Jim Ward's Ancestors

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WARD, C.T.



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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  WARD, C.T.

    C.T. married HAMLIN, P. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. HAMLIN, C.P.
    2. HAMLIN, E.A.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  WARD, R.B.

    R.B. married ROSKELLEY, R. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  ROSKELLEY, R.
    Children:
    1. WARD, C.A.
    2. 1. WARD, C.T.
    3. WARD, K.A.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  WARD (CAMP), Howard John was born on 29 Dec 1919 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (son of WARD, Benjamin Vessey "Ben" and NESBITT, Evelyn Verena); died on 29 Jan 1996 in Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _ADDR: Abt 1976, 3392 Salsbury Way, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Notes:

    adopted by B.V. WARD; actual father is John L. CAMP

    Died:
    obituary

    Howard married HOUSTON, Ellen on 12 Jul 1944 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Ellen (daughter of HOUSTON, Malcolm and MCCOLL, Jeannie) was born in 1923 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; died in Jul 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  HOUSTON, Ellen was born in 1923 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (daughter of HOUSTON, Malcolm and MCCOLL, Jeannie); died in Jul 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Ellen Ward

    Children:
    1. WARD, D.B.H.
    2. 2. WARD, R.B.
    3. WARD, B.C.

  3. 6.  ROSKELLEY, William Edgar

    William married JOHNS, Dorothea Vince Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  JOHNS, Dorothea Vince Virginia
    Children:
    1. 3. ROSKELLEY, R.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  WARD, Benjamin Vessey "Ben" was born on 14 Jan 1881 in Preston, Lancashire, England (son of WARD, Henry and COCKING, Sarah Ann); died on 03 Apr 1934 in Colonel Belcher Veterans Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

    Notes:

    apprenticed, along with his brothers, as a joiner & cabinetmaker with his father.

    Fought in the battle of Vimy Ridge with the 31st Calgary Battalion, 2nd Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Wounded by machine gun fire on the x April, [wounds to his hand and leg, losing a finger].

    acquired a 1/4 section of land, [ description] through the Veterans Land Act, in the Twining area near his fathers place.

    Family entry into Canada, registered at Calgary, from Deer Park Washington, USA. Stated they entered the US on 1 April 1927, and their son Thomas Henry is shown as having been born there. Thomas Nesbitt [father of Evelyn] & Sam Ward [brother of Ben] shown as next of kin in Canada. Source: Canadian border crossings, Vol. 7, page 42. Ancestry.com.

    had a gold pocket knife (which went on his watch fob) that his son Frank remembers loosing while fishing on the Bow River. Frank later in life replaced the knife and proudly wore his fathers watch & fob.

    Died:
    complications from Diabetes.

    Benjamin married NESBITT, Evelyn Verena on 15 Nov 1923 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and was divorced est 1932. Evelyn (daughter of NESBITT, Thomas Andrew and HOLLEY, Sarah Eliza "Ida") was born on 03 Apr 1901 in Markdale, Ontario, Canada; died on 05 Oct 1987 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; was buried est 10 Oct 1987 in Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  NESBITT, Evelyn Verena was born on 03 Apr 1901 in Markdale, Ontario, Canada (daughter of NESBITT, Thomas Andrew and HOLLEY, Sarah Eliza "Ida"); died on 05 Oct 1987 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; was buried est 10 Oct 1987 in Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Evelyn Verena Adams
    • Name: Evelyn Verena Camp

    Notes:

    Birth:
    personal communication.

    Died:
    attended funeral.

    Buried:
    with husband George B. Smith.

    Children:
    1. 4. WARD (CAMP), Howard John was born on 29 Dec 1919 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; died on 29 Jan 1996 in Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    2. WARD, Walter Lyal was born on 28 Jan 1922 in Nanton, Alberta, Canada; died on 20 Apr 2002 in Nanton, Alberta, Canada.
    3. WARD, Benjamin Franklin "Frank" was born on 20 May 1925 in Twining, Alberta, Canada; died on 11 Jun 2000 in Langley, British Columbia, Canada; was buried about 15 Sep 2000 in Queens Park, sec "L", Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
    4. WARD, Thomas Henry "Tom" or "Harry" was born on 06 Jun 1927 in Deer Park, Washington, USA; died on 9 Jun 2019.
    5. WARD, Edith Evelyn June "June" was born on 19 Dec 1929 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; died on 14 Feb 2015 in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

  3. 10.  HOUSTON, Malcolm

    Malcolm married MCCOLL, Jeannie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  MCCOLL, Jeannie
    Children:
    1. 5. HOUSTON, Ellen was born in 1923 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; died in Jul 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.


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