[WED]WARD family - Wedmore

[John V Hayward]

Hi Debra

To be negative, there were no WELCH or WALCH baptised in St. Mary's, Wedmore
between 1813 and 1894.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Debra Emmett" <debs_e@hotmail.com>
To: <wedmore@lists.tutton.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 3:48 AM
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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