Born in St Stephen (Launceston) Cornwall, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charles Body
and Maria (Sargent) Body
Sister of
John Body, Charles Body, Joseph Roberts Body, Andrew Symons Body and Alfred Ouldridge Body
Wife of
Richard Ball
— married
20 Dec 1860 in Stoke, Demerel, Devon, England
Descendants 
Mother of
Claude Exel Sweetman Ball, Charles Sargent Ball, Tom Jacobs Ball, Ernest Ball, John George Ball, Meta Marie (Ball) Francis and Ellen Mary (Ball) Sowman
Died
at age 71
in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Oct 2013
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Contents |
Biography
Mary was the daughter of Charles Body, carpenter, and Maria Sergent of launceston, cornwall. in 1860, she married Rchard Ball by banns in the parish church of stoke, demerel. 5 years later she made the voyage out to new zealand on the ship 'louisa' to join richard who had taken part in the waikato wars arriving at auckland on march 28 1865. mary and richard had 1 more child born in Auckland before moving to Nelson and later blenheim. she became ill in her later years and didn't recover, eventually dying in december 1907. she is buried at omaka cemetery[1]
Mary arrived in NZ on the ship "Louisa" with her young son Claude, on 28th March 1865 as an assisted immigrant. Richard Ball was the nominator along with two of his friends H.G Hebble and Thomas Wren. Richard was already in NZ taking part in the Maori wars.
Sources
- Cornwall OPC Database Baptisms
- Day Month 09 Dec
- Year 1836
- Parish Circuit or Chapel Launceston, St. Mary Magdalene
- Forename Mary Maria
- Surname BODY
- dau
- Father Forename Charles
- Mother Forename Maria
- Residence West Gate
- Father Status or Occupation Mason
- Film No 5751439
- Image No 86
- Day Month 09 Dec
- Year 1836
- Parish Circuit or Chapel Launceston, St. Mary Magdalene
- Forename Mary Maria
- BODY
- dau
- Father Forename Charles
- Mother Forename Maria
- Residence West Gate
- Father Status or Occupation Mason
- Transcriber Notes src: Exeter BTs
cemetery search, rootsweb world connect project-ball, marlborough express dec 31 1907-pg 5, passenger list-louisa
Footnotes
- ↑ Entered by Faye Whitfield.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Faye Whitfield for starting this profile. Supported by [Holyoake-66 | Nola Moses]] on 26 Nov 13.
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