The Ward family.
Photographs, land patents and family trees of the Ward family, arranged by generation, from the oldest to the youngest. Undated pictures keep their place in the family; dates and names are as recorded. 3 photographs · 2 family trees.
The homesteading generation
The men and women who took up land in the valley. From the accounts of Jesse Nicholas Ward & Julia Ann Moon.
View photograph ↗Joseph Welton Ward Sr., later in life
Colorized portrait on his FamilySearch person page (1869–1946); taken late in life.
FamilySearch (uploaded by a relative)
View photograph ↗Photograph from Jesse Nicholas Ward & Julia Ann Moon
Shown on their biography; individuals not captioned.
From: Jesse Nicholas Ward & Julia Ann Moon ↗The second generation
Children of the homesteaders. From the accounts of Elmer Mosiah Ward & Susan Irene Thomas.
View photograph ↗Photograph from Elmer Mosiah Ward & Susan Irene Thomas
"1920" is handwritten across the top of the print (the year they married).
From: Elmer Mosiah Ward & Susan Irene Thomas ↗Family trees
The family-tree charts drawn for the family histories, oldest generation first.
View photograph ↗Family diagram from Jesse Nicholas Ward & Julia Ann Moon
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: Jesse Nicholas Ward & Julia Ann Moon ↗
View photograph ↗Family diagram from Elmer Mosiah Ward & Susan Irene Thomas
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: Elmer Mosiah Ward & Susan Irene Thomas ↗Help put names to these pictures.
Many of these photographs still need names, places and dates. If you know who is in one, open it and choose “Help identify this photograph”. If your family keeps photographs of the valley, the archive would love to see them.