Elizabeth Jane Ward

1828–1903 (Age 75)
Leicester St Margaret, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Elizabeth Jane

When Elizabeth Jane Ward was born in 1828, in Leicester St Margaret, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Bryan Ward, was 37 and her mother, Jane Rice, was 33. She married Henry Leeson about 1848, in England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She died in 1903, in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 75, and was buried in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Henry Leeson
1823–1899
Elizabeth Jane Ward
1828–1903
Marriage: about 1848
Charles Edwin Leeson
1853–1898
John Bolton Leeson
1857–1927
William Arthur Leeson
1858–1861
Francis Leeson
1862–1862

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1848England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (14)

    +9 More Children

    World Events (5)

    1830
    Age 2
    Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
    1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
    Age 5
    The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
    1854 · The Crimean War
    Age 26
    The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Warshawsky
    Wardman
    Warde

    Sources (14)

    • Elizabeth Ward in household of Jane Ward, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
    • Elizabeth Leeson in household of Henry Leeson, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
    • Elizabeth Jane Ward, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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