Brief Life History of Colin Campbell
When Colin Campbell Ward was born on 8 March 1837, in Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, John Simeon Ward, was 59 and his mother, Sarah Olive Palmeter, was 64. He had at least 1 daughter with Susan Stevens. He lived in Wayland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1910 and Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1920. He died on 19 July 1922, in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Wayland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Collin C Ward, "United States Census, 1910"
- Colin Campbell Ward, "Find A Grave Index"
- Colin C Ward in entry for Benjamin K Bosworth and Hattie Olive Ward, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Spouse and Children
1837–1922 Male
1837–1916 Female
Children (1)
1864– Female
Parents and Siblings
1778–1859 Male
1773–1861 Female
Siblings (5)
1828– Male
1830–1881 Male
1833–1920 Male
1835–1905 Female
1837–1922 Male
World Events (7)
1846
Age 9
1861
Age 24
1869
Age 32
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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