Arthur Ellsworth BALL ²

  General Notes:

One researcher reports Arthur Ball and Nancy married in 1903 and divorced about 1929.

IA, MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1880-1951:
Name: Arthur Ball
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian (White)
Age: 22
Birth Date: abt 1881
Birth Place: Monona Co. Iowa
Marriage Date: 25 Feb 1903
Marriage Place: Monona, Iowa, USA
Father: Daniel Ball
Mother: Elva Muckey
Spouse:Nancy Peterson
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Race: Caucasian (White)
Spouse's Age: 19
Spouse's Birth Date: abt 1884
Spouse's Birth Place: Burt County Neb.
Spouse's Father: Henry Peterson
Spouse's Mother: Sarah Wagner

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918:
Name: Arthur Ellsworth Ball
Race: White
Birth Date: 24 Jul 1884
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Residence Place:Walthill, Thurston Co, Nebraska, USA
Occupation: Well Digging
Employer: Self
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Medium
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Black
Relative:Nancy May Ball

1920 NE CENSUS, Thurston Co., Omaha precinct, Walthill town:
Arthur Ball, 33, b. IA, parents b. US, blacksmith;
wife Nancy, 30, b. NE, father b. Sweden, mother b. OH;
son Rosefelt, 15, labor, farm;
dau. Ethel, 13;
son "Remms"(?), 9;
dau. "Ople", 4-10/12.
All children were b. NE, father b. IA, mother b. NE.
(Next to them on the census was Arthur's brother, Oscar Ball.)

1930 NE CENSUS, Dakota, South Sioux City:
Arthur Ball, 43, 1st marriage age 17, b. IA, father b. OH, mother b. IA;
wife Nancy M., 41, 1st marriage age 14, b. NE, father b. Sweden, mother b. OH;
son Reams A., 18, single, b. NE, father b. IA, mother b. NE;
dau. Opal S., 15, b. NE, father b. IA, mother b. NE.

1940 MN CENSUS, Jackson Co, Delafield Twp:
Fred Siemers, 51, 8th, b. Germany, 1935: rural Dickerson Co, IA, farming, farm;
Dovi, wife, 48, H-1, b. NE, 1935: rural Dickerson Co, IA;
Gloria, dau, 13, attended school, 7th, b. MN, 1935: rural Dickerson Co, IA;
Bernice, dau, 10. attended school, 5th, b. MN, 1935: rural Dickerson Co, IA;
Fred, son, 7, attended school, 3rd, b. IA, 1935: rural Dickerson Co, IA;
Arthur Ball, bro-in-law, 54, D, 8th, b. IA, 1935: rural Dakota Co, NE, laborer, farm.

1940 NE CENSUS, Dakota, South Sioux City:
Arthur Ball, brother, 56, D, 7th, b. IA, 1935: Walthill, Thurston Co, NE, blacksmith, farm.
He was living with the Ervin Ball family.

WWII DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1942:
Name: Arthur Elsworth Ball
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 24 Jul 1884
Birth Place: Mapleton, Iowa, USA
Employer: (none listed)
Residence Place:Walthill, Nebraska, USA
Military Draft Date: 1942
Relationship to Draftee: Head
Height: 5' 8"
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Gray
Weight: 142
Complexion: Light

1950 NE CENSUS, Thurston Co, Walthall:
Arthur E. Ball, 66, wd, b. IA.

SOCIAL SECURITY APPLICATIONS & CLAIMS INDEX, 1936-2007:
Name: Arthur Elsworth Ball
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 24 Jul 1885
Birth Place: Mapleton, Iowa
Father: Daniel Ball
Mother: Elva Muckey
SSN: 485104577
Notes: Jan 1938: Name listed as ARTHUR ELSWORTH BALL

FIND A GRAVE - Evergreen Cem, Walthill, Thurston Co, NE:
Arthur E. Ball
1882-1960

Arthur married Nancy Mae PETERSON, daughter of Henry PETERSON and Sarah WAGNER, on 25 Feb 1903 in Monona, Clayton Co, IA.¹ (Nancy Mae PETERSON was born on 8 Nov 1889 in Burt Co, NE,^{5 6} died on 19 Feb 1967 ⁶ and was buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles Co, CA ⁶.)