Ward

Ward family page

Charlotte Eliza Ward, who emigrated from Jersey to New Zealand

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Origins of surname

This is an English surname predating the Norman Conquest. It either referred to a civil guard or watchkeeper, or someone who lived by a marsh - werd in old English

Early records

The first appearance of this surname in Jersey records was the marriage of Richard Ward and Elizabeth Gruchy in St Martin in 1746. They do not appear to have had children in the island and the first baptisms appeared in the St Helier register in the 1760s and '70s. There were two families having children baptised at the time - James Ward and Elizabeth l'Amy and Jean Ward and Jeanne Machon. James was a garrison soldier, a corporal in Captain Courteney's company. He and Elizabeth married in 1763. Although it would seem highly likely that Jean and Jeanne married in the island, we have not been able to find a marriage record for them

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Great War service

Richard Dunstan Ward (1893-1916) son of Matilda, husband of Elsie, nee de Ste Croix, Sapper, Australian Engineers, killed in action
Ernest Leedham Ward (1874- ) (Hull) living St H, Private, Devon Regiment
George Snell La Cloche Ward (1883- ) (St S) son of Jonathan Robert and Harriet Julia, OV, Lieutenant, Puinjabis

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Occupation records

Ward Occupation identity cards

Family wills

These wills created by members of the family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page

Thomas Ward - 3 March 1917, D/Y/A/76
Jonathan Ward of Ashley House, Five Oaks, St Saviour - 10 October 1899, D/Y/A/58
William Ward of Bel Royal, St Lawrence - 11 July 1892, D/Y/A/51
Arthur Ward, 10 Devon Avenue, St Clement - 25 February 1942, D/Y/A/109
Savella Ward, 4 Wellington Villas, Stopford Road, St Helier, widow of Robert Bellamy - 29 August 1907, D/Y/A/66
William Ward, 70 New St Johns Road, St Helier - 29 March 1920, D/Y/A/80
Alfred Ward, St Lawrence - 28 July 1934, D/Y/A/96
Roland Ward, St Ouen - 1 February 1939, D/Y/A/104
Leonard Ward, Vicar of All Saints Church, Jersey - 26 September 1945, D/Y/A/114

Burial records

Ward burial records 1820-1978

Family album

Edith May Ward, pictured with her bridesmaids, was born in St Lawrence in 1895, the daughter of Thomas Henry and Mary Jane, nee Dustan. She married Donald Labey
Edith May Ward and her daughter Elizabeth in 1925
Donald Charles Labey and Edith, nee Ward

A letter sent to Mr Ward from India in 1898. This was Jonathan Robert Ward, of Ashley House, St Saviour. He was born in Dronfield, Derbyshire, in about 1827, the son of Robert Sykes Ward and Elizabeth, nee Sharman. He married Eliza Merryweather in York in 1853 and they had at least two children. In 1861 he was living in Ecclesall, Yorkshire, with Eliza, Jonathan and Ann. At the age of 34 he described himself as a 'retired grocer'. Two further children, Robert and Emily, were born in 1863 and 1864 but it is not known if Eliza was their mother. By 1871 Jonathan, described as a retired 'tradesman' and his four children were living in Jersey at Hillside House, St Peter, without Eliza. Jonathan married again in St Helier in 1880, to Harriet Julia Snell, and the couple were living at Ashley House, St Saviour, in 1881. Three children, Isabel, George and Harriet, were born in 1882, 1883 and 1884. Isabel and George both had La Cloche as a second given name, and there is a suggestion that this had been Harriet Julia's name. However, her marriage record and the baptism records of the children show her maiden name as Snell. Jonathan died in Jersey in 1899

Family gravestones

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Ward - St Ouen parish cemetery
Ward, St Lawrence
Ward, St Lawrence
Ward, St Lawrence
The grave of Great War casualty Richard Dunstan Ward at Rue David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix