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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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