Brief Life History of Paul Arthur
When Paul Arthur Ward was born on 12 January 1897, in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States, his father, Thomas Henry Ward, was 37 and his mother, Edith Frances Manning, was 37. He died on 16 April 1970, in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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Sources (5)
- Paul A Ward in household of Thomas H Ward, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Paul Arthur Ward - Government record: Birth record or certificate: birth-name: Paul Arthur Ward
- Legacy NFS Source: Paul Arthur Ward - Government record: Death record or certificate: death:
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
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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