Richard Trulock Ward

Brief Life History of Richard Trulock

When Richard Trulock Ward was born on 9 January 1847, in Melton, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Welton Ward, was 32 and his mother, Ann Trulock, was 30. He married Elizabeth Sabey on 7 December 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1851 and lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Boomer Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1900. He died on 15 December 1917, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Grange Cemetery, Honey Creek, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Richard Trulock Ward
1847–1917
Elizabeth Sabey
1848–1933
Marriage: 7 December 1867
Anna Trulock Ward
1868–1952
Walter Frederick Ward
1870–1961
Ada Almira Ward
1872–1961
George Welton Ward
1873–1961
Vida Viola Ward
1876–1955
John Collins Ward
1878–1963
William Alvin Ward
1880–1931
Rose Amanda Ward
1882–1882
Charles Marion Ward
1884–1964
Arthur Clement Ward
1886–1958
Willard Richard Ward
1888–1940
Orville Lloyd Ward
1895–1957

Sources (57)

  • Rd Wadd in household of Geo Wadd, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Richard Trulock, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Richard T Ward, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

World Events (8)

1856

Historical Boundaries: 1856: Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Box Elder, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

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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Story Highlight

Three of the twelve children born to Richard Trulock Ward and Elizabeth Saby were born in Willard, Utah, before the family moved to Iowa. They first purchased ten acres of land and built a log house w …

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