Person:James Ward (76)

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James Ward
 
  • HJames WardAbt 1804 -
  • WMary Ward1803 - Est 1881
m. 28 Feb 1831
  1. Daniel Ward1832 - Est 1870
  2. Joseph WardAbt 1834 - 1874
  3. Hannah WardAbt 1836 -
  4. James Ward1838 -
  5. Thomas WardAbt 1840 - 1875
  6. George WardAbt 1842 -
  7. Mary WardAbt 1846 - 1921
Facts and Events
Name James Ward
Gender Male
Alt Birth[2][3] Abt 1803 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
Birth[1] Abt 1804 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
Marriage 28 Feb 1831 Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, Englandto Mary Ward
Occupation[4] 1832 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, Englandcurrier, Waterloo Street
Occupation[5] 1835 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, EnglandCurrier, Waterloo st
Other[7] 1840 insolvency
Occupation[6] 1841 Commission Agent
Residence[6] 1841 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, EnglandLion Street
Census 1841 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, Englandwith Mary Ward
Occupation[2] 1851 Currier
Residence[2] 1851 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, EnglandCoventry Street
Census 1851 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, Englandwith Mary Ward
Occupation[1] 1861 Accountant
Residence[1] 1861 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England60 Coventry Street
Census 1861 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, Englandwith Mary Ward
Occupation[3] 1871 Solicitor's writing clerk
Residence[3] 1871 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England64 Coventry Street
Census 1871 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, Englandwith Mary Ward
Other[8] Speculative parents?: Joseph Ward and Susannah Harris (1) 

He probably died in 1877 (Free BMD), but the death certificate has yet to be checked.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1861 British Census.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    Class: HO107; Piece: 2038; Folio: 447; Page: 25; GSU roll: 87446.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    Class: RG10; Piece: 3034; Folio: 116; Page: 29; GSU roll: 838837.
  4. Parish register.

    His son Daniel's baptism record

  5. Pigot's and Co.'s National Commercial Directory
    page 646, 1835.
  6. 6.0 6.1 England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    Class: HO107; Piece: 1208; Book: 9; Civil Parish: Kidderminster; County: Worcestershire; Enumeration District: 18; Folio: 16; Page: 24; Line: 21; GSU roll: 464214.
  7. Newspaper Account.

    Wednesday 30 December 1840 Worcester Chronicle:
    IN THE INSOLVENCY OF JAMES WARD.
    WHEREAS by Indenture, bearing the date the Twenty-sixth day of December instant, between JAMES WARD, of Kidderminster, in the County of Worcester, Currier, and JOHN ROGERS, of Kidderminster aforesaid, Tanner, of the second part, and the several Persons whose names and seals are thereunto affixed, or who shall assent to the said Deed as therein mentioned, Creditors of the said James Ward did assign, transfer, and set over unto the said Robert Allies and John Rogers, their Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, all and singular the Stock in Trade, Household Furniture, Debts, Monies, and all other, the personal Estate and Effects of the said James Ward, in trust, nevertheless, for the benefit of the Creditors of the said James Ward, who shall execute or assent in writing to the said Deed within two calendar months from the date thereof. Notice is therefore hereby given that the said Deed of Assignment is now lying at the Office of the undersigned MR. WILLIAM BRINTON, Solictor, Park Butts, in Kidderminster aforesaid, for execution by the Creditors of the said James Ward. All persons who are indebted to the said James Ward are not to pay the amount of their respective debts except to whom the Trustees shall appoint to receive the same on their behalf. Dated this 26th day of December, 1840.
    WM. BRINTON,
    Solicitor to the said Trustees.

  8. Reasons for doubt whether James was a son of Joseph:
    -A record of James' baptism confirming the names of his parents has not been found.
    -James is not named in Joseph's will.
    -That would make James a first cousin of his wife.
    Reasons for supposing he was a son of Joseph:
    -Some of Joseph's children seem not to have been mentioned by name in his will. Joseph's will mentions his "son John and other my children." And a contemporary newspaper account of Joseph's death referred to "his family, which is numerous."
    -James was a currier, as Joseph had been.
    -According to the censuses, James was born in Kidderminster in about 1803 or 1804, and Joseph and Susannah were having children there at this time.
    -One of Joseph's sons married one of James' wife's sisters, so a marriage between children of these two families was very plausible.