Samuel WARD and Mary SLOPER 1841

[krisesjoint]

Robert is still in St Michael Bath in 1851

HO107/1941/338; Page: 24
13 Northgate Street
St Michael Bath

WARD Robert C Head 27 Unm b St Michael Bath Seedsman
WARD Mary C Sister 22 b St Michael Bath
BRADSHAW Edward Apprentice 16 b Clerkenwell London
LANGFORD Elizabeth Servant 22 b Somerset

Cheers Kris 

[krisesjoint]

Looking at their marriages both had the middle name of Christie

Robert Christie WARD = Phoebe Maria WILLIAMS Dec 1/4 1853 Haverford West 11a 1177
He is in Clifton Gloucs in 1861 - a seed and hop merchant

Thomas BEAVEN = Mary Christie WARD Sep 1855 Bath 5c 994
She is in Heytesbury Wiltshire in 1861 (BEVAN) - Thomas is a farmer of 569 acres

Cheers Kris 

[krisesjoint]

Thomas and Mary had a son Arthur Ward BEAVEN baptised Bishopstrow 21 Jan 1870 parents Thomas and Mary Christie.

baptised same day was Edwin Sloper BEAVEN. No ages were given

on the 2 May 1872 they baptised Tom Christie BEAVEN aged 11 and Lucy Jane Ripley BEAVEN aged 13

1871 Thomas, (farmer  860 acres) and Mary Christie are in Warminster with Edwin Roper 13, Lucy Jane 11, Tom Christie 9

so the names all tie up.

Arthur is mentioned here

http://www.heytesbury.org.uk/visitors.htm

http://www.archive.org/stream/whoswhoincommerc027340mbp/whoswhoincommerc027340mbp_djvu.txt

Kris 

[krisesjoint]

Getting too confusing -  Threads now Merged

[trish1120]

Alfred WARD
Baptised, 27 September 1826, St Michael, Bath, Somerset
Parents SAMUEL, occp Seedsman, abode New Bond Street, and MARY.
File no 7732

Rober Christie WARD ( transcribed without T on end)
16 April 1824
File 7732
Same details as above for parents

Mary Christie WARD
15 October 1828
As above all other details


 On  Freereg.

[trish1120]

Samuel and Mary DID NOT marry in Bath, Somerset

From www.freereg.org.uk

18 March 1823, St John, Devizes, Wiltshire
Samuel WARD
Mary SLOPER
File 10162

Extra info on transcription;
Grooms Parish, St Mary, Bath


Trish

[queenswood 1]

Thank you all for this amazing collection of information which has filled quite a gap in my jigsaw!

The elusive Walter Beaven ward (born 1857) was a cousin to Arthur Ward Beaven and Edwin Sloper Beaven - walter's father was alfred wRD BORN 1826 (brother of Robert Christie ward and Mary Christie ward).

Walter Beaven ward is not found in the UK after 1881 - unless he changed his name - or emigrated to Australia or NZ as did Arthur Ward Beaven and Edward Sloper beaven.

Still hunting - but the trail must be getting warm now!

Caroline

[queenswood 1]

Thank you all for all this amazing information - thanks also for the link to the Heytesbury site -I have now sent an email directly to the lady researching the family in New Zealand - fingers crossed!
I have never come across afamily with so many intermarriages across so many generations- I will not have a tree but a spiders web when this is complete! Glad I am doing it for a friend!

Caroline

[mully1949]

I am the lady in NZ with information about the Ward family. I've been having trouble getting back to you as I included my offline email address. I'd like to make contact again, via RootsChat, to continue the discourse.
Barbara