John Henry Ward Lister was born on 23 March 1840, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. He married Sarah Ann Rogerson on 3 February 1859, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 7 November 1890, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
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.
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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