Brief Life History of Albert Artemas
When Albert Artemas Ward was born on 25 November 1885, in Franklin, New London, Connecticut, United States, his father, Thomas Henry Ward, was 26 and his mother, Edith Frances Manning, was 26. He had at least 1 son with Bernice Arvilla White. He lived in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States in 1910. He died on 14 December 1966, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Windham Cemetery, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
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- Albert A Ward, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Albert Artemas Ward - Government record: Birth record or certificate: birth-name: Albert Artemas Ward
- Albert Artemus Ward, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1900 · First U.S. Navy Submarine Constructed
The USS Holland was the first commissioned submarine. It was named after John Philip Holland. It had been laid down in November of 1896 and launched a year later. It was acquired and commissioned in 1900 and decommissioned five years later. The submarine was finally sold in 1913 and put on display until it was scrapped in 1932.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
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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