Eliza Kansas Ward

Brief Life History of Eliza Kansas

Eliza Kansas Ward was born in 1857, in White, Indiana, United States. She lived in Round Grove Township, White, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Indiana, United States in 1870.

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Family Time Line

Austin Vance Ward
1809–1884
Eunice Smith
1818–
Paulina Dora Ward
1844–1908
Narcissa Ward
1846–
Amanda Catherine Ward
1847–1942
Alice E Ward
1854–1906
Jasper Graham
1854–
Eliza Kansas Ward
1857–
Albert J. Graham
1859–

Sources (2)

  • Eliza Ward in household of Austin Ward, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Kansas Ward in household of Austin Ward, "United States Census, 1870"

World Events (8)

1858

Historical Boundaries: 1858: White County, Indiana.

1863

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

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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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