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margin:10px;"><a class="nohover" href="/wiki/Privacy#Open"><img src="/images/icons/privacy60.png.pagespeed.ce.40ChhYgHYM.png" title="Privacy Level: Open" alt="Privacy Level: Open (White)" width="60" height="60" border="0"></a> </span> <h1> <span itemprop="name">Joseph Arthur Ball</span> (1894 - 1951) </h1> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="container full-width"> <div id="ancestorTreeContainer" style="display:none;"></div> </div> <div id="content" class="container"> <div class="sixteen columns"> <div id="descendantsContainer" style="display:none;"></div> </div> <div class="ten columns"> <div class="VITALS"><span class="large"> <strong><span itemprop="givenName">Joseph</span></strong> <strong><span itemprop="additionalName">Arthur</span></strong> <strong>(Arthur)</strong> <meta itemprop="familyName" content="Ball"/> <strong><a href="/genealogy/BALL" title="Click here for the surname index page">Ball</a></strong> </span></div> <div class="VITALS">Born <strong><time itemprop="birthDate" datetime="1894-08-16">16 Aug 1894</time></strong> in <strong><span itemprop="birthPlace" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name">Massachusetts, United States</span></span></strong><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Massachusetts, United States" target="_map"><img src="/images/icons/map.gif.pagespeed.ce.dRGS_qcAFb.gif" border="0" width="12" height="11" alt="map"></a></div> <span data-mid="21845733" class="showHideTree button small" style="float:right; clear:right; margin-left:5px; padding:3px;" title="Ancestors in a pedigree-style family tree chart">Ancestors <img src="/images/icons/pedigree.gif.pagespeed.ce.4kSwuvQoBH.gif" border="0" width="8" height="11" alt="ancestors"></span> <div class="VITALS">Son<meta itemprop="gender" content="male"/> of <span itemprop="parent" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a href="/wiki/Ball-14620" itemprop="url" title="Father: b. 14 Sep 1863 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States son of &nearr; Joseph Gilbert Ball &searr; [unknown paternal grandmother]"><span itemprop="name">Elijah Ball</span></a></span> and [mother unknown]</div>  <div class="VITALS">[sibling(s) unknown]</div> <div class="VITALS">[spouse(s) unknown]</div> <div class="VITALS">[children unknown]</div> <div class="VITALS">Died <strong><time itemprop="deathDate" datetime="1951-08-27">27 Aug 1951</time></strong> <span title="Born 130 years ago; died at age 57">at age 57</span> in <strong><span itemprop="deathPlace" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name">Los Angeles, California, United States</span></span></strong><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Los Angeles, California, United States" target="_map"><img src="/images/icons/map.gif.pagespeed.ce.dRGS_qcAFb.gif" border="0" width="12" height="11" alt="map"></a> </div> <div class="SMALL" style="background-color:#ffe183;"> <span class="problemQuestionLink button small" data-mnamedb="Ball-14615" style="float:right; 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min-height:50px; float:right; clear:right; display: flex; align-items: center; margin:2px 2px 2px 20px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: #ccc; box-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #888888;"><div style="display: flex; align-items=stretch;"><div style="min-width:50px; margin:0px 5px 0px 2px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: space-around;"><a href="/wiki/Project:Notables"><img alt="Notables Project" src="/photo.php/a/a2/WikiTree_Image_Library-37.png" width="50" height="50" border="0" class="scale-with-grid"/></a></div></div><div class="SMALL">Arthur Ball is Notable.</div></div> <p>Son of Elijah Ball and Clara A Peterson </p><p>Husband of Isabel Osann </p> <a name="Sources"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Sources </span></h2> <ul><li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Ball" class="external free" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Ball" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Ball</a> </li></ul> <ul><li> "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9R1-ZL4" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9R1-ZL4" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9R1-ZL4</a> : accessed 26 December 2018), Joseph A Ball in household of Elijah Ball, Cambridge city Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 709, sheet 14A, family 298, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,657. </li></ul> <ul><li> "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2V4-R8K" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2V4-R8K" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2V4-R8K</a> : accessed 26 December 2018), Arthur Ball in household of Elijah Ball, Cambridge Ward 6, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 759, sheet 8A, family 169, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 596; FHL microfilm 1,374,609. </li></ul> <ul><li> "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZNQ-K65" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZNQ-K65" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZNQ-K65</a> : 13 March 2018), Joseph Arthur Ball, 1917-1918; citing Quincy City, Massachusetts, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,674,427. </li></ul> <ul><li> "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX1Y-GRH" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX1Y-GRH" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX1Y-GRH</a> : accessed 26 December 2018), Joseph A Ball in household of Elijah Ball, Quincy Ward 5, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 252, sheet 3B, line 95, family 93, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 723; FHL microfilm 1,820,723. </li></ul> <ul><li> "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGR-DLKS" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGR-DLKS" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGR-DLKS</a> : 13 March 2018), Joseph Arthur Ball and Isabel Osann, 1920. </li></ul> <ul><li> "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGR-DLFV" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGR-DLFV" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGR-DLFV</a> : 13 March 2018), Joseph Arthur Ball and Isabel Osann, 1920. </li></ul> <ul><li> "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28V-7585" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28V-7585" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28V-7585</a> : 28 November 2018), Joseph Arthur Ball and Isabel Osann, 10 Aug 1920; citing Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 745,499. </li></ul> <ul><li> "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Y-4QPT" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Y-4QPT" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Y-4QPT</a> : 16 March 2018), Joseph Arthur Ball, 1924; citing Passport Application, California, United States, source certificate #455526, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 2596, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). </li></ul> <ul><li> "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL7-PWCC" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL7-PWCC" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL7-PWCC</a> : 18 January 2018), Joseph Arthur Ball in entry for David Jeremy Ball, 16 Feb 1927; citing Birth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento. </li></ul> <ul><li> "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL7-X8PP" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL7-X8PP" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL7-X8PP</a> : 18 January 2018), Joseph Arthur Ball in entry for David Jeremy Ball, 16 Feb 1927; citing Birth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento. </li></ul> <ul><li> "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVM-CB2" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVM-CB2" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVM-CB2</a> : accessed 26 December 2018), Joseph A Ball, Los Angeles (Districts 0001-0250), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 75, sheet 14B, line 74, family 188, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 134; FHL microfilm 2,339,869. </li></ul> <ul><li> "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24VG-NBJ" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24VG-NBJ" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24VG-NBJ</a> : 12 March 2018), Joseph Arthur Ball, 1935; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). </li></ul> <ul><li> "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CP-S53" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CP-S53" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CP-S53</a> : 15 March 2018), Joseph A Ball, Councilmanic District 3, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-218, sheet 6A, line 1, family 102, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 407. </li></ul> <ul><li> "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4DC-3HB" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4DC-3HB" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4DC-3HB</a> : 8 November 2017), Joseph Arthur Ball, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). </li></ul> <ul><li> "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK2-4KG4" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK2-4KG4" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK2-4KG4</a> : 22 August 2018), Joseph Arthur Ball, 1951. </li></ul> <ul><li> "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPC1-Z77" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPC1-Z77" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPC1-Z77</a> : 26 November 2014), Joseph Arthur Ball, 27 Aug 1951; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento. </li></ul> <ul><li> "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7V-DD1Y" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7V-DD1Y" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7V-DD1Y</a> : 22 August 2018), Joseph Arthur Ball, 1951. </li></ul> <ul><li> "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVS-J87Y" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVS-J87Y" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVS-J87Y</a> : 13 December 2015), Arthur Ball, 1951; Burial, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Westwood Memorial Park; citing record ID 7086357, Find a Grave, <a href="http://www.findagrave.com" class="external free" title="http://www.findagrave.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.findagrave.com</a>. </li></ul> <ul><li> "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8D1-83X" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8D1-83X" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8D1-83X</a> : 10 December 2017), Joseph Arthur Ball in entry for David Jeremy Ball and Beverlee Kaye Rannette La Velle, 13 May 1952; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,283,807. </li></ul> <ul><li> "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (<a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK59-X811" class="external free" title="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK59-X811" rel="nofollow">https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK59-X811</a> : accessed 26 December 2018), J Arthur Ball in entry for David J Ball, Eugene, Oregon, United States, 17 Apr 2007; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (<a href="http://www.genealogybank.com" class="external free" title="http://www.genealogybank.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.genealogybank.com</a> : 2014); citing Register-Guard, The, born-digital text. </li></ul>  <br/><br/> <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5983849578006601" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-5983849578006601" data-ad-slot="1783638731" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"> </ins> <script>(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({});</script> <br/><br/> </div> <div class="six columns"> <div class="box rounded row"> Is Arthur your ancestor? 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