Thompson / Corporaal Family History

Patrick Austin Ball (1880-1946)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Ivy Myrtle Shepherd Harold Austin Ball Inis Mary Ball Mavis Myrtle Ball, (Maisie) Eileen Margaret Ball+ Patrick Austin Ball 1 Born: 1880, New Zealand 1 Marriage (1): Ivy Myrtle Shepherd in 1905 in Hauraki, Waikato, New Zealand 1 2 Died: 1946, Australia at age 66 1 Patrick married Ivy Myrtle Shepherd, daughter of Alfred Edward Shepherd and Mary Catherine Christie, in 1905 in Hauraki, Waikato, New Zealand.1 2 (Ivy Myrtle Shepherd was born on Jun 14, 1885 in Karangahake, Waikato, New Zealand,3 4 died on Jul 29, 1979 in New South Wales, Australia 3 and was buried in Palmdale, New South Wales, Australia 1.)   Marriage Notes: Married in District of Ohinemuri by Minister John Patterson Coutts. The marriage certificate states that Ivy's father, Alfred, was a farmer. This is wrong. He was a retired Hotel Keeper, and a former miner, but never a farmer. It appears that Ivy retained her maiden name and appears as such in the electoral rolls albeit her last name was spelt Sheppard. 1

1 Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, UT, USA. database and images, <i>Ancestry Family Trees</i> (https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/ : accessed Jan 26, 2020); Ivy Myrtle Shepherd; Marshall Family Tree by Judy Marshall.

2 New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, "New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937," database(https://search.ancestry.com.au : accessed Jan 26, 2020), Joy Myrtle Shepherd & Patrick Austin Ball; Folio Number: 3832.

3 Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, UT, USA. database and images, <i>Ancestry Family Trees</i> (https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/ : accessed Apr 19, 2019); Mary Catherine Christie; Lidgard Family Tree by Chris Lidgard.

4 New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966 database (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed Jan 26, 2020), Ivy Myrtle Shepherd; Folio Number: 2412.