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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Historical Boundaries: 1856: Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Box Elder, Utah, United States
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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.
Possible Related NamesThree 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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