[WED]WARD family - Wedmore

[Tim Curtin]

Hi Debra,

Where in NZ did Isaac and and Charles work on first arrival - maybe there
was something similar to the Wedmore settlement in Dyersville in Iowa USA,
especially as Sampson Kempthorn could well have been related to Rev
Kempthorn Vicar of Wedmore!

Tim (married to a Kiwi)


----- Original Message -----
From: Debra Emmett <debs_e@hotmail.com>
To: <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 2:48 PM
Subject: [WED]WARD family - Wedmore


> 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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