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Richard Allen Saunders WARD 1842–1934 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 MAY 1842

Birth Location: St Mary's, Surrey, England

Death Date: 21 SEP 1934

Death Location: Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand

Father: Robert WARD

Mother: Mary SMALL

Spouse(s): Maria CHANDLER

Children(s): Catherine WARD, Richard WARD, Ada WARD, Henry WARD, Annie WARD, Jessie WARD, Charles WARD, Florence WARD, Frederick WARD, Richard WARD, William WARD, Unknown WARD, Thomas WARD

In 1842, Richard Allen Saunders WARD entered the world in St Mary's, Surrey, England, born to Robert Sanders Ward And Mary Small. In 1851, Richard Allen Saunders WARD resided in Plymouth Charles the Martyr, Devon, England. Richard Allen Saunders WARD married Maria Ann Chandler, and had children including Ada Mary Ward, Annie Elizabeth Ward, Catherine Mary Ward, Charles Thomas Ward, Florence Mary Ward, Frederick Robert Ward, Henry Walter Ward, Jessie May Ward, Richard Augustus Ward, Richard Charles Ward, Thomas John Ward, Unknown Ward, William Ward. Richard Allen Saunders WARD passed away in 1934 in Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • In 1842, Richard Allen Saunders WARD entered the world in St Mary's, Surrey, England, born to Robert Sanders Ward And Mary Small.
  • In 1851, Richard Allen Saunders WARD resided in Plymouth Charles the Martyr, Devon, England.
  • Richard Allen Saunders WARD married Maria Ann Chandler, and had children including Ada Mary Ward, Annie Elizabeth Ward, Catherine Mary Ward, Charles Thomas Ward, Florence Mary Ward, Frederick Robert Ward, Henry Walter Ward, Jessie May Ward, Richard Augustus Ward, Richard Charles Ward, Thomas John Ward, Unknown Ward, William Ward.
  • Richard Allen Saunders WARD passed away in 1934 in Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert WARD
1812–1872
Birth Location: Plymouth, Devon, England
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Mary SMALL
1811–1892
Birth Location: Plymouth, Devon, England
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Spouses(s)

Maria CHANDLER
1843–1895
Birth Location: Sandwich, Kent, England
MC

Children(s)

Catherine WARD
1881–1955
Birth Location: Cambria St, Nelson, New Zealand
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Richard WARD
1868–1869
Birth Location: Lambeth, London, Surrey, England
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Ada WARD
1873–1874
Birth Location: Islington, London, Surrey, England
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Henry WARD
1880–1881
Birth Location: Cambria St, Nelson, New Zealand
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Annie WARD
1865–1935
Birth Location: Lambeth, London, Surrey, England
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Jessie WARD
1878–1943
Birth Location: Cambria St, Nelson, New Zealand
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Charles WARD
1869–1869
Birth Location: Lambeth, London, Surrey, England
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Florence WARD
1876–1876
Birth Location: Hardy St, Nelson, New Zealand
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Frederick WARD
1871–1940
Birth Location: Balls Pond, Islington, Middlesex, England
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Richard WARD
1870–1901
Birth Location: Lambeth, London, Surrey, England
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William WARD
1877–1952
Birth Location: Hardy St, Nelson, New Zealand
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Unknown WARD
1866–1866
Birth Location: Great Union St, Lambeth, Surrey, England
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Thomas WARD
1874–1950
Birth Location: Islington, Middlesex, England
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Richard WARD's Ancestors

Self
Richard WARD
1842–1934
Birth Place: St Mary's, Surrey, England
Parents
Robert Sanders WARD
1812–1872
Plymouth, Devon, England
Mary SMALL
1811–1892
Plymouth, Devon, England
Grandparents
John (James) WARD
1789–1857
Stoke; Damerel, Devon, England
Ann SAUNDERS
1795–1872
Exeter, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
John WARD
1758–1841
Ann MUMFORD
1761–1844
Richard SAUNDERS
1770–
Mary COLE
1774–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James MUMFORD
1736–
Mary
1738–

Richard WARD's Descendants

1.
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Richard (Allen Saunders) WARD (23 MAY 1842–21 SEP 1934) m. Maria (Ann) CHANDLER (11 MAR 1843–8 APR 1895)
  1. 1. Catherine (Mary) WARD 1881–1955 m. Alfred (Ingwell Mandious Boull) NIELSON 1883–1951 m. John (Edward) DELANEY 1883–1945
    1. 1. Paul (Ingwell Mandious Boull) NIELSON 1913–1984
    2. 2. Leslie (Stephen John) DELANEY 1913–1979 m. Frances (Louise) REIDY 1917–1979
    3. 3. Keith (Edward) DELANEY 1910–1976
  2. 2. Richard (Augustus) WARD 1868–1869
  3. 3. Ada (Mary) WARD 1873–1874
  4. 4. Henry (Walter) WARD 1880–1881
  5. 5. Annie (Elizabeth) WARD 1865–1935 m. Otto (Adolph Herman) WIECHERN 1861–1920
    1. 1. Myrtle (Annie) WIECHERN 1888–1984 m. Jakob FEICKERT 1877–1946
      1. 1. Harold (John) FEICKERT 1911–1991 m. Audrey (Eva) WATTS 1920–
        1. 1. Maxim (Gregory) FEICKERT 1944–2024
      2. 2. Myrtle (Maria) FEICKERT 1912–1974 m. Robert (Brackenbury) BUDGETT 1908–
      3. 3. Phillip (Stock) FEICKERT 1913–1991 m. Martha (Louisa) SHOTTER 1919–2007
      4. 4. Richard (Allan) FEICKERT 1924–2010 m. Vera (Lena Margaret) RETTER 1926–1994
      5. 5. Wilhelmina ((Mina) Eleanor) FEICKERT 1918–2009 m. Lionel (Leslie) WATSON 1919–
      6. 6. Otto (Adolph Herman) FEICKERT 1920–1990 m. Loris (Marian) PHILLIPS 1924– m. Priscilla (Lucy Ada) TIFFEN 1922–
      7. 7. Veronica FEICKERT 1915– m. George (Martin Brian) MOORE 1913–
      8. 8. Olga (Olive) FEICKERT 1917– m. Graham (Gibbs) GRANT 1915–
      9. 9. Bernhard (Frederick) FEICKERT 1926–
      10. 10. Thor (Eric (Eric)) FEICKERT 1919– m. Nancy (May) DRIEBERG 1923–2020
      11. 11. Robin (Huia) FEICKERT 1922– m. Dawn (Violet) MONK 1924–
    2. 2. Ivy (Elizabeth) WIECHERN 1892–1949 m. Clement WEEBER 1882–1950
      1. 1. Amelia (Veronique) WEEBER 1909–1991 m. Max (Oswald Samuel) THOMAS 1905–1991
        1. 1. June (Lenore) THOMAS 1930–2018 m. John (Walter) BUCKINGHAM 1926–1984 m. Walter (Alexander) LUDWIG 1928–2017
        2. 2. Allen (Clement) THOMAS 1932–1975
    3. 3. Richard (Allan Saunders) WIECHERN 1895–1968 m. Hazel HENRY 1911–1999 m. Winifred Violet 1896–1976
      1. 1. Lois (Winifred) WIECHERN 1933–2013 m. Philip (Arthur) FORSTER 1929–2009
    4. 4. Harold (Frederick Theodore) WIECHERN 1887–1959 m. Katherine (Ellen) MULLANY 1892–1940
      1. 1. Thelma (May) WIECHERN 1911–2003 m. William (Alexander) ROWLEY 1901–1946
      2. 2. Otto (Harold) WIECHERN 1913–1980 m. Pearl (Mavis) SCHICK 1915–
      3. 3. Doris WIECHERN 1915–1996 m. Samuel (William) CUNNINGHAM 1911–
        1. 1. Enid (Kathleen) CUNNINGHAM 1937–2021
      4. 4. Kathleen (Frieda) WIECHERN 1919–2006 m. John (Douglas) CORBIN 1918–
      5. 5. Colleen (Amelia) LLOYD 1924–2001 m. Vernon (Joseph) JOHNS 1922–
    5. 5. Heinrich (Otto Adolph) WIECHERN 1885–1953 m. Ethel (Maud May) RUDD 1889–1970
      1. 1. Douglas (Otto Heinrich) WIECHERN 1920–1993 m. Daphne (Phyllis) CHANDLER 1924–2010 m. Galina ((Gayle) Karlovna) STROHMENGER 1931–2009 m. Beryl (Ada (Betty)) DIXON 1920– m. Ponty (Ann) HEREMAIA 1922–
      2. 2. Gladys (May) WIECHERN 1909–1980 m. Gavin (Charles) CLARKE 1901–1954 m. Edward (Maurice) CLAY 1899–1981
      3. 3. Irene (Myrtle) WIECHERN 1911–1962 m. Arthur (James) BEATTIE 1904–
      4. 4. Annie (Elizabeth) WIECHERN 1913–1983 m. Andrew (Mitchell) NORDSTRAND 1911– m. Albert (Wilfred) JAMES 1911– m. Adam (David) MARCHBANK 1911–1976 m. Herbert (Wilfred) HUTCHISON 1921–1985
      5. 5. Gwendoline (Ivy) WIECHERN 1915–1989 m. Lionel MARTIN 1910–1983
      6. 6. Allan (Francis) WIECHERN 1918–1993 m. Jean (Black) MCKAY 1919–2001
      7. 7. Ethel (Eileen) WIECHERN 1923–1994 m. Edward ((Ted) John) SMITH 1923–1998
      8. 8. Miriam ((Midge) Edith) WIECHERN 1924–2011 m. Allen DUNCAN 1922–1994
      9. 9. Richard (Heinrich) WIECHERN 1927–2019 m. Dorothy (Gertrude) MUNDY 1926–2013
      10. 10. Ronald (Noel) WIECHERN 1930–2011
    6. 6. Richard (Allan Sanders) WIECHERN 1891–1891
  6. 6. Jessie (May) WARD 1878–1943 m. Charles COTTON 1878–1939
    1. 1. Richard (Fredrick) COTTON 1916–2009
    2. 2. Gladys (May) COTTON 1901–1970 m. Clarence (Roy) RICKETTS 1896–1967
      1. 1. Rex (Roy) RICKETTS 1923–1947
      2. 2. Nola RICKETTS 1926–1987
    3. 3. James (Arthur) COTTON 1902–1972
    4. 4. Henry ((Harry) Charles) COTTON 1904–1986
    5. 5. Eva (Grace) COTTON 1910–1936
  7. 7. Charles (Thomas) WARD 1869–1869
  8. 8. Florence (Mary) WARD 1876–1876
  9. 9. Frederick (Robert) WARD 1871–1940 m. Nora (Rose) MARTEN 1872–1952
  10. 10. Richard (Charles) WARD 1870–1901 m. Ada (Maud (Dolly)) RICKETTS 1876–1955
    1. 1. Arthur ((Arty) Charles) WARD 1901–1962
    2. 2. Richard (Arthur William) WARD 1899–1927
    3. 3. Ada (May) WARD 1898–1954 m. George INGLIS 1892–1953 m. George (Thomas) CHANDLER 1895–1945
      1. 1. Doreen (May) CHANDLER 1918–1999
      2. 2. Lawrence (Clifford) CHANDLER 1920–1990
      3. 3. Daphne (Phyllis) CHANDLER 1924–2010 m. Douglas (Otto Heinrich) WIECHERN 1920–1993
  11. 11. William WARD 1877–1952 m. Selina (Emma) DRUMMOND 1878–1948
    1. 1. Maurice WARD 1919–1995
    2. 2. Norma (Melda) WARD 1915–1987 m. Robert (Percival) HUGHES 1904–1990
      1. 1. Robert (Alan) HUGHES 1939–1985
    3. 3. Lorna (Sylvia) WARD 1912–1980
    4. 4. Frank WARD 1909–1969 m. Joyce WILLACY 1924–1994
    5. 5. Stanley (Travice) WARD 1907–1975
    6. 6. James (Allen Maurice) WARD 1917–1997
  12. 12. Unknown WARD 1866–1866
  13. 13. Thomas (John) WARD 1874–1950 m. Susan WADSWORTH 1872–1964 m. Eliza LONGSHAW 1875–1931
    1. 1. Frederick (William) WARD 1915–1990
    2. 2. Kenneth (Albert) WARD 1912–1931
    3. 3. Henry (Walter) WARD 1913–1975 m. Eveline (Muriel Ellen) JACOBSON 1902–1993
    4. 4. Harold (Frederick (Fred) William) WARD 1900–1955
    5. 5. Catherine (Edith) WARD 1903–1903
    6. 6. John (James) WARD 1910–1915
    7. 7. Richard (Allan Saunders) WARD 1906–1986 m. Dorothy (Ethel) CONNOR 1907–1975
    8. 8. Thomas ((Tom) John) WARD 1908–1986 m. Esther (Catherine) BAIRD 1904–1975 m. Laurel (Alison Agnes (Pat)) KEMP 1912–1986 m. Laura (Myrtle (Myrtle)) WHITE 1906–1944
      1. 1. John (Philip) WARD 1931–2022 m. Raewyn (Violet) BENNETT 1933–2006
      2. 2. June WARD 1932–2014 m. William (Edward (Ted) Lear LE) NOEL 1935–1985
      3. 3. Keith WARD 1934–2022 m. Valerie (Phyllis) ANDERSON 1934–2023
      4. 4. Merlene (Anne) WARD 1938–2009
      5. 5. Barry WARD 1935–1969 m. Nancy (Winifred) PILGRIM 1920–2000
      6. 6. Barbara WARD 1934–1940
      7. 7. Myrtle (Dawn) WARD 1940–2024 m. Robert (Llewellyn) FORD 1938–2000 m. Kenneth (Edward) JOHNS 1936–2022

Richard WARD's Timeline

13 Records

1842
23 MAY 1842
Birth of Richard Allen Saunders WARD in St Mary's, Surrey, England
St Mary's, Surrey, England
1843
24 MAY 1843
Age 1
Richard Allen Saunders WARD was baptized in Plymouth, Charles the Martyr, Devon, England
Plymouth, Charles the Martyr, Devon, England
1851
1851
Age 9
Richard Allen Saunders WARD resided here in Plymouth Charles the Martyr, Devon, England
Plymouth Charles the Martyr, Devon, England
1861
1861
Age 19
Richard Allen Saunders WARD resided here in Charles, Devon, England
Charles, Devon, England
1871
1871
Age 29
Richard Allen Saunders WARD appeared in census in Mildmay Street, Islington, London-Middlesex, England
Mildmay Street, Islington, London-Middlesex, England
1871
1871
Age 29
Richard Allen Saunders WARD resided here in St Paul, London, Surrey, England
St Paul, London, Surrey, England
1874
8 NOV 1874
Age 32
Richard Allen Saunders WARD immigrated in Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
1880
BET 1880 AND 1881
Age 38
Richard Allen Saunders WARD resided here in Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
1882
1882
Age 40
Richard Allen Saunders WARD resided here in New Zealand
New Zealand
1885
BET 1885 AND 1886
Age 43
Richard Allen Saunders WARD resided here in New Zealand
New Zealand
1913
1913
Age 71
Richard Allen Saunders WARD resided here in Nelson, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
Nelson, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
1934
24 SEP 1934
Age 92
Burial of Richard Allen Saunders WARD in Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
1934
21 SEP 1934
Age 92
Death of Richard Allen Saunders WARD in Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 MAY 1842
    Event Place: St Mary's, Surrey, England
    Record Source:
    [1] 1871 England Census, The National Archives; Kew, London, Surrey, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 293; Folio: 52; Page: 34; GSU roll: 824925
    [2] 1861 England Census, Class: Rg 9; Piece: 1435; Folio: 92; Page: 6; GSU roll: 542812
    [3] 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1878; Folio: 92; Page: 26; GSU roll: 221026
    [4] England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
    [5] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
    [6] New Zealand, Cemetery Records, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records
    [7] England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, Library and Museum of Freemasonry; London, Surrey, England; Freemasonry Membership Registers; Description: Membership Registers: Colonial and Foreign C 646-8900 to Colonial and Foreign D 801-1041; Reel Number: 24
    [8] New Zealand, CIVIL Registration Death Index, Department of Internal Affairs; New Zealand; New Zealand, Civil Registration Death Index, 1840-2021

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 24 MAY 1843
    Event Place: Plymouth, Charles the Martyr, Devon, England
    Record Source: Devon, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, Indexes created from Anglican Parish Registers held at South West Heritage Trust; Taunton, Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Plymouth Charles the Martyr, Devon, England
    Record Source: 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1878; Folio: 92; Page: 26; GSU roll: 221026

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Mildmay Street, Islington, London-Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Immigration
    Event Date: 8 NOV 1874
    Event Place: Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 24 SEP 1934
    Event Place: Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
    [2] New Zealand, Cemetery Records, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 SEP 1934
    Event Place: Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966, New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966
    [2] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
    [3] New Zealand, Cemetery Records, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records
    [4] New Zealand, CIVIL Registration Death Index, Department of Internal Affairs; New Zealand; New Zealand, Civil Registration Death Index, 1840-2021

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Charles, Devon, England
    Record Source: 1861 England Census, Class: Rg 9; Piece: 1435; Folio: 92; Page: 6; GSU roll: 542812

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: St Paul, London, Surrey, England
    Record Source: 1871 England Census, The National Archives; Kew, London, Surrey, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 293; Folio: 52; Page: 34; GSU roll: 824925

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: BET 1880 AND 1881
    Event Place: Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1882
    Event Place: New Zealand
    Record Source: New Zealand, Return of the Freeholders, 1882, New Zealand Society of Genealogists; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand, Return of the Freeholders, 1882

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: BET 1885 AND 1886
    Event Place: New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1913
    Event Place: Nelson, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
    Record Source: New Zealand, City & Area Directories, BAB Microfilming; Auckland, New Zealand; Collection Title: New Zealand City & Area Directories, 1866-1955; Directory: Wise´s New Zealand Post Office Directory
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