Walter
Ball
Born in Baltimore, Maryland
Ancestors 
Son of William Ball
and Sarah (Dorsey) Ball
Brother of
Elizabeth (Ball) Worthington and Henrietta Dorsey (Ball) Handy
Husband of
Mary Ball
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Eleanor Ball
Died
at age 67
in Baltimore, Maryland
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Biography
Walter was born in 1795. He was the son of William Ball and Sarah Dorsey. He passed away on 25 SEP 1863 in Baltimore.
Walter is listed in the Baltimore City Directory for 1860 as a painter with his business at 6 St. Paul St. and a dwelling at 84 N. Greene.[1]
The home of Walter and Mary is described in an advertisement for the sale of the house order by the Orphan’s Court 19 JUL 1865 in the Baltimore Sun:
- lot of ground on the west side of North Gree St. beginning 50 feet north of Saratoga fronting on Green St. 25 feet & 100 feet deep. The house is a well-built three-story brick dwelling with a large basement.[2]
Children
Walter & Mary Ball were the parents of six children:
- Elizabeth Ball 1818 - 1838 died unmarried
- Eleanor Ball
- Mary Louisa Ball m. John Ridgely
- Walter Ball m. Eleanor Ford
- Joshua Ball m. Emily Ann Cole
- James McCabe Ball m. Fannie Walker
Sources
- The Dorsey Family by Maxwell
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Walter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Walter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Douglas Ross
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H10c1, FTDNA kit #104294, MitoYDNA ID T11425 [compare] - Nancy (Morton) Ross :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H10c1, FTDNA kit #5088858
- Dwight Ross :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H10c1, FTDNA kit #513671
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~1.56%
Deborah (Adams) Gambert :
23andMe, GEDmatch M351192 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A377930 [compare], Ancestry member DebA377930
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T971289 [compare], FTDNA kit #194323
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MyHeritage DNA
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Living DNA
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~1.56%
Linda (E) White :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Richard Adams :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T715727 [compare], FTDNA kit #446639
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~1.56%
Sharon (Adams) Condray :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T840473 [compare], FTDNA kit #550105
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