See also
Husband:
Robert Coomber WARD (1850-1916)
Wife:
Mary Ann Jane LITTLE (1852-1933)
Children:
Marriage:
26 Sep 1874
Bridlington Quay
Robert Coomber WARD
Name:
Robert Coomber WARD
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
17 May 1850
Gt Driffield, East Yorkshire, England1
Baptism:
27 Jun 1850 (age 0)
Gt Driffield, East Yorkshire, England
Residence:
31 Mar 1901 (age 50)
15 George Street, Gt Driffield
Address: 15 George Street, Gt Driffield
Occupation:
Painter and Decorator.
Residence:
2 Apr 1911 (age 60)
33 Victoria Road, Great Driffield, Yorkshire2
Address: 33 Victoria Road, Great Driffield, Yorkshire
Death:
29 Mar 1916 (age 65)
Gt Driffield, East Yorkshire, England
Burial:
Gt Driffield, East Yorkshire, England
Mary Ann Jane LITTLE
Name:
Mary Ann Jane LITTLE
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
4 May 1852
Fridaythorpe, East Yorkshire3
Residence:
2 Apr 1911 (age 58)
33 Victoria Road, Great Driffield, Yorkshire2
Address: 33 Victoria Road, Great Driffield, Yorkshire
Residence:
1924 (age 71-72)
Driffield4
Address: "Gowenbrae", Victoria Road, Driffield
She was recorded as Henry Percy Ward's nearest relative in the UK when he emigrated to the USA for the second time.
Death:
4 May 1933 (age 81)
Son: Henry Percy WARD
Spouse: Eliza Embley NOWELL, 1910, age 43
Spouse: Kathlyn ENRIGHT, 1924, age 47
Name:
Henry Percy WARD
Sex:
Male
Spouse (1):
Spouse (2):
Birth:
8 Jul 1875
Gt Driffield, East Yorkshire, England
Occupation:
Booksellers apprentice, Secularist Lecturer
Occupation:
1891 (age 15-16)
Booksellers apprentice5
Residence:
1901 (age 25)
Balsall Heath, Birmingham
Address: 126 George St
Emigration:
4 Feb 1910 (age 34)
from Liverpool, Great Britain to New York, USA4
Ship was the Mauretania. Source citation 1910. Looks like he was heading for Gt Bends, Kansas.
Residence:
1912 (age 36-37)
Chicago, USA
Address: 114 East Walton Place, Chicago
Source is Chicago Tribune article describing his arrest for holding a street meeting without a permit.
Emigration:
1924 (age 49)
from Southampton to Chicago, USA
With second wife, Kathlyn (Kitty) on the Olympia
Death:
1953 (age 77-78)
USA6
Daughter: Minnie Theresa WARD
Name:
Minnie Theresa WARD
Sex:
Female
Birth:
28 Dec 1876
Gt Driffield, East Yorkshire, England
Residence:
2 Apr 1911 (age 34)
33 Victoria Road, Great Driffield, Yorkshire
Address: 33 Victoria Road, Great Driffield, Yorkshire
Death:
1951 (age 74-75)
Name:
Charles Coomber WARD
Sex:
Male
Birth:
Feb 1878
Gt Driffield, East Yorkshire, England
Death:
Nov 1878 (age 0)
Gt Driffield, East Yorkshire, England
Son: Robert Johnson WARD
Name:
Robert Johnson WARD
Sex:
Male
Birth:
6 Mar 1879
Gt Driffield, East Yorkshire, England
Baptism:
15 Apr 1879 (age 0)
Driffield Wesleyan Methodist Church
Occupation:
Hairdresser
Residence:
2 Apr 1911 (age 32)
13 Trafalgar Street, York2
Address: 13 Trafalgar Street, York
Death:
22 Dec 1951 (age 72)
Catfoss, East Yorkshire
Son: Martin Coomber WARD
Spouse: Annie THOMPSON
Name:
Martin Coomber WARD
Sex:
Male
Nickname:
Matt
Spouse:
Birth:
30 May 1880
Gt Driffield, East Yorkshire, England
Baptism:
22 Jun 1880 (age 0)
Driffield Wesleyan Methodist Church
Occupation:
Painter and Decorator.
Residence:
1901 (age 20)
26 Mercer Row, Driffield7
Address: 26 Mercer Row, Driffield
Residence:
2 Apr 1911 (age 30)
33 Victoria Road, Great Driffield, Yorkshire
Address: 33 Victoria Road, Great Driffield, Yorkshire
Death:
Q3 1949 (age 69)
Hull District Vol 2a p1808
Cause: Bee sting in throat from eating a piece of cake with a bee on it.
Daughter: Rachel Emilia WARD
Name:
Rachel Emilia WARD
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
3 Dec 1881
Gt Driffield, East Yorkshire, England
Baptism:
2 Apr 1883 (age 1)
Driffield Wesleyan Methodist Church
Residence:
2 Apr 1911 (age 29)
14 Prospect View, Pinfold Hill, Dewsbury, Yorkshire2
Address: 14 Prospect View, Pinfold Hill, Dewsbury, Yorkshire
Death:
27 May 1983 (age 101)
Daughter: Ethel Little WARD
Name:
Ethel Little WARD
Sex:
Female
Birth:
10 Mar 1883
Gt Driffield, East Yorkshire, England
Baptism:
2 Apr 1883 (age 0)
Driffield Wesleyan Methodist Church
Death:
22 Aug 1904 (age 21)
Gt Driffield, East Yorkshire, England
Cause: Tuberculosis. Nursed by Olivia Stillborn who caught the disease and died.
Burial:
Gt Driffield, East Yorkshire, England
Daughter: Mabel Lillian Pickering WARD
Spouse: Fred Stephen CHANDLER
Spouse: Thomas Bertram ALLOTT
Name:
Mabel Lillian Pickering WARD
Sex:
Female
Spouse (1):
Spouse (2):
Birth:
10 May 1885
Gt Driffield, East Yorkshire, England
Baptism:
4 Jun 1885 (age 0)
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Gt Driffield, East Yorkshire
Occupation:
1901 (age 15)
Milliners shop assistant7
Residence:
1901 (age 15)
15 George Street, Gt Driffield7
Address: 15 George Street, Gt Driffield
Residence:
1908 (age 22)
30 Exchange Street, Driffield, Yorkshire
Address: 30 Exchange Street, Driffield, Yorkshire
Residence:
2 Apr 1911 (age 25)
71 Lairgate, Beverly, Yorkshire2
Address: 71 Lairgate, Beverly, Yorkshire
Death:
8 Sep 1975 (age 90)
Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Burial:
1975 (age 90)
Sigglesthorne, East Yorkshire
Daughter: Olivia Stillborn WARD
Name:
Olivia Stillborn WARD
Sex:
Female
Birth:
19 Jul 1887
Gt Driffield, East Yorkshire, England
Death:
4 Apr 1907 (age 19)
Gt Driffield, East Yorkshire, England
Cause: Tuberculosis
Burial:
Gt Driffield, East Yorkshire, England
Lived in Shady Lane, Driffield, later renamed as Victoria Road. House called Gowanbrae.
Painted the frescoe ceilings at Sledmere Hall.
Also a practical joker (chicken chimney, tea vicar, cake burnt)
In 1901 had a boarder by the name of Clara Beck staying with them. She was a churchworker according to the census. Aged 60, born in London.
Mentioned in the Post Office Professions and Trades directory by Bulmer in 1892. Working as a painter and living at 37 Middle St South, Driffield
Source http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Greatdriffield/GreatDriffield92.htm
Eric Chandler has a deed to show that he purchased 3 burial plots (No 2283, 2292 and 2301) in Driffield on 7 December 1878/9
(Deed shows different year dates on front and inside.)
His birth certificate states he was born on 17 May. Gravestone has 21 May
Gravestone says born 1852, other notes say 1850
Robert Coomber Ward birth certificate 1850.
1911 Census.
Mary Ann Jane Little Birth Certificate.
New York Passenger Lists 1820 - 1957.
1891 Census.
Journal of British Secularism.
1901 Census.
GRO Records.