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Ira Elmer Ward 1852 – 1918 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Apr 1852

Birth Location: Warren Co, Ohio

Death Date: 21 Oct 1918

Death Location: Ambia, Benton, Indiana, USA

Father: James Ward

Mother: Elena Schoonover

Spouse(s): Lutensy Anson

Children(s): Otto Ward, Maud Ward

Ira Elmer Ward was born in 1852 in Warren Co, Ohio, the child of James Fry Ward and Elena Schoonover. Ira Elmer Ward married Lutensy E Anson, and had children including Otto Ward, Maud M. Ward. Ira Elmer Ward passed away in 1918 in Ambia, Benton, Indiana, USA.

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Biography

  • Ira Elmer Ward was born in 1852 in Warren Co, Ohio, the child of James Fry Ward and Elena Schoonover.
  • Ira Elmer Ward married Lutensy E Anson, and had children including Otto Ward, Maud M. Ward.
  • Ira Elmer Ward passed away in 1918 in Ambia, Benton, Indiana, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Ira Ward's Ancestors

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Ira Ward
1852 – 1918
Birth Place: Warren Co, Ohio
Parents
James Fry Ward
1817 – 1884
Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia, USA
Elena Schoonover
1821 – 1886
Warren, Ohio, United States
Grandparents
Zachariah Ward
1793 – 1854
Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia, USA
Mary (Elizabeth) Fry
1796 – 1875
Lovettsville, Loudoun, Virginia, USA
Peter Schoonover
1782 –
, , New York, USA
Phebe Myers
1786 – 1860
New York
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Ward
1747 – 1818
Elizabeth Stephens
1760 – 1841
Johann Fry
1746 – 1837
Anna Ansell
1768 – 1851
Jan Schoonover
1743 – 1823
Chrisitina COURTRIGHT
1751 – 1822
John Myers
1757 – 1819
Ann Little
1761 – 1844
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Phillip Ward
1721 – 1749
Emma Allen
1725 – 1762
James Stevens(Stephens)
1726 – 1798
Elizabeth Boling
1747 – 1841
Hendricus Schoonover
1699 – 1771
Pieternella Westphal
1713 – 1776
Johannes Courtright
1714 – 1763
Margariet Dennemarken
1712 – 1763

Ira Ward's Descendants

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Ira (Elmer) Ward (11 Apr 1852 – 21 Oct 1918) m. Lutensy (E) Anson (1855 – 1939)
  1. 1. Otto Ward (1876 – 1955) m. Dessie Roberts (24 Feb 1882 – 25 Apr 1953)
    1. 1. Alma (B) Ward (24 Mar 1899 – 4 Feb 1980)
    2. 2. Glenn (D) Ward (abt 1902 – 10 April 1956)
    3. 3. Ralph (Emery) Ward (26 Aug 1906 – 30 Jul 1992) m. Juanita (Georgia) Bienz (17 October 1903 – 9 March 1995)
      1. 1. Bonnie (Lucile) Ward (30 Jan 1930 – 31 March 2016)
    4. 4. Ethel Binkley (11 Nov 1909 – 25 Oct 1983)
    5. 5. Lois Ward (16 Apr 1921 – 31 October 2010)
  2. 2. Maud (M.) Ward (27 January 1879 – 13 November 1963)

Ira Ward's Timeline

2 Records

1852
11 Apr 1852
Birth of Ira Elmer Ward in Warren Co, Ohio
Warren Co, Ohio
1918
21 Oct 1918
Age 66
Death of Ira Elmer Ward in Ambia, Benton, Indiana, USA
Ambia, Benton, Indiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Apr 1852
    Event Place: Warren Co, Ohio
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1918; Roll: 19

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Oct 1918
    Event Place: Ambia, Benton, Indiana, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1918; Roll: 19

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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