Brief Life History of Lillie M.
When Lillie M. Ward was born on 26 April 1872, in Colorado, United States, her father, Hiram Ward, was 42 and her mother, Sarah Ann Starr, was 41. She lived in Chicaskia Township, Harper, Kansas, United States in 1880. She died on 4 May 1915, at the age of 43.
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Sources (2)
- Lily M Ward in household of Hiram Ward, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lillie M. Ward - Published information: birth-name: Lillie M. Ward
Parents and Siblings
1829–1895 Male
1830–1915 Female
Siblings (9)
1852–1920 Female
1854–1855 Male
1856–1930 Male
1858– Male
1861–1862 Male
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 3
1876 · Colorado becomes a State
Age 4
1886
Age 14
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Middle English ward ‘watchman, guard’ (Old English weard, used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun).
English: occupational name from Middle English warde ‘armed guard’ (Old English weard ‘watching, guarding’), with the same meaning as 1 above.
Irish: shortened form of McWard, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bhaird ‘son of the poet’. The surname occurs throughout Ireland, where three different branches of the family are known as professional poets.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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