Desiree Ball gave birth to Lucille Ball on August 6, 1911, in Jamestown, New York. Lucille's father, Henry, also known as Had, was an electrician. Shortly after Lucille was born, the family moved to Montana so Henry could find work, according to Biography. Then they relocated to Michigan for a job opportunity at the Michigan Bell Company. In 1915, Lucille's father got typhoid fever and passed away. Lucille was not even 4 years old. Her younger brother, Fred, was born later the same year.
Some of Lucille's earliest memories took place during that time period. She noted how she remembered "hanging out the window, begging to play with the kids next door who had measles, the doctor coming, my mother weeping." After her father's death, the family moved back to Jamestown, and her mother married a man named Ed Peterson, who didn't like children and didn't want to live with them. As a result, Peterson and Desiree moved to Detroit, while Lucille moved in with her stepfather's parents, and her brother lived with his maternal grandparents. Lucille's life was threadbare as the Petersons couldn't even afford to pay for pencils for school.
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