Walter Edward BALL ²

  General Notes:

NICKNAME: Whiskers

NE, SELECT COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1855-1908:
Name: Walter Ball
Gender:Male
Marriage Age: 18
Record Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1887
Birth Place: Holt Co, Nebraska
Marriage Date: 4 Jan 1905
Marriage Place: Tekamah, Nebraska, USA
Marriage County Office: Burt
Spouse:Rosa Marks
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Marriage Age: 18
Spouse's Record Type: Marriage
Spouse's Birth Date: abt 1887
Spouse's Birth Place: South Dakota

1910 NE CENSUS, Thurston Co, Anderson Twp:
Walter E. Ball, 23, married 4 yrs, b. NE, parents b. IA, farmer, gen. farm;
Eva, 23, married 4 yrs, 3 children, 3 living, b. IA, parent s. IA;
dau. Eva, 4;
dau. Leona, 2;
dau. Grace, 2/12.
All children were b. NE, father b. NE, mother b. IA. Also living with them was hired man Harry Marquet, 20, single, b. SD, birthplace of parents unknown, farmer, gen. farm.

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918:
Name: Walter Edward Ball
Race: White
Marital status: Married with 7 children
Age: 30
Birth Date: 20 Jun 1886
Birth Place: Mapleton, Iowa
Occupation: Self-employed farmer
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Residence Place:Thurston County, Nebraska, USA
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Medium
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue

1920 NE CENSUS, Thurston Co, Anderson:
Walter Ball, 33, b. IA, parents b. IA, farmer, gen. farm;
wife Rose, 34, b. SD, parents b. IA;
dau. Eva, 14;
dau. "Leone", 12;
dau. Gracie, 10;
dau. Mildred, 8;
dau. Mildred, 8;
dau. "Mertle", 7;
dau. Jessie, 5;
son Anton, 3.
All children were b. NE, father b. IA, mother b SD.
Also living with the family was hired man George Conklin, 23, his wife Gladys, their son Merril, and hired man Frank Conklin, 15.
(Walter's brother Claude Ball was living in the same township.)

1930 NE CENSUS, Thurston Co, Anderson:
E. Walter Ball, 43, 1st marriage age 18, b. NE, parents b. IA, farmer, gen. farm;
wife Rose, 44, 1st marriage age 19, b. SD, parents b. IA;
dau. Grace E. Jenson, 20, 1st marriage age 19;
son-in-law Cecil F., Jenson, 19, 1st marriage age 18, b. NE, father b. US, mother b. NE, farm laborer, farm; dau. Myrtle M. Ball, 16;
dau. Jessie I. Ball, 15;
son Anton S. Ball, 13;
son Francis E. Ball, 9;
son Louis W. Ball, 6.
All children were b. NE, father b. NE, mother b. SD.
(Walter's brother, Claude Ball, was listed on the same census page.)

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

WWII DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1942:
Name: Walter Edson Ball
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 20 Jun 1886
Birth Place: O'Neil, Nebraska, USA
Residence Place: Decatur, Nebraska, USA
Military Draft Date: 1942
Occupation: Own Business
Heigh: 5 8
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Gray
Weight: 210
Complexion: Ruddy
Next of Kin: Mrs Myrtle French

FL, DEATH INDEX, 1877-1998:
Name: Walter E Ball
Gender:Male
Race: White
Death Date: Apr 1957
Death Place:Dade, Florida, United States

NEWSPAPERS.COM OBITUARY INDEX, 188s-current:
Name: Walter E Ball
Gender: Male
Death Age: 70
Birth Date: 20 Jun 1886
Birth Place: Mapleton Iowa
Residence Place:Decatur
Death Date: 22 Apr 1957
Death Place:Ojus Florida
Obituary Date: 2 May 1957
Obituary Place: Tekamah, Nebraska, USA
Spouse: Rose Nell
Children:
Eva Beck
Leona Connealy
Grace Jensen
Mildred Taurman
Myrtle French
Jessie Ulmer
D Antone
Ojus Fla Louis
Siblings:
Claude Decatur
Steve California
Edith
Alva
Eva

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Walter Edward Ball
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 20 Jun 1886
Birth Place: Iowa Township, Wright County, Iowa, United States of America
Death Date: 22 Apr 1957
Death Place:Dade City, Pasco County, Florida, 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
Spouse: Rose Nell Ball
Children:
Leona Opal Connealy
Antone Earl Ball
Magel M. Ball
Myrtle M. French
Eva Beck

Walter married Rose Nell MARKS on 4 Jan 1905 in Tekamah, Burt Co, NE.¹ (Rose Nell MARKS was born on 29 Apr 1886 in Pearsons Corner, Yankton Co, SD,⁶ died on 20 Nov 1931 in Thurston Co, NE ⁶ and was buried in Hillcrest Cem, Decatur, Burt Co, NE ⁶.)