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- DNA match with Amy Ward, grandaughter of Raymond Ward. Raymond's daughter Jane Ward provided this transcript of her father's memorirs:
Memoirs of Raymond Ward born
20-11-1928
I was born at Hatton bungalow, Witham Road, Woodhall Spa, Lincs. The third generation of the Ward family in Woodhall. My grandfather was a large farmer at Kirkstead, Woodhall Spa. He was one of the four names on the register when Woodhall and Horncastle were joined by just a cart track. One other name was Johnson the other two I don?t know who they were. My grandfathers house still stands, a lovely house which has been renovated carefully and modernised to a good standard. It stands near Mill Lane at Woodhall painted cream outside and stands almost in what used to be the farm stack yard. In the fields at the back of the farm there are still two cottages where two of the employees lived.
My father was one of five children, three brothers and a sister. My dad worked on the farm until the 1914-1918 war started when he had to join the army along with my uncle Bob who was killed in France in 1916. My father served in France and Germany before returning to Woodhall and then he joined the London North Eastern railway at Woodhall Junction as a porter. He worked there for several years until he made foreman.
My mother came down to work for a German countess in Woodhall as a servant. The family and my mother came from London, when my mother was 18 years old. Where she met and married my father. This point I'm not sure of as when my parents married it was before my dad went to war as Mum had two children a boy and a girl. The boy was my eldest brother George, the little girl died at the age of three and was buried in Lincoln her name was Maggi. I have a photo of her still. At this time my Mum lived in Lincoln at 34 Florence Street. I have been to Lincoln and found the house the family lived in when they were there.....
- Jane Ward has half brothers Pete and David.
Also a brother Vic (not sure if full or half brother).
- Lorraine Shepherd informed me via email that Raymond had 8 children from 2 marriages.
- Jane Ward sent me these memoirs from her father:
I was born at Hatton bungalow, Witham Road, Woodhall Spa, Lincs. The third generation of the Ward family in Woodhall. My grandfather was a large farmer at Kirkstead, Woodhall Spa. He was one of the four names on the register when Woodhall and Horncastle were joined by just a cart track. One other name was Johnson the other two I don?t know who they were. My grandfathers house still stands, a lovely house which has been renovated carefully and modernised to a good standard. It stands near Mill Lane at Woodhall painted cream outside and stands almost in what used to be the farm stack yard. In the fields at the back of the farm there are still two cottages where two of the employees lived.
My father was one of five children, three brothers and a sister. My dad worked on the farm until the 1914-1918 war started when he had to join the army along with my uncle Bob who was killed in France in 1916. My father served in France and Germany before returning to Woodhall and then he joined the London North Eastern railway at Woodhall Junction as a porter. He worked there for several years until he made foreman.
My mother came down to work for a German countess in Woodhall as a servant. The family and my mother came from London, when my mother was 18 years old. Where she met and married my father. This point I?m not sure of as when my parents married it was before my dad went to war as Mum had two children a boy and a girl. The boy was my eldest brother George, the little girl died at the age of three and was buried in Lincoln her name was Maggi. I have a photo of her still. At this time my Mum lived in Lincoln at 34 Florence Street. I have been to Lincoln and found the house the family lived in when they were there.....
There is a bit more but mainly related to my dads own childhood. He does later say that Elsie is older than George so I?m not too sure which children had already been born when his dad went off to war.
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1928 - 2010 (82 years)