Brief Life History of Edmund
When Edmund Ward was born on 16 June 1812, in Wolcott, Wolcott, Wayne, New York, United States, his father, Joseph Reuben Ward, was 30 and his mother, Mary Christine Poultre Dit De La Vigne, was 19. He married Nancy Charlotte Titus on 10 September 1835, in Kelleys Island, Erie, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 2 November 1892, in Kelleys Island, Erie, Ohio, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Kelleys Island, Kelleys Island Village, Erie, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Edward Ward, "United States Census, 1860"
- Edmund Ward, "Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997"
- Edmund Ward in entry for Edward W Ward, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"
Spouse and Children
1812–1892 Male
1817–1913 Female
Children (8)
1838–1910 Female
1840–1863 Male
1842– Female
1845–1924 Male
1847–1935 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1781–1842 Male
1792–1855 Female
Siblings (11)
1810–1855 Female
1812–1892 Male
1814–1843 Female
1816–1867 Female
1820– Male
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 7
1823
Age 11
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 24
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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