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From: "Gene Fottrell" <>
Subject: Re: [Ireland] William Joseph BALL
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 23:15:54 -0400
References: <3.0.5.32.20010713125700.00905880@pophost.anu.edu.au>



----- Original Message -----
From: "LYNDA BRIDGES" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 10:57 PM
Subject: [Ireland] William Joseph BALL


> Hi everyone,
>
> I have just joined the list and this is my first posting.
>
> I am trying to find my grandfather William Joseph BALL. I know he was born
> in Ireland but I don't know where.
>
> He was married to my grandmother Elizabeth HITCHMOUGH in Liverpool on
> 19/3/1915 (he was a widower at the time) & he was 39. He was an electrical
> engineer on ships. He died on 24/6/1924 aged 48. From this I have assumed
> he was born in 1876. My mum thought he was born in Dublin and I sent to
the
> General Register Office in Dublin for a birth cert. They checked 1875-1877
> & couldn't find him. All I know is that his father's name was William BALL
> (a mechanical engineer who was dead by 1915), i don't know his mother's
name.
>
> I have William Joseph's marriage & death certificates as these events
> occurred in England.
>
> I have a few questions:
>
> 1) Does anyone know how I could find his birth and first marriage records
> from Ireland. Are there any indexes for Ireland that I could access
> without knowing a specific town/county to find this information???
>
> 2) Would he have had to do anything specific to move from Ireland to
> Liverpool? i.e. fill in forms etc that may be available somewhere.
>
> Any suggestions gratefully received.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Lynda in Canberra, OZ
>
>
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Have you searched for William at:

http://www.familysearch.com


Gene
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