Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Ward was born in January 1869, in Birstall, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Ward, was 48 and his mother, Margaret Wraith Scott, was 36. He lived in Gomersal, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.
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Sources (3)
- Thomas Ward in household of Thomas Ward, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Ward - Government record: Birth record or certificate: birth-name: Thomas Ward
- Thomas Ward in household of Thomas Ward, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
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World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
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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