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Emily Eunice Ball
b. 1833
Life
Records & Research
Emily Eunice Ball (born 12 July 1833, daughter of Stephen Munn Ball and Abigail S. Throop) married George Kirkland (1829-1893) and was thereafter known as Emily E. (Ball) Kirkland. The couple lived in Cattaraugus County, New York. She died 13 July 1917 and is buried in East Randolph Cemetery, East Randolph, Cattaraugus County, New York (NW Section, Plot 266). Her FindAGrave memorial lists two children: Emma Valnette Kirkland Ackley (1855-1906) and Leigh George Kirkland (1873-1942), the latter a New York state assemblyman per Wikipedia. The birth-date and parentage match the trusted anchor; death, burial, spouse, and children are confirmed by a multi-anchor FindAGrave memorial verified directly. The specific marriage year (c.1855), marriage place (Versailles), and residence (Conewango) rest on weaker single-source evidence.
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Emily Eunice Ball was born 12 July 1833, the daughter of Stephen Munn Ball and Abigail S. Throop, matching the trusted anchor exactly on birth date and both parents.
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Emily Eunice Ball married George Kirkland (1829-1893); thereafter Emily E. (Ball) Kirkland.
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Emily E. (Ball) Kirkland died 13 July 1917 (one day after her 84th birthday).
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She is buried in East Randolph Cemetery, East Randolph, Cattaraugus County, New York (NW Section, Plot 266), under the name Emily E. Ball Kirkland.
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Emily had at least two children with George Kirkland: Emma Valnette Kirkland Ackley (1855-1906) and Leigh George Kirkland (8 February 1873 - 25 December 1942).
Differs from the report
spouses: report says “empty (no spouse listed in trusted anchor)”, records indicate “George Kirkland (1829-1893)”. The anchor left spouses blank; research adds her husband George Kirkland, confirmed by the FindAGrave memorial (spouse field) and corroborated by the Ball Project and Wikipedia. An addition, not a contradiction. The specific marriage year (c.1855) and place (Versailles) are NOT confirmed and rest on a single un-fetched source. grave ↗genealogy-database ↗encyclopedia ↗
children: report says “empty (no children listed in trusted anchor)”, records indicate “Emma Valnette Kirkland Ackley (1855-1906) and Leigh George Kirkland (1873-1942)”. The anchor listed no children; the FindAGrave memorial (verified directly) names two: Emma Valnette Kirkland Ackley (1855-1906) and Leigh George Kirkland (1873-1942). Leigh is additionally corroborated by Wikipedia. The original dossier identified only Leigh and missed Emma. Further children remain possible but are not currently documented. grave ↗encyclopedia ↗
Not yet confirmed — probable matches and family lore, shown for research. Treat with caution.
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Her son Leigh G. Kirkland (1873-1942), later a New York state assemblyman, was born in Conewango, Cattaraugus County, New York, suggesting the family resided there in the early 1870s. likely
Open questions (6)
- Exact birthplace within New York State is not specified by any source (Ball Project gives only 'NY'); birthplace left null.
- The specific marriage YEAR (c.1855) and PLACE (Versailles, Cattaraugus Co.) appear only in the un-fetched New England Ball Project cached summary and are not independently corroborated; a primary marriage record is needed. Note the daughter Emma is dated 1855, which would make a c.1855 marriage consistent but unverified.
- Precise place/town of death is not documented (the memorial gives only the death date and burial location); place of death left null rather than inferred from the burial.
- The residence in Conewango is a single-source inference from the son's birthplace (Wikipedia), not a direct record for Emily and George; downgraded to 'likely'.
- A second child, Emma Valnette Kirkland Ackley (1855-1906), was found on the FindAGrave memorial but was omitted from the original dossier; her relationship is per the memorial only and warrants confirmation via census/vital records.
- The New England Ball Project person pages (g0/p641.htm, g1/p1330.htm) could not be fetched directly (DNS/connection refused); the Family Bible citation and the marriage details were taken from search-engine cached summaries and remain unverified against the live page.
Sources consulted (5)
- The New England Ball Project - Person Page (Emily Eunice Ball) · genealogy-database
- The New England Ball Project - Person Page (George Kirkland / Kirkland line) · genealogy-database
- The New England Ball Project - Name Index · genealogy-database
- Emily E. Ball Kirkland - Find a Grave Memorial #83394338 (East Randolph Cemetery, Cattaraugus Co., NY) - fetched and verified directly · grave
- Leigh G. Kirkland - Wikipedia (son of George Kirkland and Emily E. Ball Kirkland) · encyclopedia
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