WARD, Simon
1820 - 1912 (92 years)-
Name WARD, Simon Birth 12 Mar 1820 Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada 
Gender Male Census 1861 Kempt, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada - Listed a 5 males and 2 females, which matches exactly.
Census 1881 Kempt, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada Census 1891 Kempt, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada Emigration 25 Oct 1900 Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States [1] Census 1910 Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States [2] Death 10 Jun 1912 Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States [3] Person ID I457 Ward and Related Families of Nova Scotia and North Yorkshire Last Modified 27 Mar 2023
Father WARD, Robert, b. 1786, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 24 Dec 1835, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 49 years) Mother MOSHER, Emetine (Amy), b. 1792, Mosherville, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 18 Aug 1870, Avondale, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 78 years) Marriage 15 Nov 1810 Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada Family ID F105 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family ROLFE, Rachel, b. 26 Jul 1829, Cambridge, Kempt, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 3 Feb 1903, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States (Age 73 years) Marriage 3 Mar 1849 Cambridge, Kempt, Nova Scotia, Canada [4] Census (fam) 1871 Kempt, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada Children 1. WARD, Robert, b. 1852, Kempt, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown2. WARD, Leonard Dunbar, b. 8 Jul 1853, Kempt, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 19 Jul 1936, Maine, United States (Age 83 years)3. WARD, William, b. 1856, Kempt, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown4. WARD, John, b. 1858, Kempt, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown5. WARD, Annie, b. 1860, Walton, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown6. WARD, Maria J., b. 1862, Pembroke, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown7. WARD, Jane, b. Abt 1862, Kempt, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown8. WARD, Eugene Irving, b. 3 Feb 1866, Pembroke, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 12 Sep 1941, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States (Age 75 years)9. WARD, Mary Ella Augonetta, b. 13 Apr 1869, Cambridge, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 11 Aug 1940, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States (Age 71 years)10. WARD, Harold I., b. Abt 1875, Kempt, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F125 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Oct 2025
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Simon and Rachel Ward
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Notes - 1871 census, living in Kempt, NS wife Rachel
1881 census, makes him born in 1814 - carpenter
1891 census, living in Cambridge, Hants County, NS ship's carpenter
Simon's grandfather Simon Ward's will says: "First I give unto my son Robert Ward the use of the following Lots of Land during his natural Life and at his death to his son Simon Ward and to his heirs and assigns for ever viz. one Lot of upland containing thirty acres being a part of Lot number fifteen bounded southerly on the new road Landing to ___ easterly on Land of John Ward north of the river West on __Land of Felix Cochran and twenty eight and one half acres being apart of Lot number fourteen and bounded southerly on Land of the Late James Smith easterly and northerly on Land of John Ward and west on Land of Felix Cochrane and it is my will that Simon Ward do pay unto Henry the son of my daughter Susana Blois ten pounds when he arrives at the age of twenty one..."
Simon, son of Robert, inherits the above land at Robert's death. Then, in 1841, he sells the land to James Fox Cochrane.
- 1871 census, living in Kempt, NS wife Rachel
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