 1815 - 1885 (69 years)
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| Name |
William Warren WARD [1] |
| Born |
12 Oct 1815 |
Massachusetts or NY  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
dentist, jeweler, silversmith [3] |
| Residence |
1840: Fairfield, SC [4] |
| Died |
17 Mar 1885 |
New York, NY [5, 6, 7, 8] |
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| Buried |
20 Mar 1885 |
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, NJ [5] |
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| Notes |
- parents from MA
died at his home, where he was living with George and Belle Peabody: 118 E. 18th St., NYC
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my submission to Rootsweb Review e-zine:
I always like reading about people's genealogical success stories, so on
those rare occasions when one happens to me, I like to share them - I
think it gives a good burst of energy to those who are feeling stymied
at a brick wall.
Last summer, while on a trip around the country to visit various places
that my family had lived, I ordered some probate records from Cook
County, Illinois, including ones for Felix Ward SCUDDER, a descendant of
my great-grandfather Oscar Hayden WARD through his daughter Belle
Peabody WARD's first marriage to William Byrd SCUDDER. In those papers
was a deposition from John Hayden WILSON, my Dad's first cousin, and a
son of Belle WARD's by her third marriage to Edwin WILSON. Among other
things, it told of John WILSON's kids: Juliette Thorne WILSON and
William Henry OLDACRE III, both listed as minors in 1964.
I reasoned that there probably were not too many William Henry OLDACREs
in the United States, and sure enough, there was only one (he had been
adopted, hence the different last name). When I contacted him, it was
indeed he, and he put me in touch with John H. WILSON, who was still
living at age 85. When I spoke with him, he told me of relatives that I
didn't know I had, that lived in Northern California, less than an hour
from my house. There were four of them with the surname TILLSON, all
descended this way:
Oscar Hayden WARD m. Juliette Granville WIGHTMAN
William H. WARD m. Mary B. MILLER
Marion WARD m. Paget CADY
Mary Lee CADY m. Harold Gordon TILLSON
TILLSON children: Marian, Jim, Steve, and Tom
I first met Marian, and she showed me a binder with a lot of old photos
and papers -- things like a wedding anniversary invitation from my
great-grandfather Oscar WARD, and pictures that I had never seen before.
Jim was there too, and a one point he said, "Wait -- I have a couple of
other things you might be interested in." He came back with a pair of
portraits of my great-great-grandparents -- William Warren WARD and
Maria Jane PHILLIPS, (Oscar Hayden WARD's parents) that were painted in
1843, which he then gave to me.
Unbelievable.
So when you feel like you're getting nowhere, remember that one little
piece of info like a probate record of a not-too-close relative can
yield a treasure trove.
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| Person ID |
I219 |
Ward Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
10 Nov 2011 |
| Family |
Maria Jane PHILLIPS, b. Abt 2 Nov 1818, New York , d. 10 Apr 1899, New York, NY (Age ~ 80 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. Julia Maria WARD, b. Mar 1835, Macon, Georgia , d. 11 May 1902, Toledo, Lucas, OH (Age ~ 67 years) |
| | 2. William H. WARD, b. Sep 1838, New York , d. 4 Aug 1855, Newark, Essex, NJ (Age ~ 16 years) |
| | 3. Oscar Hayden WARD, b. 27 Jun 1842, Winnsboro, Fairfield County, SC , d. 12 Jan 1897, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, IA (Age 54 years) |
| | 4. Inez WARD, b. 1843, South Carolina , d. 17 Feb 1895, New York, New York (Age 52 years) |
| | 5. Belle Bratton WARD, b. 1848, Newark, New Jersey , d. 25 Jan 1913, Atlantic City, Atlantic, NJ (Age 65 years) |
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| Family ID |
F135 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S8] certifcate of death.
- [S9] .
- [S19] .
- [S532] US Census 1840 SC.
- [S7] Mt. Pleasant Cemetery letter.
- [S10] Obituary.
- [S11] obituary.
- [S12] obituary.
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