Kia Ora
Greetings from New Zealand!
My Great grands left Brum and their respective familes in 1878. I would love to find descendants!
Does anyone recognise the names/addresses I have listed below perhaps connected to your family or listed in School Jubilee books or as neighbours?
[Vincent & Hannah WARDcolor=blue][/color] lived at 8 Millward St Aston in 1901.
Their children:
1.
Henry WARD & wife Elizabeth came to New Zealand in 1878.
2.
Sarah Ann WARD married
William STEPHENS. 2 sons
George Ernest STEPHENS married
Fanny Gertrude Lucy DUDLEY. George died in 1917.
Arthur Harry STEPHENS married
Mary HARPERThis family lived at 4 Carlton Rd Small Heath. In 1917 when George died his wife was at 787 Alum Rock.3.
Fanny WARD married
William EDGEWORTH . 1 son
John Henry Edgeworth died 1917 Belgium. 1 Daughter
Fanny Edgeworth married
Frederick WILLIAMS.This family lived at 28 Wright Street St Andrews.4.
Frederick WARD married
Caroline HODGKISS a widow. They had 2 daughters
Ellen & Florence WARD. By 1901 Fred was a widower and living at 8 Millward St. I have no idea what happened to the daughters.
5.
John WARD married
Mary Ann WARDTheir children were
Florence A, Minnie, Elsie, Annie Beatrice, Ethel and Benjamin John WARD. I know Annie Beatrice married
William George FARREN & Benjamin John married
Gladys Ivy DERRY.Around the 1920s this family lived at 343 Heather Road.6.
Jane Ward married
James BYRNE (Burns?) and had
Eva Mary BYRNE and James Henry BYRNE.Eva Mary married
Charles A BAKER & James Henry possibly
Dorothy Ada Barratt.Around 1910 this family lived at 41 St Andrews Rd.If you recognise a friend or neighbour's surname I would appreciate hearing from you/them if only to eliminate them from my search! WARD was such a popular
surname in Aston and Birmingham I may have missed some children! I have photos circa 1900 and quite a tale to tell of Henry and Elizabeth and their 10 surviving children DOWN UNDER!