Henry Ward was born in 1822, in Benacre, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. He married Sarah Anne Nunn on 6 February 1844, in Covehithe, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Covehithe, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 18 November 1907, in York, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 85.
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1822–1907 Male
1827–1855 Female
1845– Female
1847–1878 Male
1849– Female
1851–1903 Female
1854–1921 Male
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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