Thola wonke amagama abantu abakulesi sihloko esiphathelene noRobert Ball.
Context:Wazalelwa eQueenstown, esifundazweni saseCork. Wayengumntwana wesithathu kaBob Stawell Ball, isikhulu se-customs, noMary Ball (née Green). Umkhaya wakwaBall wawuhlala eYoughal, eSifundazweni saseCork. URobert wayenoodadewabo ababili ababenesithakazelo esifanayo emvelweni, u-Anne, isazi esidumile sezilwane, noMary, isazi sezinambuzane. Wayenomfowabo, uBent (7 Mashi 1806 - 19 Meyi 1860), owayengabonakali enesithakazelo kule mikhakha. Ekuqaleni wayefunda esikoleni iClonakilty, ngaphambi kokuya esikoleni samaQuaker eBallitore, e-County Kildare lapho isithakazelo sakhe emlandweni wemvelo sakhula khona ngokukhuthazwa uthisha wakhe uJames White. Wabuyela e-Youghal ngo-1824 ukuze athathe isikhundla sokuba ngumahluleli okwakuhilela ukuhamba futhi kwesinye isikhathi kwakuyingozi, waze waphunyuka ekuzama ukubulawa, kodwa wasiza ekuqoqeni kwakhe izibonelo zomlando wemvelo. Wasuka e-Youghal waya eDublin ngo-1827, futhi njengoba wayengakwazi ukukhokhela izifundo zobudokotela wasebenza iminyaka engama-20 enkonzweni kahulumeni, okokuqala njengombhali e-Constabulary and Yeomanry Office, eDublin, futhi kamuva waba ngumsizi womtapo wezincwadi nomgcini wamarekhodi. Wayebheka lo msebenzi "njengobugqila obucindezela umphefumulo" futhi waphishekela izithakazelo zakhe zomlando wemvelo, ehlanganyela ngenkuthalo nemibuthano yesayensi yendawo. UBall washiya umsebenzi kahulumeni ngo-1852 ephethe impesheni encane, njengoba kwakucatshangwa ukuthi uchithe isikhathi sakhe esiningi emisebenzini yesayensi kunalokho okwakulungele isisebenzi sikahulumeni. Waya ohambweni lomlando wemvelo noWilliam Todhunter, uWilliam Thompson, uRobert Patterson, uGeorge Hyndman, no-Edward Forbes ngaphandle kokuya eminyuziyamu eParis nasemihlanganweni eGreat Britain.
UBob Stawell Ball, uMary Ball, uRobert Ball, u-Anne Ball, uMary Ball, uBent Ball, uJames White, uWilliam Todhunter, uWilliam Thompson, uRobert Patterson, uGeorge Hyndman, u-Edward Forbes