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Ethel <I>Ball</I> Shields

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Ethel Ball Shields

Birth
Foosland, Champaign County, Illinois, USA
Death
11 Feb 1915 (aged 35)
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Foosland, Champaign County, Illinois, USA
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“Effie” Ball, daughter of Susan Jane (née Brock) and Robert G. Bell, was born on 7 May 1879 in Brown Township, according to a Champaign County, Illinois, birth record.

As "Hattie," age 1, she was enumerated in 1880 with her parents, 11 siblings, and maternal grandmother in Brown Township, Champaign County, Illinois, where her family farmed. As "Ethel," age 21, she was enumerated in 1900 with her widowed father and a sister in same township.

Ethel Ball and William H. Shields were married in 1901 in Champaign County (license dated 25 November 1901). William H. Shields would later succeed Ethel's father as the superintendent of the Foos Farm, a large commercial operation.

"—Mr. and Mrs. William Shields have gone to St. Mary's hospital at Decatur, where the latter will remain for several days to undergo surgical treatment." ("Foosland," The Champaign Daily News, Champaign, Illinois, 10 Feb 1915, p. 9.)

"Anaesthetic Causes Death: Mrs. William Shields Succumbs at Hospital in Decatur," The Champaign Daily News, Champaign, Illinois, 11 Feb 1915, p. 7.)

"Mrs. William Shields Dies," The Weekly Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, 12 Feb 1915, p. 10, col. 3.

Notes

Wedding of "Miss Ethel Ball" mentioned in local papers.

The Champaign County, Illinois, birth record for Helen Louise Shields (born 27 Oct 1912) reports her parents as William Hartley and Hattie Ethel Bell Shields.

Reviewed 3 February 2020.
“Effie” Ball, daughter of Susan Jane (née Brock) and Robert G. Bell, was born on 7 May 1879 in Brown Township, according to a Champaign County, Illinois, birth record.

As "Hattie," age 1, she was enumerated in 1880 with her parents, 11 siblings, and maternal grandmother in Brown Township, Champaign County, Illinois, where her family farmed. As "Ethel," age 21, she was enumerated in 1900 with her widowed father and a sister in same township.

Ethel Ball and William H. Shields were married in 1901 in Champaign County (license dated 25 November 1901). William H. Shields would later succeed Ethel's father as the superintendent of the Foos Farm, a large commercial operation.

"—Mr. and Mrs. William Shields have gone to St. Mary's hospital at Decatur, where the latter will remain for several days to undergo surgical treatment." ("Foosland," The Champaign Daily News, Champaign, Illinois, 10 Feb 1915, p. 9.)

"Anaesthetic Causes Death: Mrs. William Shields Succumbs at Hospital in Decatur," The Champaign Daily News, Champaign, Illinois, 11 Feb 1915, p. 7.)

"Mrs. William Shields Dies," The Weekly Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, 12 Feb 1915, p. 10, col. 3.

Notes

Wedding of "Miss Ethel Ball" mentioned in local papers.

The Champaign County, Illinois, birth record for Helen Louise Shields (born 27 Oct 1912) reports her parents as William Hartley and Hattie Ethel Bell Shields.

Reviewed 3 February 2020.

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ETHEL BALL
WIFE OF
W. H. SHIELDS
1879 – 1915

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