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Sarah Jane Ball

Sarah Jane Ball

Female 1849 - 1890  (41 years)


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  • Name Sarah Jane Ball  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Birth 8 Feb 1849  Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Gender Female 
    Death 30 Jun 1890  Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7
    • Age: 41
    Burial Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I245  My Tree
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

    Father John Ball,   b. 1818, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1855, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Hannah Entwistle,   b. 28 Jan 1824, Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1864, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 11 Mar 1848  Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F383  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Charles R. Meiggs,   b. 1845, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1869, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years) 
    Marriage 13 Jun 1867  Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F384  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

    Family 2 Peter Gaskell Bence,   b. 30 Nov 1849, 26 George's Road, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1919, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 21 Jan 1871  Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Children 
     1. Minnie Bence,   b. 3 Jan 1872, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1931, 20 Albion Street, Fall River Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Frederick William Bence,   b. 14 Dec 1873, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1955, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Edwin Bence,   b. 17 Aug 1876, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1878, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. George Hudson Bence,   b. 22 Jun 1879, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 May 1948, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Maud Mabel Bence,   b. 8 Jun 1881, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1971, Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Lillian Elizabeth Bence,   b. 18 Oct 1883, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1961, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Arthur Ernest Bence,   b. 3 Jun 1886, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1950, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Frank Bence,   b. 28 Oct 1888, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1890, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. Child Bence,   b. 30 Jun 1890, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1890, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F50  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

  • Photos
    Sarah Jane Ball Bence
    Sarah Jane Ball Bence
    This portrait is in the same antique and decorative metal frame as the portrait fo Pater Gaskell Bence wearing his police uniform, which came from Lillian Bence Hardy's home.
    Sarah J. Ball Meigs Bence - death notice
    Sarah J. Ball Meigs Bence - death notice
    Newspapers.com - Fall River Daily Evening News - 1 Jul 1890 - Page 5
    Peter Bence & Sarah Meigs marriage
    Peter Bence & Sarah Meigs marriage
    Newspapers.com - Fall River Daily Evening News - 25 Jan 1871 - Page 2
    Sarah J. Bence obituary
    Sarah J. Bence obituary

    Documents
    Sarah J. Ball Bence death cert.
    Sarah J. Ball Bence death cert.

  • Sources 
    1. [S77] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_492; Page: 216; Image: 319; Family History Library Film: 803492.

    2. [S74] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.Original data - 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnes;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Fall River Ward 1, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_604; Page: 295A; Image: 78; Family History Library Film: 552103.

    3. [S335] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).
      Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915
      Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915


    4. [S357] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the ;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_308; Page: 115A; Image: 445.

    5. [S350] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    6. [S333] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).Original data: Town and C;).
      Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988
      Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988


    7. [S327] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).

    8. [S62] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limite;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: 524; Family History Film: 1254524; Page: 396B; Enumeration District: 088; Image: 0792.

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      Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915
      Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915
      New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915