Researching Ebenezer Ward
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 65423 people with the Ward surname? In that year Ward was ranked number 36 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Ebenezer Ward on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ebenezer Ward and the Ward Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 90824 people with the Ward surname in the UK? Ward is now ranked number 33 for popularity in the UK. |
Ward Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 328131 people with the Ward surname in the USA? Ward is ranked number 57 for popularity in the USA. |
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Ebenezer Ward
Ebenezer Ward (4 September 1837 – 8 October 1917) was an Australian politician and journalist. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1870 to 1880 and from 1881 to 1890, representing Gumeracha (1870–1880), Burra (1881–1884) and Frome (1884–1890). In 1890 he switched to the South Australian Legislative Council, where he represented Northern District until 1900. He was Minister for Agriculture and Education under James Boucaut from 1875 to 1876 and under John Colton from 1876 to 1877.
As a journalist, Ward variously worked for the Morning Post in England, the Melbourne Herald, Bell's Life in Victoria and Sporting Chronicle, and the Daily Telegraph in Adelaide, where he served a stint as editor. He subsequently established a series of regional newspapers: Southern Argus in Port Elliot, the City and Country, the Northern Argus in Clare, a newspaper at Gumeracha, and The Farmers' Messenger.
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