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George Ball 1798-1862 Harriet Thomas circa 1798-1846 William Wren John Ball born 1824 Caroline Wren 1823-1889

William Wren Ball 1 fisherman of 1881: 16 Brewery Cottages, Hastings 1891: 26 Brewery Cottages, St Clements, Hastings 1901: 9 Salisbury Road, Bexhill 2 born 1858, Hastings 3 Notes: His seafaring career started when he was quite young, for at the age of nine he worked on the fishing luggers which left Hastings to meet the herring shoals in the North Sea and the mackerel in the Irish Sea. When a young man he became a waterman, and with his late brother, Richard, hew was undefeated in local rowing competitions for 14 years. In 1898 he came to Bexhill and was one of the crew of the late Earl De La Warr's yacht, 'Firefly', on which he cruised round the north west coast of Scotland. Later he sailed with a son of the late Mr. Daniel Mayer on a cruise round the Isle of Wight, and he subsequently won renown as the winner of many of the sailing races round the 'Royal Sovereign' lightship, in which he piloted his sailing boat 'Albatross'. During the war (he) enlisted in the coast watching service and in his later years he was employed at the Central Station as an outside porter. Bexhill Observer, 1937, courtesy of Lynn Brailsford, great-great-granddaugther.

married 1878 at Hastings 4 Lois Foord born circa 1860 laundress (1881) 5

Florence b. c1880 William J. b. c1881 Frederick b. c1882 Albert b. c1885 Annie b. c1886 Mildred b. c1887 Lois b. c1888 John b. c1889 Mabel b. c1890 Ivy b. c1892 Ethel b. c1894 Frank b. c1896 Mary L. b. c1899

children of William Wren Ball and Lois Foord Florence Ball 6 born circa 1880 born circa 1880 7 William J. Ball 8 born circa 1881 Labourer (1901) 9 Frederick Ball 10 born circa 1882 Labourer 11 Albert Ball 12 born circa 1885 shop assistant 13 Annie Ball 14 born circa 1886 laundress 15 Mildred Ball 16 born circa 1887 Lois Ball 17 born circa 1888 John Ball 18 born circa 1889 Mabel Ball 19 born circa 1890 Ivy Ball 20 born circa 1892 Ethel Ball 21 born circa 1894 Frank Ball 22 born circa 1896 Mary L. Ball 23 born circa 1899

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