Fumana mabitso a batho bohle ba hlahang sehloohong sena se buang ka Robert Ball.
Context:O hlahetse Queenstown, County Cork. E ne e le ngoana oa boraro oa Bob Stawell Ball, ofisiri ea lekhetho, le Mary Ball (née Green). Lelapa la Ball le ne le lula Youghal, County Cork. Robert o ne a e-na le likhaitseli tse peli tse neng li rata lintho tsa tlhaho joaloka eena, e leng Anne, setsebi se tummeng sa limela, le Mary, setsebi sa likokoanyana. O ne a boetse a e-na le mor'abo rōna, Bent (7 March 1806 - 19 May 1860), ea neng a sa bonahale a thahasella lintho tsena. Qalong o ile a ea sekolong sa Clonakilty, pele a ea sekolong sa Quaker Ballitore, County Kildare moo thahasello ea hae ea nalane ea tlhaho e ileng ea ntlafatsoa ka khothatso ea mosuoe oa hae James White. O ile a khutlela Youghal ka 1824 ho ea nka mosebetsi oa ho ba moahloli o neng o akarelletsa ho tsamaea'me ka linako tse ling o ne o le kotsi, o bile a phonyoha le ho leka ho bolaoa, empa o ile a thusa ho bokella mehlala ea hae ea histori ea tlhaho. O ile a tloha Youghal a ea Dublin ka 1827,'me kaha o ne a sa khone ho lefella lithuto tsa bongaka o ile a sebetsa lilemo tse 20 tšebeletsong ea sechaba, pele e le tlelereke ofising ea Constabulary le Yeomanry, Dublin,'me hamorao e le mothusi oa laeborari le mohlokomeli oa litlaleho ho eona. O ne a nka mosebetsi oo e le "bokhoba bo hlorisang moea"'me a phehella lithahasello tsa hae tsa histori ea tlhaho, a ikopanya ka mafolofolo le bo-rasaense ba moo. Ball o ile a tlohela tšebeletso ea sechaba ka 1852 ka penshene e nyenyane, kaha ho ne ho nahanoa hore o ne a qeta nako e ngata haholo ea hae ho etsa lipatlisiso tsa saense ho feta kamoo ho neng ho loketse mosebeletsi oa sechaba. O ile a nka maeto a histori ea tlhaho le William Todhunter, William Thompson, Robert Patterson, George Hyndman le Edward Forbes ntle le maeto a ho ea limusiamong tsa Paris le libokeng tsa Great Britain.
Bob Stawell Ball, Mary Ball, Robert Ball, Anne Ball, Mary Ball, Bent Ball, James White, William Todhunter, William Thompson, Robert Patterson, George Hyndman, Edward Forbes