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Virginia Prewett Ward 1895–1970 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Sep 1895

Birth Location: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Death Date: 29 Jun 1970

Death Location: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California

Father: Hart Ward

Mother: Lillian Prewett

Spouse(s): Phillip Hill

Children(s): Warren Hill, Calvin Hill, Malcolm Hill

Virginia Prewett Ward was born in 1895 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, the child of Hart Kerr Ward And Lillian Prewett. Virginia Prewett Ward married Phillip Synger Hill, and had children including Calvin Heywood Hill, Malcolm Ward Hill, Warren Phillip Hill. Virginia Prewett Ward passed away in 1970 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California.

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Biography

  • Virginia Prewett Ward was born in 1895 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, the child of Hart Kerr Ward And Lillian Prewett.
  • Virginia Prewett Ward married Phillip Synger Hill, and had children including Calvin Heywood Hill, Malcolm Ward Hill, Warren Phillip Hill.
  • Virginia Prewett Ward passed away in 1970 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Virginia Ward's Ancestors

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Virginia Ward
1895–1970
Birth Place: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Parents
Hart Kerr Ward
1870–1940
Kerrville, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States of America
Lillian Prewett
1874–
, Yazoo, Mississippi
Grandparents
William (Crowley) Ward
1840–
Virginia Reese
1838–
Virginia
John (Claude) Prewett
1844–1892
Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, USA
Virginia (Laura) Barksdale
1851–1932
Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi, USA
Great-Grandparents
Albert Ward
–1841
Samual Reese
1785–1847
Harrison Barksdale
1815–1862
Laura Read
1820–1886
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jordan Reese
1755–1813
Sally Reese
1755–1823
William Barksdale
1787–1835
Nancy Lester
1789–1825
Maj Read
1791–1843
Hardenia Spencer
1804–1889

Virginia Ward's Descendants

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Virginia (Prewett) Ward (4 Sep 1895–29 Jun 1970) m. Phillip (Synger) Hill (16 September 1895–12 Feb 1970)
  1. 1. Warren (Phillip) Hill 1924–1994 m. Marjorie (Ann) Stevens 1925–
  2. 2. Calvin (Heywood) Hill 1920–1967
  3. 3. Malcolm (Ward) Hill 1922–2003 m. Moselle Atwater 1928–2002

Virginia Ward's Timeline

2 Records

1895
4 Sep 1895
Birth of Virginia Prewett Ward in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
1970
29 Jun 1970
Age 75
Death of Virginia Prewett Ward in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Sep 1895
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Jun 1970
    Event Place: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California

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