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Sara Ward 1814 – 1854 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1814

Birth Location: Leicestershire, England

Death Date: 15 SEP 1854

Death Location: Papanui, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Father: William Ward

Mother: * Gibson

Spouse(s): William Stokes

Children(s): Robert Stokes

Sara Ward was born in 1814 in Leicestershire, England, the child of William Alfred Ward and * Catharine Gibson. Sara Ward married William Stokes, and had children including Robert William Stokes. Sara Ward passed away in 1854 in Papanui, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Sara Ward was born in 1814 in Leicestershire, England, the child of William Alfred Ward and * Catharine Gibson.
  • Sara Ward married William Stokes, and had children including Robert William Stokes.
  • Sara Ward passed away in 1854 in Papanui, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Ward
1777 – 1854
Birth Location: Leadstone, Yorkshire, England
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* Gibson
1789 – 1874
Birth Location: Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire, England
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Spouses(s)

William Stokes
1817 – 1865
Birth Location: West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England
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Children(s)

Robert Stokes
1854 – 1906
Birth Location: Christchurch, Canterbury, Nouvelle-Zélande
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Sara Ward's Ancestors

Self
Sara Ward
1814 – 1854
Birth Place: Leicestershire, England
Parents
William Alfred Ward
1777 – 1854
Leadstone, Yorkshire, England
* (Catharine) Gibson
1789 – 1874
Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire, England
Grandparents
Sarah Cragg
1754 – 1836
Bottesford, Leicestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sara Ward's Descendants

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Sara Ward (ABT 1814 – 15 SEP 1854) m. William Stokes (24 Aug 1817 – 22 February 1865)
  1. 1. Robert (William) Stokes (15 September 1854 – 17 July 1906) m. Mary (Ann*) Fletcher (23 NOV 1869 – 7 NOV 1946)
    1. 1. Thomas (Henry) Stokes (30 Jan 1898 – 28 Jul 1965) m. Elizabeth (Ann) Sanson (14 Apr 1905 – 28 Jan 2002)
      1. 1. Thomas (Henry) Stokes (27 Aug 1926 – 14 Feb 1985)
      2. 2. James (Brian) Stokes (21 Dec 1927 – 28 Apr 2002) m. Syliva (Lily) Clark (1935 – )
        1. 1. Brian (Keith) Stokes (1955 – ) m. Carol Ryden
        2. 2. Kevin (Henry) Stokes (1957 – ) m. Lynette Walker
        3. 3. Lynette (Jean) Stokes (1960 – ) m. Errol (Owen) Wilson
        4. 4. Peter (Maurice) Stokes (1967 – )
        5. 5. Lynette (Jean) Stokes (17 Dec 1960 – 29 Sep 2016)
      3. 3. Dorothy (Eileen) Stokes (28 JAN 1929 – 17 NOV 2002)

Sara Ward's Timeline

2 Records

1814
ABT 1814
Birth of Sara Ward in Leicestershire, England
Leicestershire, England
1854
15 SEP 1854
Age 40
Death of Sara Ward in Papanui, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Papanui, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1814
    Event Place: Leicestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 SEP 1854
    Event Place: Papanui, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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