Brief Life History of William
When William Ward was born on 10 November 1842, in Melton, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Welton Ward, was 28 and his mother, Ann Trulock, was 26. He married Rachel Ann Cordon on 24 July 1861, in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1851 and lived in Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 16 September 1876, in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Willard City Cemetery, Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- Wm Wadd in household of Geo Wadd, "United States Census, 1860"
- William Ward, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Atkinson, "BillionGraves Index"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1852: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1856: Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Box Elder, Utah, United States
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
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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