Brief Life History of Ward Groves
When Ward Groves Bailey was born on 2 May 1894, in Nooksack, Whatcom, Washington, United States, his father, James Lynn Bailey, was 31 and his mother, Henrietta "Etta" Kirby, was 29. He married Eva Emma Dodge about 1923, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Seattle Election Precinct, King, Washington, United States in 1940 and Youngtown, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1967. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 25 December 1966, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 72.
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Sources (14)
- Ward G Bailey, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ward Groves Bailey, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
- Ward G Bailey, "United States Census, 1930"
Spouse and Children
1894–1966 Male
1892–1962 Female
Children (3)
1911–2010 Female
1911–2004 Male
1914– Male
Parents and Siblings
1863–1920 Male
1864–1936 Female
Siblings (9)
1888–1931 Female
1889–1964 Female
1892–1983 Female
1894–1966 Male
1897–1900 Female
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 2
1897 · Seattle Grows Quickly
Age 3
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
Age 19
Name Meaning
English: status name for a steward or official, from Middle English bailli ‘manager, administrator’ (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant, carrier, porter’).
English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton, Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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