Marion Francis Ward

8 April 1863–23 April 1955 (Age 92)
Bancroft, Daviess, Missouri, United States

The Life Summary of Marion Francis

When Marion Francis Ward was born on 8 April 1863, in Bancroft, Daviess, Missouri, United States, his father, James Francis Ward, was 32 and his mother, Rebecca Staley, was 30. He married Marguerite "Maggie" Ann Tourney in 1886, in Daviess, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Lincoln Township, Daviess, Missouri, United States for about 50 years and Sugar Creek Township, Harrison, Missouri, United States in 1930. He died on 23 April 1955, in Gilman City, Harrison, Missouri, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Gilman City Masonic Cemetery, Gilman City, Harrison, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Marion Francis Ward
1863–1955
Marguerite "Maggie" Ann Tourney
1867–1954
Marriage: 1886
Marian Gertrude Ward
1887–1977
Elizabeth Ethel Ward
1888–1938
Laura Lucretia Ward
1891–1972
John Daniel Ward
1893–1961
Sylvester ”Vess” Jennings Ward
1896–1970
Harmon Metz Ward
1902–1967
Tressie Rebecca Ward
1904–1995
James Francis Ward
1906–1994

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1886Daviess, Missouri, United States
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1865
    Age 2
    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
    1865 · Slavery Abolished
    Age 2
    On January 11, 1865, slavery was abolished in Missouri.
    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
    Age 27
    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    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 (9)

    • Marion F Ward, "United States Census, 1930"
    • Marion F Ward, "United States Census, 1940"
    • Marion Francis Ward, "Find A Grave Index"

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