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She was educated. At the age of 16, she began teaching at the Berne one-room school. She was very active at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Berne where she taught Sunday School. She appears in several photos with church women's groups.
 
She was educated. At the age of 16, she began teaching at the Berne one-room school. She was very active at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Berne where she taught Sunday School. She appears in several photos with church women's groups.
 
==Marriage==
 
==Marriage==
Minnie married '''[[Charles E. Ball| Charles Eugene Ball]]''', son of '''[[Robert Ball]]''' and Anna Barbara Deitz, on 16 Mar 1886. Their first farm was in the Town of Knox at the site of the present Altamont reservoir where their children, '''[[Clyde L. Ball]]''' and Hazel, were born. In 1900, the family bought and moved to the former Robert Ball farm in the Switzkill Valley, Town of Berne, Albany, NY. She and Charles E. Ball appeared on the cenus of 1 Jun 1915 at Switzkill Road, Town of Berne, Albany, NY.
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Minnie married '''[[Charles E. Ball| Charles Eugene Ball]]''', son of '''[[Robert Ball]]''' and Anna Barbara Deitz, on 16 Mar 1886. Their first farm was in the Town of Knox at the site of the present Altamont reservoir where their children, '''[[Clyde L. Ball]]''' and '''[[Ball, Hazel Mae|Hazel]]''', were born. In 1900, the family bought and moved to the former Robert Ball farm in the Switzkill Valley, Town of Berne, Albany, NY. She and Charles E. Ball appeared on the cenus of 1 Jun 1915 at Switzkill Road, Town of Berne, Albany, NY.
  
 
==Death==
 
==Death==

Revision as of 03:13, 14 November 2012

Photo courtesy of Allan Deitz

Birth

Minnie Bell Onderdonk was born on 16 Feb 1862 at Saratoga, NY. She was the only child of Charles L. Onderdonk and Magdalen Schoonmaker. Her father,Charles, had recieved certification to teach public school in Saratoga County on Jan 2, 1857. She appeared on the census of 1880 in the household of her step-father Joseph William Ball and her mother Magdalen(Maggie).

Education

She was educated. At the age of 16, she began teaching at the Berne one-room school. She was very active at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Berne where she taught Sunday School. She appears in several photos with church women's groups.

Marriage

Minnie married Charles Eugene Ball, son of Robert Ball and Anna Barbara Deitz, on 16 Mar 1886. Their first farm was in the Town of Knox at the site of the present Altamont reservoir where their children, Clyde L. Ball and Hazel, were born. In 1900, the family bought and moved to the former Robert Ball farm in the Switzkill Valley, Town of Berne, Albany, NY. She and Charles E. Ball appeared on the cenus of 1 Jun 1915 at Switzkill Road, Town of Berne, Albany, NY.

Death

Minnie died on 8 Mar 1948 at Berne, Albany,NY, at age 86. She was buried on 12 Mar 1948 at Woodlawn Cemetery, Berne, Albany, NY.

Obituary

Additional Media

Photos courtesy of Allan Deitz