John Ball of Fermanagh, born about 1800 or 1802, age 22, came to Ontario, Canada, 1824. Married Elizabeth Lowry, abt. 1835. Two sons: Josiah, born 1837 and William Reid, born 1841. They lived in Cavan Township, Durham County, Ontario. John Ball had a brother, William - age and living location unknown. William's son, Thomas, b. abt. 1843, came to Ontario, Canada about 1861. Parish and family in Fermanagh unknown; anxious to know this information.
Saturday 12th Jan 2013, 09:09PM
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Dear Joan,
You have a lot of information & I have found that in my own family that if I go & look at the source of the information & read it again there may be clues that I have missed. Check out passenger lists, incoming & outgoing from Europe & Canada, findmypast & Ancestry have good lists, pick the worlwide options (findmypast have some free credits at the moment & when you sign up,)if you take out a subscription, cancel it immediately so it does not automatically take the renewal subscription when current one ends. Get all the certificates you can & read any family bibles, memorial cards etc, this may help you track dow your family, perhaps you have done this already.
I did find couple of deaths at familysearch.org that may belong to william
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FRPC-R66
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FTWZ-K23
As a rule of thumb you can guess that the father may be born 30 years before his children.
I looked at the 1901 census at nationalarchives.ie & there are 12 Ball surnames in Co Fermanagh & they are either Methodist or Church of Ireland, both churches should have good records & perhaps if you visit rootsireland.ie & look for those townlands & your details, something may show up.
The PRONI site (Northern Ireland records office) has also lots of information & I have been lucky with their wills index & obtained information that surprised my cousins, as to how they come to obtain their land!!
I hope I have been of assistance to you. I live in Co. Cavan, which is in Ulster but south of the border. & if you wish to run any more clues past me, do let me know..
Best wishes with your search. Carmel O'Callaghan
Bailieborough Cavan