Surname:
Sarah KateDH:
Benjamin Frederick "
Ben"
Ward {b: 1880, d: 1917)
DW:
Catherine Rose Ward (50) {b: 1880}
-DH:
Neil Edmond Sherman {b: 1878, d: 1927}
DstepS:
Levi Timothy Sherman (31) {b: 1899}
-DW:
Georgina Chloe Sherman (30) {b: 1900}
-DD:
Daphne Juliet Sherman (12) {b: 1918}
-DD:
Lillie Charlotte Sherman (9) {b: 1921}
-DD:
Rosalind Elena Sherman (7) {b: 1923}
-DD/DD:
Gwendolyn Jewel Sherman /
Estelle Victoria Sherman (5) {b: 1925}
-DD:
Adeline Selma Sherman (4) {b: 1926}
DS:
Harry Samuel Ward (30) {b: 1900}
--DW:
Joanne Anita Ward (23) {b: 1907}
-DW:
Sylvia Eileen Ward {b: 1901, d: 1924}
-DS:
Benjamin Frederick Ward II (10) {born 1919}
-DD/DS:
Elizabeth Rose Ward /
David Raymond Ward (8) {b: 1922}
-DS:
Joseph Harold Ward {b: 1924, d: 1924}
-DD:
Ella Christine Ward (2) {b: 1928}
-DD:
Leona Kathryn Ward (1) {b: 1929}
DD:
Rose Catherine Ward (28) {b: 1902}
-DH:
Warren Philip Campbell (29) {b: 1901}
-DS/DS:
Michael Ray Campbell /
Samuel Martin Campbell {b: 1924, d: 1924}
-DD:
Clara Maxime Campbell (5) {b: 1925}
DstepS:
Malcolm Laurence Sherman (28) {b: 1902}
-DW:
Stella Christine Sherman (28) {b: 1902}
-DD:
Carrie Arlene Sherman (6) {b: 1924}
-DS/DS:
Sam Wilard
Sherman /
Eddie Patrick Sherman (4) {b: 1926} {
Eddie: d: 1928}
DstepD:
Adeline Susan "
Addie"
Sherman (27) {b: 1903}
-DH:
Robert Orville "
Bobby"
London (31) {b: 1899}
-DS:
Patrick Alexander London (5) {b: 1925}
-DS/DS:
Nicholas Dean London /
Wesley Morris London (3) {b: 1927}
-DD:
Jeanette Mae London (nb) {1930}
DS:
Leo Benjamin Ward (27) {b: 1903} [twin to
Violet]
-DW:
Constance Estelle Ward (26) {b: 1904}
-DS/DD:
Joshua Asa Ward /
Bridget Eldora
Ward (4) {b: 1926}
-DD:
Geneva Harriet Ward (1) {b: 1929}
DD:
Violet Lucille Ward (27) {b: 1903}
-DH:
Stephen Morris "
Steve" Gibson (28) {b: 1902}
-DS/DS:
Jacob Nathaniel Gibson /
Matthew Allan Gibson (7) {b: 1923}
ADS:
Jack Francis Ward (26) {b: 1904}
-DW:
Leah Suzanne Ward (26) {b: 1904}]
-DS:
Robert James Ward (3) {b: 1927}
-DS:
John William Ward (2) {b: 1928}
ADS:
Peter Vincent Ward (25) {b: 1905}
-DW:
Mona Jacquelyn Ward (23) {b: 1907}
-DD:
Hope Madelyn Ward (5) {b: 1925}
-DD:
Anne Rosemary Ward (2) {b: 1928}
DD:
Sarah Josephine Ward (24) {b: 1906}
-Dbf:
Elijah Steward "
Eli" Coy (27) {b: 1903}
-DD:
Arden Leonore Coy (nb) {1930}
ADS:
Jesse Woodrow Ward (22) {b: 1908}
-Dgf:
Mary Helen Huston (20) {b: 1910}
DS:
Daniel Thomas Ward (21) {b: 1909}
-Dgf:
Betty Doris Chauncey (21) {b: 1909}
DS:
William Paul "
Will"
Ward (19) {b: 1911}
-Dgf:
Dorothy Margaret Reid (17) {b: 1912}
DD:
Alice Genevieve Ward (17) {b: 1912}
-Dbf:
Ralph Eugene Dempsey (19) {b: 1911}
DD:
Laura June Ward {b: 1916, d: 1924}
DD/DD:
Anna Lillian Sherman /
Ruby Florence Sherman (10) {1920}
>
Neil Sherman,
Catherine's second husband, died in 1927.
He was 49 years old.
Neil died of lung cancer.
Catherine was very upset about his death. She has lost two husband and doesn't want to marry again. Now
Catherine only has
Anna and
Ruby in the house.
>
Anna and
Ruby had their 10th birthday not long ago. The girls were upset about their father's death. They don't know what could of happen to their father.
>
Levi and
Georgina family has grown by three, three more girls.
Levi really wants a boy, but he loves his girls.
He also realizes that they want to be able to have any more children. The
Sherman are get short on money, but
Levi thinks things will turn around. In November of 1925,
Gwendolyn Jewel and
Estelle Victoria were born. One year later in November of 1926,
Adeline was born.
> In 1927,
Harry remarried.
He married
Sylvia's cousin,
Joanne. She is seven years younger than
Harry. The couple had a small wedding, just family (but they do have a large wedding). Ten months after the wedding, the couple had their first child together. They named her
Ella Christine. Then in 1929,
Leona Kathryn was born. Two days after
Leona was born, the stock market crashed.
>
Rose,
Warren and
Clara moved to Chicago after the death of
Michael and
Samuel.
Warren couldn't stand living in the same house after that. They have tried to have children, but
Rose can't. They want to adopt, but with the current market, they are going to wait.
>
Malcolm and
Stella Sherman had twin boys in 1926.
Sam Wilard and
Eddie Patrick were sickly babies. Both boys had a horrible cold, and almost died.
Eddie was the worst.
He went to many doctors in Chicago and St.
Louis.
Eddie had a extremely bad cough. Finally, was
Eddie was a year old, the doctor's diagnosed him.
Eddie had TB.
Malcolm and
Stella were very worried.
Eddie died on December 2, 1928, a week before his 2nd birthday.
>
Addie and
Bobby are going very well.
Bobby is working as a doctor in Chicago now.
He is doing very well. In 1927,
Addie gave birth to twins boys,
Nicholas Dean and
Wesley Morris. Then in 1930, she had
Jeanette Mae.
>
Leo and
Constance family is growing, as well. In 1926, the couple had twins,
Joshua Asa and
Bridget Eldora. Then three years later,
Geneva Harret was born. The family is having some money issues. So they sold their house and bought a new house, with
Violet and her husband
Steve.
Violet and
Steve's twin boys,
Jacob and
Matthew, are 7 years old now. The two family thought it would be good for them to both sell their homes and live together. Now they have a 5 bedroom house in a nice suburb of Chicago.
>
Jack and
Leah also had some children. In 1927, they had
Robert James Ward, then in 1928,
John William Ward was born. The family is getting by.
Jack is working has a high school teacher.
>
Peter and
Mona had a daughter named
Anne Rosemary in 1928.
Peter and
Mona are living with
Mona's widow brother
Ian.
Ian wife died in the birth of their triplets,
Eleanor,
Riley and
Bernadette. All three of the children survived.
Ian needed help raised them and
Mona and
Peter need a place to stay.
Ian is a railrood owner and is very wealthy.
>
Sarah and
Eli wanted to get married, but couldn't afford it. Instead they were going to live apart and wait, but
Sarah got pregnant. In 1930,
Sarah had
Arden Leonore Coy. Now the couple is living together and waiting to marry. The wait will be very longer now that the expend of
Arden is here.
> Four more of the
Ward children are having to same problem as
Sarah and
Eli.
Jesse,
Daniel,
Will and
Alice all want to marry, but can't afford it.
Jesse and his girlfriend
Mary Huston are working at a store in the country.
Daniel and his girlfriend
Betty Chauncey are both still in school.
Betty's father said he would pay for the wedding when they graduate.
Will's girlfriend,
Dorothy Reid is still in highschool.
Dorothy is
Alice's best friend.
Alice's boyfriend is
Ralph Dempsey.
Ralph is
Will's best friend.
**Births:
-
Gwendolyn Jewel Sherman, 1925
-
Estelle Victoria Sherman, 1925
-
Adeline Selma Sherman, 1926
-
Sam Wilard
Sherman, 1926
-
Eddie Patrick Sherman, 1926
-
Joshua Asa Ward, 1926
-
Bridget Eldora
Ward, 1926
-
Nicholas Dean London, 1927
-
Wesley Morris London, 1927
-
Robert James Ward, 1927
-
Ella Christine Ward, 1928
-
John William Ward, 1928
-
Anne Rosemary Ward, 1928
-
Leona Kathryn Ward, 1929
-
Geneva Harriet Ward, 1929
-
Jeanette Mae London, 1930
-
Arden Leonore Coy, 1930
**Marriages:
-
Harry Ward to
Joanne Ward in 1927
**Deaths:
-
Neil Edmond Sherman:
June 30 1878 to October 8 1927 at the age of 49.
-
Eddie Patrick Sherman: December 10 1926 to December 2 1928 at the age of 1 year and 11 months.