Ada Ward (Nee McCarthy)

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1891 RG12 Piece 861 Folio 106
2 Spearings Court Portsea
James Dwyer 54 Widow Bricklayer's labourer Tipperary Ireland
Margaret Mc Carthy 48 Housekeeper Limerick
Ernest C Mc Carthy 13 boarder Housekeepers son Portsea, Hampshire,
William Ward 47 Married Visitor Discharged soldier Newcastle Northumberland
Mary A Ward 30 Married Visitor Born at Sea British subject
William Ward 10 Visitor Portsea
Edith Ward 1 Visitor Portsea
Percy H Ward 7 Poplar Middlesex
Kathleen M H Ward 5 Poplar Middlesex
Margaret H Ward 2 Visitor Portsea Hampshire
Sydney A H Ward 1 Visitor Portsea Hampshire

Birth registrations for first and last children Ward to confirm that Mary A Ward is nee McCarthy. Findmypast have birth records I think for born at sea or overseas. So Mary A McCarthy had Ada when she was 18 years old.

WARD, WILLIAM mmn MCCARTHY
GRO Reference: 1880 Sept Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND Vol 2B Page 490
WARD, SYDNEY ARTHUR HAMMOND Mother's maiden name MCCARTHY
GRO Reference: 1890 March Quarter in ALVERSTOKE Vol 2B Page 560

Note _ Mary A nee McCarthy is not the daughter born at sea to John McCarthy and Mary of Yorkshire as she is still with them in the 1891 census

Christina

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Hi All,
My Grandmother I was told was born 1878 in Portsmouth, father unknown. Her mother then married a soldier on his way to India, it is possible that she went with him and Ada was left at Nazareth House in Portsmouth. At some point we believe she may have married John Thomas Woodward from Southwell Notts. but living in Peckham around 1894 when she would have been 16 yrs. old.
Any info on these people would begreatly appreciated.
Geordielad70

Hello. I may have stumbled upon some info for you. I was looking up something else, which brought me here. (And I'm not very proficient on the computer so please excuse this if it is not helpful). There was a passenger on this ship named Ada Ward and she was noted as a "Miss". I don't know if maybe it was your grandmother leaving the African cape due to the war where her step-father was involved, since he was a soldier. I thought maybe you'd want to check it out. Ada is mentioned at the bottom of the second paragraph:
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5917193
Maybe the names and dates don't add up but I thought I'd pass it along anyway. Best wishes.