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This picture shows Hannah Ball (nee Riley) sitting, with daughters Fanny and Lucy standing.  Hannah died in April 1934

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1861 Census

RG9/2433 p10

Pirate House

John Ball Head Married 20 Butcher born Greasley

Hannah Ball Wife Married 20 born Greasley

Fanny Ball Dau 6 months born Greasley

John Riley Nephew 17 Miner born Greasley

1871 Census

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John Ball Jr. born abt 1839 Greasley Head

Hannah Ball born abt 1841 Greasley Wife

Fanny (Frances) Ball born abt 1861 Greasley Daughter

John Ball born abt 1863 Greasley Son

Lucy Ball born abt 1865 Greasley Daughter

Ellen Smithurst born abt 1855 Greasley Servant

1881 Census

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John Ball Head Married Age 40 born Greasley Farmer & Butcher 32 Acres

Hannah Ball Wife Married 40 born Greasley

Fanny Ball Dau Unmarried 20 born Greasley Farmers Daughter

John Ball Son Unmarried 18 born Greasley Butcher

Lucy Ball Dau Unmarried 16 born Greasley Farmers Daughter

William Ball Son  Unm 14 born Greasley Farmers Son

Albert Ball Son 9 born Greasley Scholar

 

 

 

George Rolling b abt 1819 (1851 census pg 3) in Moorgreen, though maybe as late as 1823, d 09 Jun 1903. Son of Charles Rolling, Warphand (?). Unable to confirm, but I think George may have been the son of CHARLES ROLLING (B 1781 in Greasley) and CHRISTAIN (b abt 1789) who lived at 11 Eastwood Rd in 1851.
 
Occ in 1843 - Warphand (?) living in Kimberley.
One servant, Emily Chambers aged 12 in the 1851 census
Occ in 1881- Farmer of 13 Acres. Resident, Moorgreen.
 
Married Laviniah Chambers 3 Dec 1843 in Greaseley Parish Church (BMD index 4th qtr MXD 321327. Laviniah was the daughter of Joseph Chambers (coal dealer) and Sarah Chambers and was born abt 1826 in Kimberley, d 30 Dec 1917. Occupation of Laviniah - Duck Maker (?).
Laviniah is spelt Laviniah, Levina, Lavina or Savannah in the variious census and was born in 1823, 1826 or 1827 according to the census. Her gravestone records her death at age 95 in 1903 which would give a birth year of 1823 rather than 1826. However she was a minor when she married in 1843 and George was of full age so 1826 is a more likely date of birth than 1823 and she may have died aged 91 rather than aged 95. She appears to have a twin, Matilda, as both were aged 15 on the 1841 census, plus sibling Elinor (aged 3 in 1841).
 
Children:
CASSANDRA                    b1844 (1851 census)
MARY                            b 1846, 1847 or 1849 depending on the census report
CHARLES                        b 1848 d 01/11/1916 m ELLEN b 1845 d 30/04/1906 occ miner (1871 census)
HENRY                           b 1850 (1851 census) d 1939 aged 89
LEVENHIA                       b 1852 (1861 census) - listed as Savinah but probaby incorrect as the mother is listed as Savanah not Laviniah
MARIA                           b 1854  (1861 census) - may have been Mary or Maria
ELIZABETH                     b 1856
LUCY                            b 1858 - possibly a cousin rather than a daughter. Writing on the 1871 census is illegible. Not on the 1861 census.
CHRISTINA                     b 1858 m Edward Lindlay 1883 (Griffin family tree) - listed as Christain in 1861 census. 
GEORGE                         b 1860 (1871 c)
GEORGINA                      b 1862  (1871 c)
OSCAR                          b 1862  (1871 c)  m REBECCA CLARKE and had 4 children
OPHRAIM                       b 1867   (1871 c) may have been Ophraim or Ephraim
SARAH ANN                    b 1868   (1871 c)
WILLIAM                        b 1870   (1871 c)
 

HENRY ROLLING married SARAH (b 1848 d 28 Sep 1928 in Greasley). They had 9 children (Griffin family tree).
LEVENIA BERTHA          B 1874 D 1895 (also recorded as BERTHA LAVINIA IN 1891)
GEORGE T                   B 1877 (may have been George Frederick)
WILLIAM HENRY           B 1880
JOSEPH HAROLD           B 1882 D 23 APR 1916 aged 34.
LANCELOT D                B 1883 (may have been Lancelot D or Lancelot Vincent)
CASSANDRA BEATRICE   B 1886
GORDON GILLETTE         B 1888  - ran the White Lion in Brinsley with his wife during or just after WW2
ELSIE OTTERLINE           B 1891 after the census. Sometimes recorded as ELISE OTTERLINE
 
JOSEPH HAROLD ROLLING m ELIZABETH MORRIS (b abt 1881 d 26 Sept 1958) daughter of JOSEPH MORRIS and ASENETH MARTIN. ELIZABETH ran a drapers shop in Bulwell after his death and did not remarry. They had 7 children
ASENATH ROLLING b 1902
SARAH ELIZABETH ROLLING b 1904 m BERNARD PAYAN (was called Betty rather than Sarah)
HAROLD JOSEPH ROLLING b 1908 d abt 1979 m MABEL - also known as HAROLD CHARLES
MARY ROLLING b 1909 m CYRIL WESTWOOD
ELIZA ROLLING b 1910, buried in Bulwell North with her mother
GORDON ROLLING b 21 Sep 1911 d Mar 1994 in Bulwell- m BERTHA BUTLIN 9 May 1936 at St Marys in Bulwell b 26/091910 d 4/6/1999
LILY ROLLING
 
There is a story associated with Gordon Rolling or his family. The Rolling family sold a plot to the church on the understanding that a path to the village would be kept as a right of way. It may have been in Brinsley as the family owned cottages there.