Brief Life History of James
When James Ward was born on 21 September 1740, in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Ward, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Austin, was 23. He married Esther Harwood on 20 October 1769, in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters.
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- James Ward, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- James Ward, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- James Ward, "England, Oxfordshire Parish Registers 1538-1904"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
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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