Ancestry of
Janis Joplin

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Mary Eleanor Ball

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of Janis Joplin — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 23 
  • Father:
  • George Ball 
  • Mother:
  • Martha Overby   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1827 
  • Birth Location:
  • South Carolina 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 10 Aug 1887 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Porters Chapel Cemetery, Caldwell, Burleson, Texas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Lodwick Roberson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Dec 1843 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Arminta Roberson (Ahnentafel No:11 )

  • Notes: 

  • A Ball family bible gives the wedding of Lodwick Roberson and Mary Eleanor Ball as Dec. 20, 1843; and the wedding of Lodwick's brother A.J. Roberson and Mary Eleanor's sister Jemima Elizabeth Ball as Feb. 26, 1846. The two sisters were daughters of George and Martha Ball.(Source: Dennis Roberson, Fort Worth, TX, posted 07 JAN 2000 to RootsWeb) It is not clear if the bible include's the sisters' parentage. More evidence is needed to confirm this.

• Sources for Mary Eleanor Ball

  • ¹ Ball Family Bible (Rootsweb), Marriage of Lodwick Roberson and Mary Eleanor Ball.
  • ² Federal Census, MS, Lowndes County, 1850, Image 110 of 124.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/10/2021).
  • ⁴ Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, Death certificate for daughter Minta Portor, give mother's name as Alice Ball.