Ball-Macaire family photos from Amelia & William Nickisson, passed to Irene Philips (1884-1968).
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The children of Richard John Ball & Jane Mary Macaire

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Emily Jane Ball
(1807 Clerkenwell - 1861 St Pancras)

Jane Emily Ball (1807-1861) unknown artist date unknown from Annie (Nickisson) Berkeley William Nickisson's death Clerkenwell 1846 Jane Emily Nickisson's death Clerkenwell 1861 Jane Emily Nickisson's death notice Clerkenwell 1861 From will of William Nickisson Clerkenwell 1846 £800 UK PRO Probate Middlesex Oct 399 Administrations 1846 “On the 6th day administration of the goods chattels and credits of William Nickisson late of King’s Square Groswell Road in the parish of St.Luke in the county of Middlesex gentleman deceased was granted to Jane Emily Nickisson widow the relict of the said deceased having been first sworn duly to administer.” Nickisson-Ball family UK census addresses William Nickisson (1805-1846) 1841 ?Kent ?Aylesford North with dau Emily Jane Emily Nickisson nee Ball (1807-1861) 1841 East Finsbury 21 King Square 36 head married independent with 2 ch 1851 Marylebone 20 Judd Place W 43 head widow teacher of music with 3 ch, 2 lodg, 1 serv William Garland Nickisson (1833-1905) 1841 East Finsbury 21 King Square 8 with mother & sis Jane 1851 St Leonard 30-31 St Martin le Grand 18 ?app u manchester warehouseman with 14 app & 3 serv Emily Jane Nickisson (1835-1918) 1841 ?Kent ?Aylesford North 6 ?with father 1851 Marylebone 20 Judd Place W 15 dau u scholar with mother, 3 sibs, 2 lodgers, 1 vis, 1 serv 1861 St Pancras 42 Frederick St 23 head u keeper ladies school with sis Jane & Penrose family (boarders) Emily Jane Marcus nee Nickisson 1871 Islington 33 Russell St 35 wife m corn dealer's wife with hus Ernst, son, sis Jane & 1 serv 1881 Stoke Newington 3 Bertram Villas 45 wife m corn merchant's wife with hus Ernst, 5 chn, sis Jane & 4 serv 1891 Stoke Newington 192 Green Lane 55 wife m grain merchant's wife with hus Ernst, 5 chn, sis Jane & 1 serv 1901 Stoke Newington 192 Green Lane 65 wife m corn merchant's wife with hus Ernst, 5 chn, & 1 serv Jane Maria Nickisson (1839-1901) 1841 East Finsbury 21 King Sq 2 with mother & bro Wm 1851 Marylebone 20 Judd Place W 12 dau u scholar with mother, 3 sibs, 2 lodgers, 1 vis, 1 serv 1861 St Pancras 42 Frederick St 22 sister u artist with sis Emily & Penrose family (boarders) 1871 Islington 33 Russell St 32 s-in-law u with sis Emily, b-i-l Ernst, nep Rbt & 1 serv 1881 Stoke Newington 3 Bertram Villas 42 s-in-law u with sis Emily, b-i-l Ernst, 4 neph, 1 niece & 4 serv 1891 Stoke Newington 192 Green Lane 52 s-in-law u with sis Emily, b-i-l Ernst, 4 neph, 1 niece & 1 serv Felix Richard Nickisson (1843-1910) 1851 Marylebone 20 Judd Place W 7 son u scholar with mother, 3 sibs, 2 lodgers, 1 vis, 1 serv

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Caroline Georgiana Ball
(1809 Clerkenwell - 1891 Edmonton))

Le Petit family photographer unknown place unknown date unknown from Jean Littlemore courtesy of Liz Hamilton Le Petit (1846-1931) ?with wife Eliza (Brown) photographer unknown place unknown date unknown from Jean Littlemore courtesy of Liz Hamilton Le Petit (1846-1931) photographer unknown place unknown date unknown from Jean Littlemore courtesy of Liz Frederick Le Petit (1876-) son of Hamilton Lepetit with his daughter Grace Violet Lepetit photographer ?Wara- Brixton, Battersea & Chelsea ?c1900 from Jean Littlemore courtesy of Liz William Alexander Le Petit - engraver List of William Le Petit engravings keyword "William Le Petit" - engravings Devon County Council Ash Rare Books Le Petit-Newstead family family of William Alexander Le Petit many thanks to Lorraine Joseph Le Petit trustee many thanks to Lorraine Edward Goodall - artist brother in law of WA Le Petit Richard Goodalls's pages many thanks to Lorraine Eliza Ann Lepetit sister of WA Le Petit painted by husband Edward Goodall Richard Goodalls's pages many thanks to Lorraine Edward Smith - engraver brother in law of WA Le Petit Edibnburgh University Library National Maritime Museum many thanks to Lorraine Samuel Hearne - explorer g-uncle of WA Le Petit Wikipedia Canadiana Org many thanks to Lorraine LePetit-Ball family UK census addresses Georgiana Caroline Le Petit nee Ball (1809-1891) William Alexander Le Petit (1804-1896) 1851 Homerton 27 Brooksby Walk 49 wife m prop of houses'wife with husband William & 8 ch 1861 Hornsey 3 Devonshire Pl 51 wife m ?jobbing ? wife with husband William & 8 ch 1871 Hornsey 46 Shakespeare Rd 61 wife m with husband William & 5 ch & 1 inlaw 1881 Hornsey 46 Shakespeare Rd 71 wife m gentleman's wife with husband William & 1 ch 1891 Hornsey 46 Shakespeare Rd 82 wife m ex landscape engraver's wife with husband William & 2 ch Annette Le Petit (1835-1911) 1851 Homerton 27 Brooksby Walk 19 dau u with parents & 7 sibs 1871 Islington 18 Milner Sq 31 visitor u governess with Lovell chn & 2 serv 1881 Camberwell Underhill Rd ?37 niece u governess with aunt Toll, cousin, 1 serv 1891 Beckenham Beckenham Rd 47 cousin u school mistress with cousin Alfred Toll, 1 serv 1901 Beckenham 141 Beckenham Rd 57 head u school mistress 1911 Carshalton Stanley Park Rd 70 head u private means with 2 sisters Elise Le Petit (1836-1918) 1851 Homerton 27 Brooksby Walk 17 dau u with parents & 7 sibs 1871 Devon, Cornwood Delamine House 31 u governess with Parker family & 11 serv 1881 Oxford, Neithrop St Johns Rd 42 u governess with Sister of Charity school 1911 Carshalton Stanley Park Rd 68 visitor u private means with 2 sisters Ferdinand Le Petit (1838-1914) 1851 Homerton 27 Brooksby Walk 13 son u with parents & 7 sibs 1861 Hornsey 3 Devonshire Place 22 son u ?jobbing with parents & 7 sibs 1871 Hornsey 3 Devonshire Place 35 son u artist with parents & 4 sibs, 1 i-law 1881 London 7 Pleasant Row ?37 lodger u artist (painter) with Beasley family, 2 lodgers 1891 Stoke Newington 48 Shakespeare Rd 50 u artist figure painter 1901 Stoke Newington 48 Shakespeare Rd 57 u artist painter Ellen Le Petit (1841-1937) 1851 Homerton 27 Brooksby Walk 11 dau u with parents & 7 sibs 1861 Hornsey 3 Devonshire Place 20 dau u with parents & 7 sibs 1871 Westminster Bloomfield Pl 29 boarder u teacher with Sisters of Mercy school 1881 Ssx Boxgrove Goodwood House 34 u governess with Duke Richmond household 1891 Hornsey 46 Shakespeare Rd 48 dau u ex governess with parents & sister 1901 Lambeth 134 Upper Tulse Hill 59 niece u with aunt Smith & 1 serv 1911 Carshalton Stanley Park Rd 62 visitor u private means with 2 sisters Frederick Le Petit (1843-1901) 1851 Homerton 27 Brooksby Walk 10 son u with parents & 7 sibs 1861 Hornsey 3 Devonshire Place 17 son u jobber with parents & 7 sibs 1871 Woolwich 15 New St 27 head m telegraph instrument maker with 3 chn 1881 Woolwich 14 Sand St 38 m instrument maker telegraphie with wife Harriet, 5 chn, 1 s-dau 1891 Charlton 500 Woolwich Rd 48 head m instrument maker with wife Harriet, 4 chn 1901 Charlton 500 Woolwich Rd 57 head w instrument maker with 2 dau Hamilton Le Petit (1846-1931) 1851 Homerton 27 Brooksby Walk 8 son u with parents & 7 sibs 1861 Hornsey 3 Devonshire Place 15 son u with parents & 7 sibs 1871 Stoke Newington 56 Sandbrook Rd 25 head m builder with wife Eliz, 2 chn 1881 Edmonton 9 Millfield Rd 33 m carpenter & joiner with wife Eliza, 6 chn 1891 West Ham 7 Emma Rd 43 head m carpenter with wife Eliza, 9 chn 1901 Leyton 46 Park Rd 53 head w carpenter & joiner with wife Eliza, 4 chn Isabel Le Petit (1848-1921) 1851 Homerton 27 Brooksby Walk 6 dau u with parents & 7 sibs 1861 Hornsey 3 Devonshire Pl 13 dau u scholar with parents & 7 sibs 1871 Hornsey 46 Shakespeare Rd 23 dau u with parents, 4 sibs, 1 inlaw Isabel Hutton nee Le Petit 1881 Walthamstow 33 Northcote Rd 32 wife m solicitors clerk wife with husband Edwin, 3 sons 1891 Walthamstow 72 Albert Rd 42 wife m solicitors clerk wife with husband Edwin, 4 sons 1901 East Ham 76 First Ave 52 head w with 4 sons, sister Edith 1911 East Dulwich 133 Underhill Rd 63 lodger w with Taylor family, 1 serv Edith Le Petit (1851-1943) 1851 Homerton 27 Brooksby Walk 4 dau u with parents & 7 sibs 1861 Hornsey 3 Devonshire Pl 11 dau u scholar with parents & 7 sibs 1871 Hornsey 46 Shakespeare Rd 20 dau u with parents, 4 sibs, 1 inlaw 1881 Lambeth 193 Peckham Rye 29 visitor u with 2 Mackrell chn, 2 serv 1891 Hornsey 46 Shakespeare Rd 38 dau u with parents, sis Ellen 1901 East Ham 76 First Ave 40 sister u with sis Isabel & 4 nephews 1911 Hither Green 1a Minard Rd 60 visitor u with Weaver & Mackrell families Harcourt Le Petit (1854-) 1861 Hornsey 3 Devonshire Place 8 son u scholar with parents & 7 sibs 1871 Hornsey 46 Shakespeare Rd 17 son u joiner with parents, 4 sibs, 1 inlaw 1881 Hornsey 46 Shakespeare Rd 27 u carpenter with parents 1891 Islington 131 Hornsey Rd 38 lodger u carpenter with Bale family 1901 Islington 131 Hornsey Rd 45 lodger u carpenter & joiner with Mrs Bale Clarissa Le Petit (1856-) 1861 Hornsey 3 Devonshire Pl 6 dau u scholar with parents & 7 sibs 1871 Hornsey 46 Shakespeare Rd 16 dau u with parents, 4 sibs, 1 inlaw Clarissa Smith nee Le Petit 1881 London 26 De Beauvoir Rd 24 wife m comm traveller wife with husband Edward, 1 son 1891 Hackney 90 Lesurn Rd 34 wife m comm traveller wife with husband Edward, 5 chn 1901 Hackney 13 Milderton Rd 43 wife m comm traveller wife with husband Edward, 8 chn

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Emily Ann Ball
(1812 Clerkenwell - 1910 Lambeth))

Emily Ann Ball (1812-1910) C T Newcombe, 135 Fenchurch St, City Carte-de-visite date unknown Emily Ann Ball (1812-1910) unknown photographer 8 x 11 ccm, cardboard frame date unknown Henry Nickisson Smith (1839- son of Emily Ann Ball unknown photographer date unknown courtesy of Rosalind Emily Georgiana Smith (1841- daughter of Emily Ann Ball unknown photographer date unknown courtesy of Rosalind Henry Smith birth certificate 1839 Smith-Ball family UK census addresses Emily Ann Smith nee Ball (1812-1910) 1841 Clerkenwell 128 St John St Rd 25 watchmaker's wife with husband Samuel & 1 ch & 1 serv & 2 app 1851 Clerkenwell 148 St John St Rd 38 wife m watch manuf.'s wife with husband Samuel & 1 ch & 1 serv & 1 app 1861 Islington 2 Northampton Terr 48 wife m merchant's wife with husband Samuel & 2 ch & 2 serv 1871 Lambeth 134 Upper Tulse Hill 58 wife m diamond merchant's wife with husband Samuel & 1 inlaw & 2 serv 1881 Lambeth 134 Upper Tulse Hill 68 head w independent with 1 inlaw, 1 nep, 1 sis, 2 serv 1891 Lambeth 134 Upper Tulse Hill 78 head w own means with 1 nep & 2 serv 1901 Lambeth 134 Upper Tulse Hill 88 head w own means with 1 nce & 1 serv Henry Nickisson Smith (1839-1879) 1841 Clerkenwell 128 St John St Rd with parents, 1 serv, 2 appren 1851 Clapham Kings Rd school 13 pupil or 1851 Tottenham Brace Castle school 11 pupil 1861 Islington 2 Northampton Terr 21 son m clerk to father with parents, sis & 2 serv Emily Georgiana Smith (1841-1929-) 1851 Clerkenwell 148 St John St Rd 9 dau u with parents, 1 serv, 1 appren 1861 Islington 2 Northampton Terr 19 dau u with parents, bro & 2 serv Emily Georgiana Smith nee Smith 1871 East Barnet Rowley Lodge 29 wife m insurance brokers's wife with husb Frederic, 2 chn, 2 serv 1881 London 2 Yerbury Rd 39 wife m Lloyds insurance brokers's wife with husb Frederic, 2 chn, 1 rel, 1 serv 1891 Islington 2 Yerbury Rd 49 wife m ship & ins brokers's wife with husb Frederic, 2 sons, 1 serv 1901 Islington 2 Yerbury Rd 59 head w with 1 son, 1 serv

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Georgiana Sophia Ball
(1814 Clerkenwell - 1895 Lambeth))

Georgiana Sophia Ball (1814-1895) Turner & Everitt, 17 Upper St, Islington Carte-de-visite 1863-67 Georgiana Sophia Ball (1814-1895) Photogapher unknown Carte-de-visite date unknown courtesy of Rosalind Georgiana Sophia Ball UK census addresses Georgiana Sophia Ball (1814-1895) 1841 Clerkenwell 25 Myddleton St 25 with parents, 6 sib, 1 serv 1851 Clerkenwell 25 Myddleton St 34 dau u governess with parents, 2 sis, 1 serv 1861 Clerkenwell 25 Myddleton St 40 dau u governess with parents, 1 sis, 1 serv 1871 Clerkenwell 25 Myddleton St 57 head u governess with 1 nep, 1 serv 1881 Clerkenwell 23 Myddleton St 60 head u governess with 1 sis, 1 serv 1881 Lambeth 134 Upper Tulse Hill 66 sis u school mistr with 1 inlaw, 1 nep, 1 sis, 2 serv 1891 Hornsey 39 Marquis Rd 76 aunt u with 1 sis, 1 nce, 1 inlaw, 1 serv

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Frances Louisa Ball
(1817 Clerkenwell - 1889 Edmonton))

Frances Louisa Ball (1817-1889) C T Newcombe, 135 Fenchurch St, City Carte-de-visite date unknown Frances Louisa Ball (1817-1889) Turner & Everett Carte-de-visite date unknown courtesy of Rosalind From FANNY BALL To: WILLIAM GARLAND NICKISSON Date: 21st Oct 1859 No address My dear William, I hope this will reach you safely as if so Felix will be quite safe too. I never thought your Mama would have parted with him and although we have all tried to console her it is indeed a great grief to her. I know it is the wish of her life to go out to you but that seems at present impossible. You have been very good lately and have written so much more often do continue to do so it is such a delight to your dear mother. She is always with us in Myddleton St every Monday and Thursday and it often happens that on those days your letters arrive. Then such pleasure such joy you would almost expect the church bells to be rung. I call you William now I think it is not right to call you Willie any more with two children already if you go on so you will soon be quite a 'Patriarch'. I wish one of your sisters was likely to be married but there seems no chance the people here are so stylish and dress so such that Punch says the 'bachelors' are afraid to propose and owing to the very large hoops all the young ladies wear Punch says the beaus cannot get near enough to the girls to 'pop the question'. My dear Mama is very poorly but still I hope with care to get her through this winter. Will you give my kind love to your dear wife and tell her we are all pleased with her although we do not know her you give us so good an account of her that we think she much be all we could wish especially as you seem so happy together. It is our intention to have send a few toys for your little duckies, a doll from Grandmama Ball for little Emily and so forth but the time is so short that we shall not be able to it there only have been four clear days since it was settled that he should go to the day when he is to be on the ship. I hope you will excuse this scribble but ii am in school and while i write there a large class reading to me. We all hope you intend to come to England again in a few years do try and make a cosy little fortune and them come back and bring all belonging to you with you Felix as well. Mama sends her love to self and your better half in which Sophy and myself heartily join with kisses to the duckies and believe me yours affectionately Fanny Ball If you see Alfred will you remember me very kindly to him. Frances Louisa Ball UK census addresses Frances Louisa Ball (1817-1889) 1841 Clerkenwell 25 Myddleton St 25 with parents, 6 sib, 1 serv 1851 Clerkenwell 25 Myddleton St 32 dau u governess with parents, 2 sis, 1 serv 1861 Clerkenwell 25 Myddleton St 37 dau u teacher with parents, 1 sis, 1 serv 1881 Clerkenwell 23 Myddleton St 60 sister u with 1 sis, 1 serv

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Clarissa Ball
(1818 Clerkenwell - 1853 Hackney)

Clarissa Ball marriage cartificate London, St Mary le Bow, 1849 Wilson-Ball family UK census addresses Clarissa Ball (1818-1853) 1841 Clerkenwell 25 Myddleton St 25 with parents, 6 sib, 1 serv Clarissa Wilson nee Ball 1851 Dalston Queens Rd 31 wife m wholesale stationer's wife with husband William, 3 serv William Wilson (1818-1882) 1861 Hackney 1 Graham Cottages 43 head wid stationer with mother, 2 dau, 1 bdr, 1 serv 1871 Hackney 1 Graham Cottages 52 head wid stationer with 3 dau, 1 serv 1881 Hackney 134 Queens Rd 63 head wid salesman with 1 dau, 1 friend, 1 serv

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Richard Macaire Ball
(1820 Clerkenwell - 1904 Barnet))

Obituary of Richard Macaire Ball Horological Journal, March 1904 "After a peaceful and, I trust, happy retirement of twelve or thirteen happy years at the Clock and Watchmakers' Asylum, New Southgate, Richard Macaire Ball has passed away at the age of eighty-three. He was a member of the firm Macaire & Ball, gold watch-case makers, and did a good business during a long period when the watch manufacturing of Clerkenwell was in, perhaps, its most prosperous state". from Carol Ball-Saunders family UK census addresses Richard Macaire Ball (1820-1904) 1841 Clerkenwell 25 Myddleton St 25 with parents, 6 sib, 1 serv 1851 Islington 31 Sudeley St 31 head m gold watchase maker with wife Dinah, 3 ch, 1 inlaw, 1 serv 1861 Islington 31 Sudeley St 41 head m watchase maker with wife Dinah, 6 ch, 1 inlaw, 1 app 1871 Islington 31 Sudeley St 51 head m watchase maker with wife Dinah, 7 ch, 1 inlaw 1881 Islington 30 Sudeley St 61 head m watchase maker with wife Dinah, 1 inlaw 1891 Islington 31 Sudeley St 71 head m watchase maker with wife Dinah, 1 ch, 1 inlaw

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George John Ball
(1821 Clerkenwell - ?1872 Islington)

Ball-Jones family UK census addresses George John Ball (1821-?1872) 1841 Clerkenwell 25 Myddleton St 25 with parents, 6 sib, 1 serv 1851 St Luke 5 Pitman Buildings 29 head m ?dairyman with wife Ann, 2 ch 1861 Southwark 10 New St 39 head m clerk with wife Ann, 4 ch 1871 ?Islington 38 Frederick St 49 head m builders clerk with wife Ann, 2 ch, 1 lodger

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Ann Louisa Ball
(1825 Clerkenwell - 1894 Hornsey)

Ann Louisa Ball baptised 30 Mar 1825 Clerkenwell St James, Middlesex parents: Richard Ball & Mary (Macaire) (R74 GLRO) John George Phillips born 1830 Clerkenwell, Middlesex parents: John George Philips & Jane (Carter) Ann Louisa Ball & John George Phillips married 22 May 1851 Clerkenwell St John, Middlesex AB of full age spinster Myddleton St, dau of Richard John Ball gold watchcase maker JGP of full age bachelor optician Cobham Row, son of John George Phillips goldsmith John George Phillips died 1858 St Pancras, Middlesex William Green born 1822 Enfield, Middlesex parents: unknown Ann Louisa Ball & William Green married 1864 Clerkenwell, Middlesex Ann Louisa Green died 1894 Hornsey, Middlesex William Green death unknown Ball-Phillips-Green family UK census addresses Ann Louisa Ball (1825-1894) 1841 Clerkenwell 25 Myddleton St 15 with parents, 6 sib, 1 serv 1851 Clerkenwell 25 Myddleton St 25 dau u governess with parents, 2 sis, 1 serv Ann Louisa Phillips nee Ball 1861 not found 35 w Ann Louisa Green formerly Phillips 1871 Clerkenwell 18 Granville Sq 46 wife m surveying Instrument maker's wife with husband William, 3 ch 1881 not found 56 m 1891 Hornsey 39 Marquis Rd 66 mother m brass worker's wife with dau Alice, husband Wm,1 aunt, 1 serv

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Ellen Octavia Ball
(1829 Clerkenwell -)

Ellen Octavia Ball UK census addresses Ellen Octavia Ball (1829-) 1841 Clerkenwell 25 Myddleton St 12 with parents, 6 sib, 1 serv

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Ball-Macaire family addresses in 2008

From Neville

32 Northampton Sq     We were priveleged to view the house. I cannot explain the feeling I had walking into the house where Richard & Jane Ball had lived from 1814 to 1823. We went up stairs to the first floor to the sitting room with its tall windows, almost from floor to ceiling, which are reckoned to be original. We also went out to the back of the house & even though the house had been extended, we could see the adjacent houses in the typical brick cladding of the period. To me it was worth the visit to London alone to have been in that house - really special. Myddleton Street None of the houses, ie No's 23, 25 & 26, were there, but I took a photo of a house, part of a terrace row, which looked to be typical of the period & was most likely to have been of that type St John St   St John Street - The two addresses, 128 & 148, appeared to be business premises, as you will see from the photos. Whether the Smith family used the whole premises or may be just the flat(s) above the ground floor shop, I'm not sure. In the census records Samuel Smith is said to have been a watchmaker/manufacturer, so it is possible that he had a shop to display & market his watches 31 Sudeley St   Sudely Street - This house (No 31) is still standing & I took two pictures of it. This is where Richard Macaire Ball & family lived for many years. We spoke to the man occupying the property & he said that the price of the houses in the street were enormous as all the buildings in it are listed. 38 Frederick St No 38 was occupied by George John Ball & his family circa 1871. 42 Frederick St No 42 was occupied by Emily Jane Nickisson, and her sister Jane Maria Nickisson, circa 1861, before Emily married Ernst Robert Marcus. According to the records Jane Emily Nickisson lived there up to her death in 1861. Gone missing Rosoman Street - A very small street with no houses, just businesses or institutes, that would have fitted the time & period, so I would assume the house where Richard & Jane Ball lived just after they married has been demolished. It appears that Elizabeth & Gideon Macaire also lived there. Northampton Terrace - This street or block of terrace houses wasn't listed in the London A-Z, so I assume it no longer exists. On the opposite side of Northampton Square was a modern building which is the City of London University. I'm wondering if this might have been where Northapton Terrace once stood. Would need to investigate why the block of houses disappeared. Goswell Road - 219 wasn't there but there was a large block of flats in approximately the place where it should have been. but still left King Square - This street had a park on one side & a large block of flats on the other. The only building of any age was the church of which I took three pictures. I thought may be the Nickisson family may have worshipped there as they lived in that street from 1832 to 1846.     Judd Place West - We found Judd Street, no problem, but our efforts to find Judd Place West didn't lead us to it. We went to an Archives library on Theobalds Road & they produced a map which showed where the street once was. Apparently both Judd Place West & East disappeared when St Pancras Station was built in 1860. So the two streets were not on the south side of Euston Road, where we had been looking but on the north side. I've included a picture of St Pancras Station to show the area where Jane Maria Nickisson lived (also Felix Richard Nickisson) & also because it is a magnificent building. There is a possibility that some of the houses that no longer exist were destroyed in the 2nd World War during the Blitz. I have included a picture of Clerkenwell St James , the church where most of the Ball/Macaire children were baptised & also where Jane Ball & William Nickisson got married. Photo courtesy of Sam Hallas, the author of the Clerkenwell Green web site, "www.samhallas.co.uk" We also found the house, 37, Halliford Street, near the Angel tube station, Islington, where my grandfather Alfred Thomas Ball - the eldest son of Alfred James Ball - lived. He was turned down for active service during WW1, after volunteering, because he suffered from asthma, but towards the end of the war they started to accept any one for the army because they were so desperate. He served in the 1st Batallion of the London Regiment and was killed in Belgium on Aug 9th 1917, and he is commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres in Belgium, as his body was never found, therefore there is no grave. I think he deserves a special mention because of the sacrifice he made. Incidentally, because of his asthma he adopted the outdoor life and became a golf instructor and I wondered where he could play golf in London. When he married and lived at 5, Hurdwick Place near Mornington Crescent tube station (the house where my mother was born), he didn't live that far from Regents Park, which has a golf and tennis school.

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Unknown Smith family

?a relation of the Ball family

Unknown ?Smith Photographer unknown Carte-de-visite date unknown Unknown ?Smith Family Photographer unknown Carte-de-visite date unknown Unknown ?Smith child 1 Photographer unknown Carte-de-visite date unknown Unknown ?Smith child 2 Photographer unknown Carte-de-visite date unknown Unknown ?Smith child 3 Photographer unknown Carte-de-visite date unknown Unknown ?Smith child 4 Photographer unknown Carte-de-visite date unknown Unknown ?Smith child 5 Photographer unknown Carte-de-visite date unknown Unknown ?Smith child 6 Photographer unknown Carte-de-visite date unknown

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