William was born in 1866, Canewdon. He worked as a farm labourer and married Ellen Oakley in October 1884, they had five children by the time he was
England census 1881, registration district Rochford, folio 81, page number 7, piece 1771. England and Wales free BMD Index 1837-1915 Q4 1884 page 3
England census 1891, registration district Rochford, Essex, England, town Canewdon, listed as agricultural labourer, piece 1393, folio 70, page no. 11
England and Wales civil registration, marriage index 1837-1915, name William Ward, registration year 1884, Rochford, Essex vol. 4a, page 477.
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