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Aha .. In 1841 they were living at Regent cottage in Weston-super-Mare next to a school, the preceding locations are High street, Devonshire Inn, various cottage names, Vale, Hill, Ivy, Sea View, Weston Hill, then after more Regent cottages, Villa, Marine, Weston, then 6 and 7 East something, bvd ?, then Weston again. What would be the nearest Church ?

Emanuel Watts from Worle (son of Thomas Watts and Susannah Fry) and Mary Ann Banwell from Kewstoke raised their family at Worle where Emanuel was a labourer and 3 of their children were baptised James on 26 Sept 1830, John on 3 Feb 1833 and Thomas on 22 March 1835. I am interested to find baptisms for their subsequent children - Mary Ann born c1836, Hannah born cdec1846-jan1847 at Weston-super-Mare. The family sailed to Australia in the Palmyra from Plymouth on 14 April 1848.

Lewis John Ball Married Mary Jane Chaplin Born 6.7.1867

Her Grand parents Henry Chaplin born 4.2.1822 Married 7.4 1857 Sarah Pitts born 12.4.1828/9 they had 8 Children Sarah had Red hair.

John(Jack) 13.11.1857 My Grand father Worked for GW at Yatton Married Emily Blackmore 26.4.1886

Elizabeth Ann(Polly Born 24.24.1859 believed to have married a mr ***Ball

Edwin born 20.7.1860

William born 30.8.1863 m Ellen Chidzey had5 children

Mary Jane b 4.7.1865 details as above

Harry born 16.6.1867 died 22.8.1868

Fanny born 7.7.1869

George born23.1.1871

All children baptised at Wick St Lawrence

Many more links to Great Western Railway

Thought this may be of interest

Brian   brianmc926@o2.co.uk

In 1851 Ann French aged 11 born Congresbury was living in Puxton with father John and his wife Elizabeth. John's birthplace given as Hutton, Elizabeth's as Congresbury

Familysearch has a transcription of his marriage to Mary Jane CHAPLIN on the 16th Dec 1888 at St Luke's Church, Bedminster, Bristol.

Familysearch is always a good place to look for transcriptions of Bristol records but the original entry of a marriage should have the occupations of the bride, groom and their fathers as well as where they said they were living at the time of their marriage and the names of witnesses.

On the 1871 census you will see that he and his parents are living with a John FRENCH

On FreeBMD you will find this marriage - also in Bristol

This suggests that John BALL's wife might have been an Anne FRENCH

Using Familysearch again you can find this marriage as well - John BALL married Ann FRENCH on the 26th Feb 1862 at St Nicholas Church, Bristol - It was not unusual for people living in North Somerset to go to Bristol to get married.

On the censuses Ann BALL née FRENCH is shown as being born in Congresbury in about 1840.  As Congresbury and Puxton are adjacent parishes it might be worth searching around that area for her birth. 

1891 Census  Peice: 1169  Folio: 35  Page No: 28

Civil Parish: Saint Thomas  Registration District: Oxford  Town of Oxford  County: Oxfordshire

Lewis John Ball  b. Puxton, Somerset.  Married.

Boarder in the household of  Frederick (Railway Shunter) and Mary Norris

Address: 52 Mill Street  Occupation: Railway Goods Guard - Employed

1901 Census  Peice: 2362  Folio: 87  Page No: 33

Civil Parish: Bristol  Registration District: Bedminster  County: Gloucestershire

Address: 32 Quantock Road

Lewis John Ball  b. Puxton, Somerset.  Age: 38yrs  Married.

Occupation: Goods Guard (G.W. Railways) - Employed

Also in the household was:

His Wife  Mary  35yrs  b. Lawerene Hill, Somerset.

and 6 Children: Ernest, 10yrs; Elsie, 8yrs; Frederick, 5yrs; Reginald, 2yrs; Winifred, 8 mths - all born Bristol, Bedminster; Archibald, 2yrs, b. Bristol

1911 Census: Family was still living at 32 Quantock Rd, Windmill Hill, Bedminster, Bristol

Lewis John Ball,  48 yrs, was still a Railway Guard with The Great Western Railway.

Mary Jane Ball, 46yrs, was the mother of 7 Children, all still living. Married for 22yrs.

Children: Ernest John Henry, 20yrs, Railway Porter; Elsie May Ball, 18yrs, Dressmaker; Beatrice Annie Ball, 17yrs, Shop Assistant (Dyers & Cleaners); Frederick Lewis Ball, 15yrs, Clerk (Advertising Agent); Reginald George Ball, 13yrs, At School; Archibald Victor Ball, 12yrs, At School; Winifred Grace Ball, 10yrs, At School.

GRO  Registration of Marriage: Lewis John Ball to Mary Jane Chaplin

Date of Registration: Dec Qtr., 1888  Registration District: Bedminster  County: Somerset

Volume No: 5c  Page No: 1245