HughW Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Continuing with the family in Duke Street... The 1841 household above is definitely the right one as Reuben is at 19 Duke Street in 1861: 1861 census ref: piece 3490 folio 81F 19 Duke St (Sheffield Park) Reuben WARD Head Marr 45 mark maker & grocer Sheffield Sarah Maria WARD Wife Marr Sheffield Sam WARD Son Unm 16 edge tool maker Sheffield Julia Ann WARD Dau 12 scholar Sheffield Margarett WARD Dau 2 Sheffield Reuben had only married Sarah Maria in 1855: GRO Marriages JUN Qtr 1855 WARD Reuben Sheffield 9c 275 WARD Sarah Maria Sheffield 9c 275 (maybe Sarah Maria was a widowed relative?) I think this is Reuben's first marriage: GRO Marriages DEC Qtr 1841 WARD Reuben Sheffield 22 456 SORBY Elizabeth Sheffield 22 456 ...which has a corresponding entry in the Sheffield marriage index: Marriage at Sheffield Parish Church (now the Cathedral) vol 9 page 14 entry 27 (volume covers Oct 1841 to May 1842) Reuben WARD Elizabeth SORBY Hugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert T Smith Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 HughW Thank you I'm also very interested if the founder of Messrs. Thos. W. Ward and Co. Had any actually associated with Sheffield in anyway and if it was a ' Ward ' that actually started the business if they related to G.B.Ward (born 1842 at Dobbs Row, Wellgate, Rotherham. moving to the Park District, Sheffield about 184? - 65. He was a Sunday School teacher at St John's, Park. He died about 1900. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addy Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Thanks for this. It completes a bit of my research! The subject of Wards having come up I would love to know anything about Isaac and Elizabeth, especially who Isaac's parents were. I live miles from Sheffield and of course records are a bit patchy on line in the 1700s! Isaac was born in 1779 and Elizabeth, nee Brooker was born in 1783. Also, taking into account the names Isaac, Reuben and Jabez I am assuming a Jewish connection perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughW Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 re Thoms W Ward and Co... Tommy WARD certainly had close links with Sheffield but they seem to be with the other side of the city. First, a snippet from the BBC Making History site (one of many references to Tommy ward's Elephant). Thomas Ward was born in 1853, started work at 15, became a coal merchant and then, because the time was right for it, a scrap metal dealer in Sheffield. You can find Thomas William in 1881 in 'Hillsbro' (then outside the town boundary in the parish of Ecclesfield [ref: Piece 4618 Folio 52]). And this is him in 1861: 1861 census piece 3461 folio 43 B Woodland View (Stannington) Thomas Wm WARD Head Marr steel forgeman Ecclesfield Harriott WARD Wife Marr 34 Bradfield Herbert WARD Son 12 Ecclesfield Thomas Wm WARD Son 7 Sheffield Edwin WARD Son 5 Bradfield Harriott Octavia WARD Dau 3 Bradfield George WILDGOOSE App Unm 20 steel foregeman app Ecclesall John CORBET App Unm 18 steel forgeman app Sheffield So although he was born in Sheffield his family links are with Bradfield and Ecclesfield. In contrast I see that George Bridges WARD's father was from Eckington. Hugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Also, taking into account the names Isaac, Reuben and Jabez I am assuming a Jewish connection perhaps? Not necessarily - it seems to have been the fashion, especially amongst non-conformists, in the 18th. century to use OT biblical names as 'Christian' names for their children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 More re T.W Ward. Just noticed, when looking for something else, that Thos. W. Ward was Master Cutler in 1913. I imagine there will be a good biographical write up in the local press for the occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakespeare Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Bains Yorkshire a directory for 1822 lists Ward William, Jobsmith & Engineer, at 17 Broad Street Park. Also some of them might be burried outside the area of the Park at Gleadless Church. There is also a John Samuel Ward and his family at Intake Cem. He was connected with the church at Intake and probaly the Park 'Wards' lot. I can give the details on him if you need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addy Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Not necessarily - it seems to have been the fashion, especially amongst non-conformists, in the 18th. century to use OT biblical names as 'Christian' names for their children. Pity I was hoping for a middle European rich dynasty! Never mind. Thank you for this. You are right about the non-conformist bit. John Ward, son of Isaac, married Eliza Saville at the Methodist New Connexions Chapel in Sheffield. Her father was George Saville who was an Earthenware Manufacturer and the family lived in New Village. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert T Smith Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 Has anyone come up with information on G.B.Ward. The Sunday School Teacher please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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