[WED]WARD family - Wedmore

[Debra Emmett]

Hello all,

I'm a new member of this list and thought I should introduce myself and my 
family interests in Wedmore.

My family ties to this area come from my 5x great grandparents Stephen WARD 
and Sarah Mary WELCH who lived in Wedmore in the 1800's. They had four 
children, including two sons, Isaac and Charles, who both married local 
girls before emigrating to New Zealand and starting the next generation of 
Wards down here.

The information that I have so far is:

Stephen WARD - born circa 1791, Wedmore, married Sarah Mary WELCH - born 
circa 1780, Evercreetch? Stephen and Sarah married on the 27th March 1815 in 
Wedmore, Somerset.

They had four children, Isaac (c. 29 Feb 1816), Charles (b. 2 June 1824), 
Charlotte (birth unknown) and Winifred who died aged 2 months.

Isaac married Eve EVANS of Cheddar on 29th May 1839, living there for 
several years before sailing to New Zealand in 1842. He worked for Mr 
Sampson Kempthorne of Somerset for the first seven years to pay for their 
passage over to NZ.

Charles married Anna Sarah ROGERS in Wedmore on 28th May 1845 and they lived 
in the area until they too emigrated to New Zealand in 1853.

In the 1851 Census, I found Stephen and Sarah with the following details 
(Part of the Parish of Wedmore, Coombe Batch, Mill Lane, Flood Street 5 
Wedmore, WARD Stephen 60 Ag. Lab Pauper Wedmore, Som. Sarah 68 Evercreetch) 
but no mention of Charles and his wife Anna.

The only other information that I have is that Sarah Mary WARD (nee WELCH) 
died in Wedmore on the 17th April 1853.

I would dearly love to hear from anyone else who may be interested in these 
families or who might have some information that could shed light on them 
for me. Living in New Zealand, I unfortunately don't have access to many of 
the information sources available in England so my search is a little bit 
slower, but it would be nice to find anyone else with ties to this family or 
to the Mr Kempthorne who funded Isaac and Eve's passage to NZ.

Many thanks,

Debra Emmett
Hamilton, New Zealand
Email: debs_e@hotmail.com

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