Lucille Ball Childhood Home Jamestown Ny
Her mother dede hunt married ed peterson four years after her husband s death.
Lucille ball childhood home jamestown ny. Lucy s childhood home in jamestown ny check out tripadvisor members 393 candid photos and videos of lucille ball desi arnaz museum. Years later it was renamed lucy lane in honor of lucille. Lucille ball desi arnaz museum jamestown picture. Early life born at 69 stewart avenue jamestown new york lucille désirée ball was the daughter of henry durrell ball 1887 1915 a lineman for bell telephone and désirée dede evelyn ball née hunt.
Her father henry ball died of typhoid fever when she was only four years old. Her family belonged to the baptist church. 205 471 views published on oct 16 2015 bill rapaport the current owner of lucille ball s childhood home in jamestown takes us on a tour of the home which features some incredible original. The address was originally 59 w.
59 lucy lane lucille ball s childhood home given the covid 19 pandemic call ahead to verify hours and remember to practice social distancing. Laughter was a commodity hard to come by in lucille ball s childhood. But she grew up in celoron ny. For decades lucille ball and desi arnaz played a vital role in television and on the big screen.
Celoron ny is next to jamestown. The house belonged to her grandpa fred and grandma flora belle hunt and it is where they called home along with lucy s mother desiree dede her stepfather ed peterson her younger brother freddy and her 1st cousin cleo. Lucille ball was born in jamestown new york on august 6 1911. Ball regularly visited her childhood friends and family and provided support to each of them however she could.
The legacy of lucille ball has been proudly honored in lucy s hometown of jamestown by the lucille ball desi arnaz museum since 1996. Her ancestors were mostly english but a few were scottish french and irish. Lucille ball lived in this house when the death of her father in 1915 forced her mother to move into her parents home in celoron. 59 lucy lane is where lucille ball spent her childhood in celoron new york.
Here lucy lived with her mother younger brother freddie aunt lola cousin cleo and her grandparents fred and flora hunt from 1915 to 1927 when they moved into nearby jamestown. 59 lucy lane lucille ball s childhood home historic site.