See also

William Medway Ward (1828-1898)

Individual Events and Attributes

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1828, Register Entry for Baptism of William Medway Ward

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1898, Grant of Administration for William Medway Ward

  • Birth:

  • 14 Jul 1828

  • Tottenham, Middlesex2

  • Baptism:

  • 14 Sep 1828 (age 0)

  • Holy Trinity Church2

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  • Address: Tottenham, Middlesex

    Also his older brother Charles.

  • Present (sibling):

  • 27 Jul 1834 (age 6)

  • Present at Baptism of his brother Tanjore Abraham

  • Present (sibling):

  • 27 Jul 1834 (age 6)

  • Present at Baptism of his brother Emerson

  • Present (sibling):

  • 26 Feb 1837 (age 8)

  • Present at Baptism of his sister Phobe Ann

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 12)

  • 1841 Census - living with parents

  • Present (sibling):

  • 19 Sep 1841 (age 13)

  • Present at Baptism of his brother Walter John

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1849 to 23 Oct 1869 (age 20-41)

  • Police Constable; Hackney, Middlesex3 4 5

  • Military Discharge:

  • 23 Oct 1869 (age 41)

  • Metropolitan Police for infirmity of body; Tottenham, Middlesex5

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  • The discharge certificate does not say what the problem was - whether it had been caused by an injury or illness - but does say that he was a Constable and entitled to a pension of £39 per annum.

  • Death:

  • 25 May 1898 (age 69)

  • Homerton, Hackney Middlesex6

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  • Address: 2 Holmbrook Sreet, College Lane

    According to the Grant of Administration given to his brother Walter he lived st 28 The Grove, Homerton so he did not die in his own home.

  • Administration:

  • 9 Jul 1898

  • London6

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  • Address: 28 The Grove, Homerton, Middlesex

    The estate was worth £249 8s. 3d.. The beneficiaries are not known.

Marriage

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1850, Register Entry for Marriage of William Midway Ward and Maria Earnshaw

  • Spouse:

  • Maria Earnshaw (1817- )

  • Marriage:

  • 25 Nov 1850 (age 22)

  • St John-at-Hackney3

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  • Address: Clapton Square, Hackney, Middlesex

  • Census for household:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 23)

  • Hackney, Middlesex4

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  • Address: 21 Homerton Grove

    The household consisted of William and his wife Maria. They had the house to themselves. The size is unknown but many other houses in Homerton Grove had 2 families and up to 9 people so it must have been fairly large. Was it a Police House?

Sources

1.

1841 United Kingdom census, Chapel Place, Tottenham Hale, Tottenham, Middlesex, HO107/654, Book 21, Page 15, Schedule 840, head of household: William Ward, National Archives.

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Parish Register for Baptism of William Medway Ward, Holy Trinity, Tottenham, Middlesex, 14 September 1828, London Metropolitan Archives.

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Parish Register for Marriage of William Midway Ward and Maria Earnshaw, St Hohn, Hackney, Middlesex, 25 November 1850, London Metropolitan Archives.

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1851 England, Wales & Scotland census, 21 Homerton Grove, Hackney, Middlesex, HO107/1505, Folio 626, Page 10, Schedule 405, head of household: William M Ward, National Archives.

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Military Record ( Pensions and Allowances ) for William Medway Ward in the Police 23 October 1869. National Archives

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Grant of Administration: William Medway Ward, 9 July 1898, Principal Probate Registry, 1898 Udale-Zwicky Page 63.