordville, Elgin, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, Web: Canada, GenWeb Cemetery Index, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 242

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Straffordville, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Web: Canada, GenWeb Cemetery Index

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