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    The Mary Washington House, at 1200 Charles Street in Fredericksburg, Virginia, is the house in which George Washington's mother, Mary Ball Washington, resided...
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    Mary Washington (née Ball; c. 1707–1709 – (1789-08-25)August 25, 1789) was an American planter best known for being the mother of the first president...
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    Charles and Mildred Washington. Mary Ball (born c. 1707) was raised in the family Epping Forest estate, the only child of Joseph Ball (1649–1711), an English...
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  • was the father of Mary Ball Washington and the maternal grandfather of George Washington, the First President of the United States. Ball was born on May...
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    was named Mary Washington College in 1938 after Mary Ball Washington, mother of the first president of the United States, George Washington. The General...
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    The Lancaster VA Historical Society/Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library is a museum and historical archive in the Northern Neck of The Chesapeake Bay...
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    lived to adulthood. After Jane's death in November 1728 or 1729, Washington married Mary Ball in 1731, and the couple had five children who survived to adulthood...
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    Washington (1693-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789), an orphan and heiress of Col. Joseph Ball of Lancaster County, Virginia. His father...
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    Lucy, with Gordon, frequent show guest Mary Jane Croft, and Lucie and Desi Jr.; this program ran until 1974. Ball did not retire from acting completely...
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    first daughter of Augustine Washington and Mary Ball Washington. She was known as "Betty" within the family. Washington spent her earliest years at the...
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    Memoirs of George Washington (1860). His daughter, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, married Robert E. Lee. They inherited Arlington House and the plantation...
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    Mottrom Dulany Ball was born in 1835 at Oak Mount in Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, to Mary (née Dulany) and Spencer Mottrom Ball. Ball was educated...
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    A ball was held at Kenwood House, London, by Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia on 11 June 1914. The ball was held in honour of Michael's daughters...
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    to George's mother, Mary Ball Washington. In 2015, the George Washington Foundation began constructing a replica of Washington's boyhood home on the site...
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    They moved into this home after their honeymoon, while Mary's parents lived in Washington.: 25  Mary McKee gave birth to her son, Benjamin Harrison McKee...
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    November 1734. He was the second son born to Mary Ball Washington and Augustine Washington. George Washington was his eldest full brother, but he also had...
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    House of Representatives elections in Washington will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the ten U.S. representatives from the State of Washington...
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    Debutante (redirect from Debutante ball)
    nationalities, like the Russian Ball or the Serbian Saint Sava ball; social groups like the Hunter's Ball or Verein Grünes Kreuz ball, or trade groups like the...
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    Washington, D.C. in 1889, to support in perpetuity the monument to Mary Ball Washington located at Fredericksburg, Virginia. It is the second chartered historical...
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    Neck. The parish of St Mary's Whitechapel is notable for being the church of Mary Ball Washington, mother of George Washington, during her youth. In April...
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    Mary Wickes (born Mary Isabella Wickenhauser; June 13, 1910 – October 22, 1995) was an American actress. She often played supporting roles as prim, professional...
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    the U.S. House, elections to the United States Senate, and various other state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic representative Mary Peltola won...
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    more refined Upper South city of Lexington, Mary worked hard to serve as her husband's First Lady in Washington, D.C., a political center dominated by eastern...
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  • Retrieved October 4, 2024. "2024 House Ratings". Inside Elections. October 10, 2024. "2024 House". Sabato's Crystal Ball. September 19, 2024. "Election...
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    Howell of the sloop Catherine and Mary: As we were coming thro' the Gulf of Florida on 29th of August, a large ball of fire fell from the Element and...
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    to New York to begin a professional acting career. Washington spent the summer of 1976 in St. Mary's City, Maryland, in summer stock theater performing...
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    Mary Washington. At the time of its construction, DuPont was the closest living relative to Mary Ball Washington, mother of George Washington. Ball duPont...
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    Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (June 2, 1731 O.S. – May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, who was the first president of the United States...
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    Retrieved August 14, 2010. "Operation Mad Ball (1957)". plex.tv. August 17, 1957. Retrieved August 14, 2023. "Mary Tyler Moore". virtual-history.com. Retrieved...
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    Southern Methodist University Press. Brisbane, Arthur (1908). Mary Baker G. Eddy. Ball. Buckmaster, Henrietta (1966). Women who shaped history. New York:...
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