Ward Family

[kingsville]

I am looking for any information on Henry Ward son of George Ward and husband of Margaret Davies. They were married at the Saron Chapel in Tredegar in March of 1846.

[CaroleW]

Hi

The 1851 has this entry for Tredegar but you haven't given any details of Henry's birthplace or birthyear so I'm guessing it's them.  Somebody called mkc claiming to be a family member has notified a transcription error back in 2011 as Henry was shown as Word

Henry 28 b Merthyr Glamorgan - coal miner
Margaret 24 b Cardigan, Llechryd or Llethead??
Hiram 2 b Tredegar Monmouth
HO107 Piece 2448 Folio 149 Page 11

1861 for Tredegar shows Margaret as aged 32 b Cardigan and married but no Henry

There are 2 x 12yr old sons - Hiram and Joseph plus Henry aged 7 - all b Tredegar.  Joseph does not appear on the 1851
RG9 Piece 3999 Folio 56 Page 21

A strange 1871 entry for Tredegar

Margaret Ward widow 41 b Cardigan - washerwoman
Henry 1 son b Tredegar

RG10 Piece 5319 Folio 42 Page 25

[kingsville]

Carol,
thank you so much for the reply. Henry the 7 year old listed in 1861 census is my great-grandfather. His father Henry is the one (born in 1823 in Merthyr Tydfil) is the one I am trying to find information on his death. Seems as though he simply disappeared. Margaret and all of her sons immigrated to the US in the following years.

[CaroleW]

There is no death for Henry snr and I found it strange that in 1871 Margaret had another son called Henry so wondered if he was a grandson incorrectly shown as son.  Henry snr does not appear on any later census

One (gruesome) thought I had was that he may have been killed in a pit collapse and his body never recovered.  I have a vivid imagination at times

Hiram is still in Wales in 1881 having married in 1876 to either Mary Thomas or Mary Reeves.  He then disappears.

There is a Joseph Ward b 1851 Monmouth on the 1891 census.  Unmarried and in lodgings in Newport.  He then disappears

I can't find either Margaret or the 2 Henry's on the 1881 or subsequent censuses so possibly they emigrated first followed by Hiram and then Joseph

[CaroleW]

21st June 1865 - 27 men killed at Bedwelty Pits - Tredegar but no Henry Ward listed

http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/DisastersList.htm

[kingsville]

Carole,
Hiram and Joseph were twins, one immigrated with his mother and one married and stayed in Wales for a while. Henry ( my granddad came over first at the age of 17.) Funny thing I have also thought about a mine accident. There is a site that lists mine disasters and those killed but I have never found his name on any list. Sad to be gone and no one knows where you were buried. I still
believe it has to be somewhere around Tredegar. Hiram had a son Samuel who died at the age of 1 1/2 in October of 1878 and is buried in the Glanogwen burial ground. I still have not been able to find out is he as a stone or not.

Linda

[CaroleW]

Hi

I couldn't find a birth for Hiram earlier to check if Joseph was shown on the same page.  Just found him as Iram.  I see Joseph was with his Davies grandmother in 1851

Births June qtr 1849 

Iram Ward   Abergavenny  26 49   
Joseph Ward   Abergavenny  26 49