See also
Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
1882, 1882 Kelly's Directory for Walter John Ward in Tottenham, Middlesex
1886, 1886 Electoral Register for Walter John Ward in Tottenham, Middlesex
1886, 1886 Property Qualification for Voting for Walter John Ward in Tottenham, Middlesex
Birth:
20 Aug 1841
Tottenham, Middlesex2
Baptism:
19 Sep 1841 (age 0)
All Hallows Parish Church2
Address: Tottenham, Middlesex
Also her older siblings William, Charle, Tanjore, Emerson, Phoebe, Alice and Olivia.
Census (living with parents):
30 Mar 1851 (age 9)
1851 Census - living with parents
Occupation:
frm 1856 to 1865 (age 14-24)
groom; Tottenham, Middlesex
Census (living with parents):
7 Apr 1861 (age 19)
1861 Census - living with parents
Witness:
2 Sep 1865 (age 24)
Walter witnessed the Marriage of Isaac Finch and Phobe Ann Ward
Occupation:
frm 1866 to 1875 (age 24-34)
coachman; Leyton, Essex3
Address: working for the Fowler family who lived in Forest House
How he was recruited to move from Tottenham in Middlesex to Leyton in Essex and the exact date of his move is not known. It is known from the 1861 Census that he was working as a groom and almost certainly graduated to coach driving in Tottenham before he moved to Leyton.
Occupation:
frm 1876 to 1897 (age 34-56)
What prompted him to give up his job as coachman in Leyton and return to Tottenham to set up as dairyman is not known. It happened sometime between the 1871 and 1881 Censuses and continued until sometime between the 1891 and when he applied for administration on his brother William's estate in 1898. (In the grant of administration he is shown as a retired dairyman.)
Registered Elector:
1886 (age 44-45)
High Cross Polling District; Tottenham, Middlesex8
Address: Broad Lane
His property qualification was the leasehold house in Broad Lane in which he lived.
Administrator:
9 Jul 1898 (age 56)
Walter was administrator for the estate of William Medway Ward9
1865, Register Entry for Marriage of Walter John Ward and Anne Bennett
1871, 1871 Census for Household of Walter John Ward in Leyton, Essex
1881, 1881 Census for Household of Walter J Ward in Tottenham, Middlesex
1891, 1891 Census for Household of Walter J Ward in Tottenham, Middlesex
1901, 1901 Census for Household of Walter Ward in Wood Green, Tottenham, Middlesex
Spouse:
Marriage:
7 Sep 1865 (age 24)
All Hallows Parish Church10
Address: Tottenham, Middlesex
The relationship of Thomas Perry to the couple is not known - he was probably a friend of the groom. Agnes Ward was the groom's sister. Who else was there is not known for certain but it was probably attended by the couples parents and siblings.
Census for household:
2 Apr 1871 (age 29)
Leyton, Essex3
Address: Forest House Lodge
The household consisted of Walter and his wife Anne. Walter was the coachman to the Fowler family who lived in Forest House. Walter and Anne shared th lodge with William Monk who was the gardener and his wife Elizabeth. The size of the lodge is unknown.
Census for household:
3 Apr 1881 (age 39)
Tottenham, Middlesex4
Address: Broad Lane
The household consisted of Walter, his wife Anne, their nephew Charles Wicks (age 17) and their niece Caroline Wicks (age 8). Walter has given up his job as a coachman and moved back to Tottenham where he is working as a dairyman. The census return does not indicate whether he has his own herd of cows or whether he is working for someone else. His nephew is working as a milkman so it may be the former.
Census for household:
5 Apr 1891 (age 49)
Tottenham, Middlesex5
Address: 4 Wards Terrace, Broad Lane
The household consisted of Walter, his wife Anne and their niece Caroline Wicks (age 18). Walter has his own herd of cows and is an employer. Both his wife and niece are working in the dairy so it is a family business.
Census for household:
31 Mar 1901 (age 59)
Wood Green, Middlesex11
Address: 97 Nightingale Road
Walter has retired.
1851 United Kingdom census, 4 Cottage Place, The Hale, Edmonton, Middlesex, HO107/1702, Foplio 276, Page 21, Schedule 96, head of household: William Ward, National Archives.
Parish Register for Baptism of Walter John Ward, All Hallows, Tottenham, Middlesex, 19 September 1841, London Metropolitan Archives.
1871 England, Wales & Scotland census, Forest House Lodge, Leyton, Essex, RG10/1635, Folio 9, Page 10, Schedule 32, head of household: Walter John Ward, National Archives.
1881 England, Wales & Scotland census, Broad Lane, Tottenham, Middlesex, head of household: Walter J Ward, National Archives.
1891 England, Wales & Scotland census, 4 Wards Terrace, Broad Lane, Tottenham, Middlesex, RG12/1071, Folio 58, Page 23, Schedule 105, head of household: Walter J Ward, National Archives.
Grant of Administration: William Medway Ward, 9 July 1898, Principal Probate Registry, 1898 Udale-Zwicky Page 63.
Trade Directory: Walter John Ward, 1882, London Metropolitan Archives, Kelly's 1882 Directory for Middlesex Page 1145.
Electoral Roll: Walter John Ward, 1886, London Metropolitan Archives, Voter 196.
Grant of Administration: William Medway Ward, 9 July 1898, Principal Probate Registry, 1898 Udale-Zwicky Page 62.
Parish Register for Marriage of Walter John Ward and Anne Bennett, All Hallows, Tottenham, Middlesex, 7 September 1865, London Metropolitan Archives.
1901 England, Wales & Scotland census, 97 Nightingale Road, Wood Green, Middlesex, RG13/1258, Folio 180, Page 43, Schedule 230, head of household: Walter Ward, National Archives.