Brief Life History of Frederick Newton
When Frederick Newton Ward was born on 21 May 1887, in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph John Ward, was 32 and his mother, Susannah York Newton, was 23. He had at least 2 daughters with Julia Barbara Fuller. He lived in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1920 and Newark Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 7 March 1940, in New Jersey, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Union Township, Union, New Jersey, United States.
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- Frederick N Ward, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Frederick Newton Ward, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Frederick N Ward, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
1894
Mary Philbrook was the first woman in New Jersey to become a lawyer. She had applied for admission to the New Jersey Bar in 1894, but was rejected because the New Jersey Court stated that women were not vested with any right to be attorneys. Mary lobbied with the Jersey City Woman's Club for an update to the law, which was passed in 1895 and allowed women to become lawyers. Mary Philbrook was the first woman to be admitted after the law change.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
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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