Ancestry of
Ginger Rogers

Movie Actress, Dancer, and Singer

Sophronia W. Ball

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• • Grandmother of Ginger Rogers — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 7 
  • Father:
  • William Marion Ball 
  • Mother:
  • Catharine Masterson   
  • Birth Date:
  • Oct 1863 
  • Birth Location:
  • Iowa 
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  • Death Date:
  • 1919 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Walter Winfield Owens
  • Marriage Date:
  • 21 Dec 1889 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Otoe County, Nebraska 
  • Children:
  
  

  Inez Pearl Owens

  Lela Emogene Owens (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  Verda Owens

  Wilma Owens

  Genevieve E. Owens

• Sources for Sophronia W. Ball

  • ¹ Federal Census, IA, Marshall County, 1900, Marshall, E.D. 123, Sheet 17B, Image 34 of 36.
  • ² Federal Census, MO, Jackson County, 1910, Kansas City Ward 8, E.D. 94, Sheet 8B, Image 15 of 33.
  • ³ Federal Census, IA, Marshall County, 1880, Marshalltown, E.D. 293, p. 10, Image 9 of 33.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, IA, Monroe County, 1870, Urbana, Image 20 of 23.
  • ⁵ Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996, Marriage record for Oscar Peter Perfect and daughter Inez Pearl Owens.
  • ⁶ Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995, Marriage record for Walter Owens and Sophronia Ball.
  • ⁷ Kidd, Charles, Debrett Goes to Hollywood, New York: St. Martin's Press (1986), 91.
  • ⁸ Mid-Continent Public Library, Midwest Genealogy Center: Newsbytes, July 2011, Vol. 7, Iss. 7, p. 1.
  • ⁹ Wikipedia, "Ginger Rogers", (accessed 04/07/2011).