Evelyn Imogene Ward

Brief Life History of Evelyn Imogene

When Evelyn Imogene Ward was born on 1 August 1909, in Adams, Ohio, United States, her father, Tobias Peter Ward, was 17 and her mother, Grace Serena Seaman, was 17. She married Henry Fae Yarger on 23 December 1931, in Highland, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Hillsboro, Liberty Township, Highland, Ohio, United States in 1940 and Hillsboro, Jefferson, Ohio, United States in 2007. She died about 2002, in United States, at the age of 94.

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Family Time Line

Henry Fae Yarger
1909–1993
Evelyn Imogene Ward
1909–2002
Marriage: 23 December 1931
Arlene Wynonia Yarger
1932–
Delores Joan Yarger
1934–1935

Sources (12)

  • Evelyn I Yarger, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Evelyn Ward, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Evelyn Yarger in entry for James Branson Or J B Ward, "Ohio, Crawford County Obituaries, 1860-2004"

World Events (8)

1910 · The BSA is Made

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

1910 · The Mann Act

This Act makes engaging in transport of any woman for any immoral purpose, prostitution, illegal. Its primary intent was to address prostitution, immorality, and human trafficking, particularly where trafficking was for the purposes of prostitution.

1935 · The FBI is Established

The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.

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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