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By: Our Dead V: Memorial Day at St. Paul’s Cathedral « ABEV: a bird’s eye view

Tue, 29 May 2012 22:30:16 +0000

[...] Part IV, Part III, Part II 1/2, Part II, Part I St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England (source: http://www.stpauls.co.uk/Cathedral-History)St. Paul’s Cathedral is one of my favorite buildings in the world. I love spending time under its splendid, cavernous dome whenever possible, whether attending a service, listening to an organ or choral concert, or just dropping in sightseeing with out-of-town visitors who are staying with us. I spent time there last month when my parents visited and then again yesterday with my brother Adam and his wife Eve and their children. It turned out to be a moving way to commemorate Memorial Day. [...]

By: Stephen Hill

Stephen Hill — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:08:29 +0000

Really enjoyed reading the thread. Not related at all, just a passer-by. I like family history

Steve Hill

By: Brita Beatty

Brita Beatty — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:04:12 +0000

There are some Wheatacre records on the familysearch pilot site. The actual films are not available in the United States.

By: Duane Spicer

Duane Spicer — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:28:09 +0000

I have enjoyed the posting on this site of the Parker-Balls family. Although, that is not my family. I am looking for help in finding a christening of Robert Kittle abt 1821. I have found mention of Burgh St. Margaret and then Fleg Burgh. I am interesting in determining if his parents are Robert Kittle abt 1800 and Elizabeth (?) Any help in directing me would be greatly appreciated. I live in Michigan USA, so I am strange to the names variance. In 1841 the senior Robert and Elizabeth were living at Wheatacre All Saints.
Duane Spicer

By: Jordan F.

Jordan F. — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:44:49 +0000

For some reason I am only just now catching up with this discussion. Fascinating on so many levels!

I had to chuckle a but about Grandpa’s letters “done on an old dot matrix printer.” I have seen many letters that were probably printed from that very same printer. Grandpa was very good about writing a family letter every single week, and he printed them on that printer.

Interesting, too, that we have in the next generation (our children) a few Elizabeths, an Eliza and a Mary Ann.

By: Martie

Martie — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:59:12 +0000

Brita–how would we access your ancestry page to read the will?

By: Martie

Martie — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:50:00 +0000

I am very grateful for all of this new information! Please, everyone, know that my father Gene knew that the Susannah he had submitted was the wrong Susannah and not linked to the Ball family. Hence the birth year (1809) was probably for the other Susannah.

By: john f.

john f. — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:15:17 +0000

You are all doing amazing work which is also benefitting us, so we are grateful to you for your efforts. Thank you for the continued updates on this project.

By: Brita Beatty

Brita Beatty — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:49:46 +0000

First it must be remembered that the LDS site has different kinds of records. Some of the records are extracted and they are very accurate. Other records which are submitted by members may or may not be accurate. I think in this case the records that we have available to today make research much easier. Most data from the LDS site needs to be documented. It can be considered a starting point. The 2 Susannah’s was not a transcription error. The wrong assumptions were made.

Now as to the comment about William Balls being a “gentleman, I suppose.” We know he abandoned his 2 living children. If you read his father’s will ( I have put a copy on my ancestry Page) you will find the following: “and I do further declare that my said son William Balls shall not have nor be entitled to any share or shares or interest in the monies to arise from the sale of my real Estates by my said Will directed to be sold nor in the rents and profits thereof until sold nor in the monies to arise from the residue of my personal Estate but that such monies rents and profits go to and be divided amongst my other children the said John Balls, Octavious Balls, Edgar Balls, Jane Balls, Sarah Balls, and Emily Balls, and my said grandchild Hannah Ann the daughter of my said son Chambers Balls and their issue under the trusts of my said Will as if my said son William Balls had died in my lifetime without leaving issue living at the time of my death and as if the name of the said Hannah Ann Balls had been inserted in my said Will instead of the name of the said Chambers Balls her father.

I think it is odd that he made provisions for his grandchild Hannah Ann Balls but not his other grandchildren Alfred and Mary Ann Balls.

By: Gerry Parham

Gerry Parham — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:52:09 +0000

Thank you L&A for beavering away at the Norfolk Record
Office & finding the Marriage of William Balls & Susannah Parker – great list of witnesses which add so much – The John Parker was either her Father or Brother I assume but guess we don’t know which
As for the other Susannah Parker, well I don’t yet know where she may fit in to our data
All of which leads me to wonder about the William & Susannah details found on the LDS site – where it gives Susannah as born 1809 (other details are consistent) Did perhaps Eugene confuse the 2 Susannah’s or it simply a transcription error
(I was also on holiday in Suffolk at Easter and went to Norwich – great place – I hadn’t got involved in this until after !)
Gerry