Brief Life History of Catherine
When Catherine Ward was born in 1837, in Whitwick, Leicestershire, England, her father, William Ward, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Moore, was 22. She married Abraham Wardle on 27 June 1853, in Coalville, Leicestershire, England. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Swinton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Darfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891. She died in 1900, at the age of 63.
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- Catherine Ward in household of William Ward, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Catherine Ward, MARRIAGE "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
- Catherine in entry for John Wardle, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened
The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
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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