Samuel Ward (1812 - 1885)

Born 9 Nov 1812 in Thebarton, Suffolk, England

Husband of Esther (Brown) Ward — married 16 Nov 1846 in Saint Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London

Descendants

Died 2 Jun 1885 at age 72 in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Samuel was a builder in and around London. In Victoria from 1856 he worked as a building contractor from his home in Young St, Fitzroy and also served as a Pastor of the particular Baptist denomination. He was Pastor at the Wellington St, Collingwood chapel in the 1860's, then at Mt Zion Baptist Chapel, Henry St, Hawthorn from about 1873 to 1882, when the chapel was physically removed to the south side of Burwood Rd, Auburn, just West of Auburn Rd. Here he continued to minister until his death in 1885. For many years Samual Ward preached once a month at the Zion Particular Baptist chapel (erected 1869) at Newham, near Woodend. Died at 1 Belleview Cottages, Park St, Collingwood Victoria Aged 72^[1] Buried June 4 1885 Boroondara Cemetery, Kew, Victoria (Baptist)^[2]

Emigration Of The Ward Family To Australia Samuel Ward and his family sailed from Liverpool on October 21 1855 aboard The "Sultana", a Royal Mail Ship of 1316 tons (Master - David C. Taylor) which arrived at Melbourne on Saturday January 12 1856 after a voyage of eighty-three days.

The passenger lists record Samuel and Mrs Esther Ward, Samuel's two surviving children from his first marriage (Collingwood 13 and Elizabeth Ann 11) and Samuel and Esther's four children (Esther 7, Samuel 5, Albert 2 and James 3 months)^[3][4]..

Sources

1. ↑ Birth, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria Online Registry. Event: deaths; Registration number 4777 / 1885; Family name: WARD; Given name(s) Samuel; Place of event: C'WOOD, Australia; Mother's name Unknown; Father's Name: Wm. https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208263093/samuel-ward
3. ↑ Immigration: Public Records Office. Unassisted passenger lists (1852-1923) Record Series Number (VPRS): 947. Ship Sultana; Departed Liverpool, England 21 Oct 1855; Arrived Hobson's Bay, Australia 12 Jan 1856. https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/passenger-records-and-immigration/unassisted-passenger-lists

   42 105 JAN ENG 3 B SULTANA 1856 WARD, SAML

   30 105 JAN ENG 3 B SULTANA 1856 WARD, ESTHER MRS

   13 105 JAN ENG 3 B SULTANA 1856 WARD, COLLINGWOOD

   11 105 JAN ENG 3 B SULTANA 1856 WARD, ELIZ ANN

   7 105 JAN ENG 3 B SULTANA 1856 WARD, ESTHER

   5 105 JAN ENG 3 B SULTANA 1856 WARD, SAML

   2 105 JAN ENG 3 B SULTANA 1856 WARD, ALBERT

   I 105 JAN ENG 3 B SULTANA 1856 WARD, JOHN

4. ↑ Ship arrival https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4828171

• The Ward Family

Suffolk, London & Kent England and (From 1856) Victoria, Australia.

• 1st Marriage

England, Middlesex, Westminster, Parish Registers, 1538-1912. Name: Samuel Ward; Event Type: Marriage; Event Date: 04 Sep 1836; Event Place: St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, Middlesex, England; Event Place (Original): St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, Middlesex, England; Gender: Male; Spouse's Name: Margaret Nichols; Spouse's Residence Place: St Martin In The Fields; Spouse's Gender: Female; Affiliate Image Identifier: GBPRS/WSMTN/005108435/00642. "England, Middlesex, Westminster, Parish Registers, 1538-1912", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCCG-GSL : 14 October 2019), Samuel Ward, 1836.

• 2nd Marriage

England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005. Name: Samuel Ward; Event Type: Marriage; Event Place: St. Martin, London, England; Registration District: St. Martin; County: London; Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec; Registration Year: 1846; Volume: 1; Affiliate Line Number: 36; Possible Spouse: Esther Brown. "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26W5-RT9 : 13 December 2014), Samuel Ward, 1846; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1846, quarter 4, vol. 1, p. 145, St. Martin, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.