Person Sheet


Name Emma Priestley, G Grandmother
Birth 22 Feb 1864, 14a Fleet Street, Leicester.352
Death 4 Oct 1946, 121 Colwyn Road, Northampton.353 Age: 82
Burial Plot 5783, Kingsthorpe Cemetery, Northampton
Father William Fergus Priestley (1841-1918)
Mother Mary Ann Gilbert (1843-1914)
Spouses
1 John Ball, G Grandfather
Birth 3 Feb 1864, 18 Havelock Street, Leicester.350
Death 20 Jun 1951, 121 Colwyn Road, Northampton.351 Age: 87
Burial Plot 5783, Kingsthorpe Cemetery, Northampton
Occupation Insurance Broker
Father Thomas Ball (1843-1871)
Mother Priscilla Ross (1843-1915)
Marriage 25 Dec 1884, St. Marks, Leicester.240
Children Harold John (1886-1947)
  Frank William (1887-1963)
  Daisy Lilian (1889-1965)
  Bertie Cyril (1892-1926)
  Eric Basil (1897-1991)
  Kathleen Eveline (1901-1979)
  Phyllis Ida (Died as Infant) (1902-~1902)
  Noel Edgar (1906-1992)
Notes for Emma Priestley
Birthday early in year (letter dated 24-Feb acknowledges present).
Aged 7; living in 63 Birstall Street, Leicester; shown as Scholar; shown born Leicester @ census 2-Apr-1871.70
Aged 17; living in 69 Birstall Street, Leicester; shown as Teacher (Sch) @ census 3-Apr-1881.236
Aged 20; living in 159 Gresham Street, Leicester when married.240
Aged 27; living in 47 Uppingham Street, Northampton @ census 5-Apr-1891.354
Aged 37; living in 22 Oliver Street, Northampton; shown born Leicester @ census 31-Mar-1901.356
Aged 47; living in 11 Colwyn Road, Northampton; shown as House Wife; shown born Leicester @ census 2-Apr-1911.357
Living in 121 Colwyn Road, Northampton; shown born 22 Feb 1864 @ Register 29-Sep-1939.361
Aged 82; living in 121 Colwyn Road, Northampton; shown as Wife of John Ball an Insurance Broker; informant N. E. Ball, Son, 181 Kettering Road, Northampton; cause of death given as 1a. Intestinal obstruction b. Hydronephrosis on death certificate 4-Oct-1946.353

Wills 1946
BALL Emma of 121 Colwyn-road Northampton (wife of John Ball) died 4 October 1946 Probate Birmingham 11 November to Eric Basil Ball insurance broker and Kathleen Eveline Ball spinster. Effects £697 0s. 3d.363

1911 census shows 8 children, 7 alive, 1 dead … possible Ball births and deaths in Northampton
Births Dec 1902
Ball Phyllis Ida Northampton 3b 40 Priestley
Deaths Dec 1902
Ball Phyllis Ida 0 Northampton 3b 39
Notes for John (Spouse 1)
Aged 7; living in 18 Havelock Street, Leicester @ census 2-Apr-1871.23
Mother widowed when John Ball aged about 7.
Aged 17; living in 30 William Street, Leicester; shown as Engine Fitter Railway @ census 3-April-1881.123
Aged 20 when married.
Shown as Commission Agent on marriage certificate.
Living in 161 Cranbourne Street, Leicester when married.
Moved to Northampton 1888.
Aged 27; living in 47 Uppingham Street, Northampton; shown as Insurance Agent @ census 5-Apr-1891.354
Shown as insurance agent on Bertie Cyril Ball's birth certificate.355
Aged 37; living in 22 Oliver Street, Northampton; shown as Commission Agent; shown born Leicester @ census 31-Mar-1901.356
Aged 47; living in 11 Colwyn Road, Northampton; shown as Insurance District Manager Midland & Textile; shown born Leicester @ census 2-Apr-1911.357
Living in 65 Abington Street, Northampton @ 18-May-1921 (from William Ball's death certificate).358
Shown as insurance manager on Bertie Cyril Ball and Amy Geraldine Harrison's marriage certificate 3-Sep-1921.359
Shown as Insurance Broker on Noel Edgar Ball and Marion Swann's marriage certificate 9-Apr-1932.360
Living in 121 Colwyn Road, Northampton; shown as Insurance Broker; shown born 3 Feb 1864 @ Register 29-Sep-1939.361
Aged 87; living in 121 Colwyn Road, Northampton; shown as Retired Insurance Broker; informant K.E. Ball, Daughter, 121 Colwyn Road, Northampton; cause of death given as 1a. Cachexia b. Senile Asthenia on death certificate 20-Jun-1951.351
Funeral 25-Jun-1951.

Wills 1951
BALL John of 121 Colwyn-road Northampton died 20 June 1951 Probate Exeter 8 December to Eric Basil Ball insurance broker and Frank Harrison solicitor. Effects £7997 1s. 5d.362
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