Brief Life History of Sarah Frances
When Sarah Frances Ward was born on 16 October 1874, in Nicholas, West Virginia, United States, her father, William Henry Ward, was 46 and her mother, Martha Agnes Cutlip, was 41. She married John Edward Jones Sr on 3 May 1893, in Nicholas, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Hamilton District, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States in 1880 and Beaver, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States in 1900. She died in West Virginia, United States.
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- Sada Wilcox in household of James L Wilcox, "United States Census, 1910"
- Sarah Frances Ward, "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928"
- Saddie F Jones, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
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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