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On the basis of the background information supplied by Bessie’s grandchildren St.Catherine's (now known as the General Record Office (GRO)) Index was searched and the following copies of her birth and marriage certificates were obtained:

Figure 1 Copy of Bessie Ball's Birth Certificate

Registration District St. Columb

Year: 1852 Sub-district of: Padstow in County of: Cornwall

No .

When & Where Born

Name if any

SEX

Surname of Father

Name, Surname Maiden name of Mother

Occup of Father

Signature Residence

When Reg.
321 20 August 1852 Little Petherick

Jane

GIRL

John Ball

Sally Ball formerly OSBORNE Little Petherick Farmer X The mark of Sally Ball mother Second Sept. 1852

St.Cath.Index Birth: 1852, 3rd Quarter, St.Columb. 5c 107.

Figure 2 Bessie Ball's Marriage Certificate

Certified Copy of Entry of an Entry of Marriage

Marriage Solemnised at: The Parish Church

Year: 1877 Sub-district of: St George Hanover Squ. in County of: Middlesex

No.

When Married

Name and Surname

Age

Condition

Rank or Profession

Residence at time of Marriage Father's Name

Rank or Profession of Father

358 April 7 1877 Stephen Nichols full Bachelor Painter St.Geo: Hanover Sq William Nichols Bailiff

Jane Ball full Spinster - St.Geo: Hanover Sq John Ball Coachman

Married in the Parish Church Rites of --------- after Banns by me Alfred Rufrell Curate Marriage was solemnised (Stephen Nichols ) in the Presence (Alice Walbridge

between us (Jane Ball ) of us (John Treadwell

St.Cath.Index Marr.: 1877, 2nd Quarter, St.George's Hanover Sq. 1a 559.

Both birth and wedding certificates state that Bessie's father was John Ball and the birth certificate identifies Little Petherick as the village where she was born. The latter fact was confirmed by Bessie, who gave Little Petherick (Figure 4) as her birthplace in the 1881 Census at Dingley, nr. Market Harborough (see Nichols' family booklet).

For information on Bessies' life after the age of 24 see Nichols' Family History.

Figure 3   Photo in Bessie's Locket Bessie Living in Kettering with the Ashby's

Figure 4. Little Petherick Church

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