Brief Life History of Millard Hampton
When Millard Hampton Ward was born on 8 May 1868, in Cartecay, Gilmer, Georgia, United States, his father, Hampton Percival Ward, was 23 and his mother, Caroline Victoria Edwards, was 23. He married Minerva E. Fowler on 22 February 1891, in Gilmer, Georgia, United States. He lived in Fort Oglethorpe, Catoosa, Georgia, United States in 1930 and District 1109, Catoosa, Georgia, United States in 1940. He died on 30 January 1951, in Catoosa, Georgia, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Cohutta, Whitfield, Georgia, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Millard Ward in household of Garvin Thacker, "United States Census, 1940"
- Millard Ward, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Millard H. Ward, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1868–1951 Male
1873–1934 Female
Children (8)
1889– Male
1891–1932 Male
1896– Female
1899–1984 Female
1902– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1845–1908 Male
1845–1925 Female
Siblings (9)
1868–1951 Male
1870–1951 Female
1872–1958 Female
1875–1954 Male
1875–1933 Male
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 2
1882
Age 14
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 22
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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