Claude Ellsworth BALL ²

  General Notes:

NE, SELECT COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS< 1855-1908:
Name: "Claus" Ball
Gender: Male
Marriage Age: 21
Birth Date: abt 1884
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 14 Feb 1905
Marriage Place: Tekamah, Nebraska, USA
Marriage County Office: Burt
Spouse: Myrtle Marks
Spouse's Gender; Female
Spouse's Marriage Age: 17
Spouse's Birth Date: abt 1888

1910 NE CENSUS, Burt Co, Decatur precinct:
"Clyde" Ball, 26, 1st marriage, married 5 yrs, b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. IL, farmer, manager;
wife Myrtle, 22, 1st marriage, married 5 yrs, b. IA, parents b. IA;
dau. "Laurene", 4, b. NE, parents b. IA;
dau. Louise, 2, b. NE, parents b. IA;
brother "Elisa" Ball, 16, single, b. IA, parents b. IA, laborer, home farm.

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918:
Name: "Claud" Ellworth Ball
Race: White
Age: 34
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1884
Occupation: Farmer, self-employed
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Residence Place:Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska, USA
Relative: Myrtle Ball
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Medium
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Gray

1920 NE CENSUS, Thurston Co, Anderson:
"Clyde" Ball, 36, b. IA, parents b. IA, farmer, gen. farm;
wife "Mirtle", 33, b. IA, parents b. IA;
dau. "Laucil", 11;
dau. Luella, 9;
dau. "Mabel", 7;
son Hiram, 5;
son Jack, 5/12.
All children were b. NE and parents b. IA.
(On the census, his brother Walter Ball was listed in the same township.)

1930 NE CENSUS, Thurston Co, Anderson precinct:
Claude E. Ball, 46, 1st marriage age 22, b. IA, parents b. IA, gen. farmer, farm;
wife Myrtle M., 42, 1st marriage was age 16, b. IA, parents b. IA;
dau. Luella, 19, single;
dau. "Mabel" E., 17, single;
son Hiram E., 15;
son Jackie D., 10;
dau. Lorraine M., 8;
son "Claud", 7;
son Stephen E., 4(?)-6/12;
dau. Bonnie L., 7/12.
All children were b. NE and parents b. IA.
(Claude's brother, Walter Ball, was listed on the same census page.)

1940 NE CENSUS, Thurston Co, Anderson precinct:
"Clyde" E. Ball, 56, 8th, b. NE, 1935: same house, farmer;
Myrtle E., wife, 52, 8th, b. NE, 1935: same house, housewife;
Jack, son, 20, married, 8th, b. NE, 1935: same house, farm laborer;
Lorene, dau, 17, H-4, b. NE, 1935: same house, housework;
Claude, son, 16, attnded school, 8th, b. NE, 1935: same house;
Steve, son, 14, attended school, H-1, b. NE, 1935: same house;
Bonnie Louse(?), dau, 11, attended school, 7th, b. NE, 1935: same house;
Uela(?), dau-in-law, 17, married, H-4, b. NE, 1935: same house, housework.

FATHER'S OBIT: Claude Ball was living Decatur, NE in 1940.

WWII DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1942:
Name: Claud E Ball
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 56
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1885
Birth Place: Mapleton, Iowa, USA
Residence Place:Decatur, Burt Co, Nebraska, USA
Military Draft Date: 1942
Relationship to Draftee: Head
Employer: Self
Next of Kin: Mrs. Myrtle Ball
Height: 5 8
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Weight: 180
Complexion: Light

1950 NE CENSUS, Thurston Co, Anderson precinct:
Claude E. Ball, 65, b. IA, farmer, farm;
Myrtle E., wife, 62, b. IA.
(Listed next to them on the census was the family of Claude Ball, Jr.)

NE, INDEX TO DEATHS, 1904-1968:
Name: Claude E Ball
Death Date: 20 Jun 1959
Death Place: Burt, Nebraska, USA
Certificate Number: 1959006024

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Claude Ellsworth Ball
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1883
Birth Place: Iowa Township, Wright County, Iowa, United States of America
Death Date: 18 Jun 1959
Death Place:Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska, United States of America
Cemetery: Hillcrest Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Decatur, Burt County, Nebraska, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Father: Elisha Ellsworth Ball
Mother: Evalena Ball
Spouse:Myrtle Edna Ball
Children:
Claude Evan Ball
Hiram Elisha Ball
Joan Marks Ball
Joseph Stricker Ball
Louese Ball
Myrtle Marks Ball
Virgil E. Ball
Luella Marks Beck
Lucille Seymour
Bonnie L. Andersen

Claude married Myrtle Edna MARKS on 14 Feb 1905 in Tekamah, Burt Co, NE.¹ (Myrtle Edna MARKS was born on 30 Mar 1888 in Glenwood, Mills Co, IA,⁴ died on 18 Nov 1965 in Decatur, Burt Co, NE ⁴ and was buried in Hillcrest Cem, Decatur, Burt Co, NE ⁴.)