Der Deutsche Correspondent, Baltimore 5-17-1873 (translated):
Funeral. – Yesterday morning, the late Mr. Joh. R. Balla, who died Wednesday at his home, No. 364 Gay Street, was buried in St. Peters Cemetery not far from the eastern city limits. Among mourners were representations from Phoenix Lodge No. 139 and King David Lodge, A. O. of Freemasons, and William Tell Lodge No. 4, U. O. O. F. The cortege was headed by undertaker Mr. Johann Meeth; the coffin was made by Mr. U. Schmidt. The Rev. Pastor H. Veith of St. Mark's Church gave a comforting service in the home, where the body of the deceased laid. The burial took place according to the rites of the Freemasons and Odd Fellows. The chaplains J. T. Gorsuch and P. Kniss gave short orations. Floral wreaths and flowers were placed on the coffin. Pallbearers were Messrs. F. Kramer, C. Hesse, Ph. Rose and T. Pitroff from Phoenix Lodge No. 139 of the Order of Freemasons, and G. W. Becker, G. Reinhardt, H. Riegleb and H. Heider from William Tell Lodge No. 4, U. O. O. F. The participation of Phoenix Lodge in the burial took place by special order of the Maryland Grand Lodge, as the deceased belonged to an out-of-town Masonic lodge.
The deceased was born June 24, 1802 in Elbing in Prussia, and came in 1830 to Baltimore, where he thereafter remained. He was twice married – 1829 and 1853 – and leaves a widow, three married children and ten grandchildren. His first child drowned in the great flood of 1837, which robbed him of all his possessions; only with great effort did he survive. In 1814, when he was barely thirteen years old, he was in the campaign to France, where his father served under Blücher, and was part of the occupation of Paris, of which he used to talk frequently in his old age. He was one of the first workers in Knabe & Gähle's piano factory and was considered a very skilled mechanic. His ingenuity in mechanical engineering was significant, and he has left behind several inventions that are still admired; but his modest nature prevented him from making it big in industry. The best mechanics of the city considered him their equal, but his modesty kept him in the background, and he acquired only a few earthly goods. For 5 years he had suffered many physical ailments, to which he finally succumbed after a nine-day illness. A stroke ended his existence. His life was one of many fates, but his reputation was always held spotless. May he rest in peace!
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1850 census, Baltimore:
John Balla 48 Germany (grocer)
Salama Balla 52 Germany
Theodore Balla 12 Maryland
Eliza Balla 9 Maryland
Nancy Penn 1 Maryland
Funeral. – Yesterday morning, the late Mr. Joh. R. Balla, who died Wednesday at his home, No. 364 Gay Street, was buried in St. Peters Cemetery not far from the eastern city limits. Among mourners were representations from Phoenix Lodge No. 139 and King David Lodge, A. O. of Freemasons, and William Tell Lodge No. 4, U. O. O. F. The cortege was headed by undertaker Mr. Johann Meeth; the coffin was made by Mr. U. Schmidt. The Rev. Pastor H. Veith of St. Mark's Church gave a comforting service in the home, where the body of the deceased laid. The burial took place according to the rites of the Freemasons and Odd Fellows. The chaplains J. T. Gorsuch and P. Kniss gave short orations. Floral wreaths and flowers were placed on the coffin. Pallbearers were Messrs. F. Kramer, C. Hesse, Ph. Rose and T. Pitroff from Phoenix Lodge No. 139 of the Order of Freemasons, and G. W. Becker, G. Reinhardt, H. Riegleb and H. Heider from William Tell Lodge No. 4, U. O. O. F. The participation of Phoenix Lodge in the burial took place by special order of the Maryland Grand Lodge, as the deceased belonged to an out-of-town Masonic lodge.
The deceased was born June 24, 1802 in Elbing in Prussia, and came in 1830 to Baltimore, where he thereafter remained. He was twice married – 1829 and 1853 – and leaves a widow, three married children and ten grandchildren. His first child drowned in the great flood of 1837, which robbed him of all his possessions; only with great effort did he survive. In 1814, when he was barely thirteen years old, he was in the campaign to France, where his father served under Blücher, and was part of the occupation of Paris, of which he used to talk frequently in his old age. He was one of the first workers in Knabe & Gähle's piano factory and was considered a very skilled mechanic. His ingenuity in mechanical engineering was significant, and he has left behind several inventions that are still admired; but his modest nature prevented him from making it big in industry. The best mechanics of the city considered him their equal, but his modesty kept him in the background, and he acquired only a few earthly goods. For 5 years he had suffered many physical ailments, to which he finally succumbed after a nine-day illness. A stroke ended his existence. His life was one of many fates, but his reputation was always held spotless. May he rest in peace!
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1850 census, Baltimore:
John Balla 48 Germany (grocer)
Salama Balla 52 Germany
Theodore Balla 12 Maryland
Eliza Balla 9 Maryland
Nancy Penn 1 Maryland
Der Deutsche Correspondent, Baltimore 5-17-1873 (translated):
Funeral. – Yesterday morning, the late Mr. Joh. R. Balla, who died Wednesday at his home, No. 364 Gay Street, was buried in St. Peters Cemetery not far from the eastern city limits. Among mourners were representations from Phoenix Lodge No. 139 and King David Lodge, A. O. of Freemasons, and William Tell Lodge No. 4, U. O. O. F. The cortege was headed by undertaker Mr. Johann Meeth; the coffin was made by Mr. U. Schmidt. The Rev. Pastor H. Veith of St. Mark's Church gave a comforting service in the home, where the body of the deceased laid. The burial took place according to the rites of the Freemasons and Odd Fellows. The chaplains J. T. Gorsuch and P. Kniss gave short orations. Floral wreaths and flowers were placed on the coffin. Pallbearers were Messrs. F. Kramer, C. Hesse, Ph. Rose and T. Pitroff from Phoenix Lodge No. 139 of the Order of Freemasons, and G. W. Becker, G. Reinhardt, H. Riegleb and H. Heider from William Tell Lodge No. 4, U. O. O. F. The participation of Phoenix Lodge in the burial took place by special order of the Maryland Grand Lodge, as the deceased belonged to an out-of-town Masonic lodge.
The deceased was born June 24, 1802 in Elbing in Prussia, and came in 1830 to Baltimore, where he thereafter remained. He was twice married – 1829 and 1853 – and leaves a widow, three married children and ten grandchildren. His first child drowned in the great flood of 1837, which robbed him of all his possessions; only with great effort did he survive. In 1814, when he was barely thirteen years old, he was in the campaign to France, where his father served under Blücher, and was part of the occupation of Paris, of which he used to talk frequently in his old age. He was one of the first workers in Knabe & Gähle's piano factory and was considered a very skilled mechanic. His ingenuity in mechanical engineering was significant, and he has left behind several inventions that are still admired; but his modest nature prevented him from making it big in industry. The best mechanics of the city considered him their equal, but his modesty kept him in the background, and he acquired only a few earthly goods. For 5 years he had suffered many physical ailments, to which he finally succumbed after a nine-day illness. A stroke ended his existence. His life was one of many fates, but his reputation was always held spotless. May he rest in peace!
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1850 census, Baltimore:
John Balla 48 Germany (grocer)
Salama Balla 52 Germany
Theodore Balla 12 Maryland
Eliza Balla 9 Maryland
Nancy Penn 1 Maryland
Funeral. – Yesterday morning, the late Mr. Joh. R. Balla, who died Wednesday at his home, No. 364 Gay Street, was buried in St. Peters Cemetery not far from the eastern city limits. Among mourners were representations from Phoenix Lodge No. 139 and King David Lodge, A. O. of Freemasons, and William Tell Lodge No. 4, U. O. O. F. The cortege was headed by undertaker Mr. Johann Meeth; the coffin was made by Mr. U. Schmidt. The Rev. Pastor H. Veith of St. Mark's Church gave a comforting service in the home, where the body of the deceased laid. The burial took place according to the rites of the Freemasons and Odd Fellows. The chaplains J. T. Gorsuch and P. Kniss gave short orations. Floral wreaths and flowers were placed on the coffin. Pallbearers were Messrs. F. Kramer, C. Hesse, Ph. Rose and T. Pitroff from Phoenix Lodge No. 139 of the Order of Freemasons, and G. W. Becker, G. Reinhardt, H. Riegleb and H. Heider from William Tell Lodge No. 4, U. O. O. F. The participation of Phoenix Lodge in the burial took place by special order of the Maryland Grand Lodge, as the deceased belonged to an out-of-town Masonic lodge.
The deceased was born June 24, 1802 in Elbing in Prussia, and came in 1830 to Baltimore, where he thereafter remained. He was twice married – 1829 and 1853 – and leaves a widow, three married children and ten grandchildren. His first child drowned in the great flood of 1837, which robbed him of all his possessions; only with great effort did he survive. In 1814, when he was barely thirteen years old, he was in the campaign to France, where his father served under Blücher, and was part of the occupation of Paris, of which he used to talk frequently in his old age. He was one of the first workers in Knabe & Gähle's piano factory and was considered a very skilled mechanic. His ingenuity in mechanical engineering was significant, and he has left behind several inventions that are still admired; but his modest nature prevented him from making it big in industry. The best mechanics of the city considered him their equal, but his modesty kept him in the background, and he acquired only a few earthly goods. For 5 years he had suffered many physical ailments, to which he finally succumbed after a nine-day illness. A stroke ended his existence. His life was one of many fates, but his reputation was always held spotless. May he rest in peace!
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1850 census, Baltimore:
John Balla 48 Germany (grocer)
Salama Balla 52 Germany
Theodore Balla 12 Maryland
Eliza Balla 9 Maryland
Nancy Penn 1 Maryland
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