Brief Life History of Harrison Holberton
When Harrison Holberton Ward was born on 21 January 1884, in West Farms, New London, Connecticut, United States, his father, Thomas Henry Ward, was 24 and his mother, Edith Frances Manning, was 24. He married Eunice Emagene Pierce on 25 November 1923. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States in 1900 and New London, Connecticut, United States in 1920. He died on 27 March 1932, in West Farms, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in New Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Harrison H Ward, "United States Census, 1920"
- Harrison Holberton "Harry" Ward (1884-1932); Find A Grave
- Harry Ward in entry for Marion H Ward Wakeford, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1886
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1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
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.
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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