My Wards moved to Ca abt 1934. The James Fletcher Ward family left the Coal Mines of KY abt 1920,when their oldest boys became of the age to work in the mines. They lived in OK untill abt 1934 and picked up there whole family which included 9 children and their wifes and children. The family 1st settled in Brawley Ca and eventually scattered to other areas in Ca. None are burried in Madera, that I know of. This is a partial list of my Ca. Wards, I have been posting most recently my Wards from GA and NC. James Fletcher Ward b. Gilmer Co Ga 1875 d. 1954 Selma Ca, married Lula Victoria Bartlett b.1879 Tunnel Hill Ga. d. 1967 Modesto Ca, buried Selma Ca. 1. Roy Lee Ward b. 1902 Bessmer AL d. 1984 Tulare Ca , buried Selma Ca 2. Dewey Ernest Ward b. Middlesboro KY 1904 m. Ruby Watts 3. Cecil Ray Ward b. 1907 Bonair TN m. Jewell Driskill both buried in Brawley Ca. 4. Lillie May Ward b. 1910 Chattanooga TN m. Enoch Chesley Watts both buried Selma Ca 5. Robert (Bob) Glen Ward b. 1913 Chattanooga TN m. Selma? buried Marysville Ca 6. James Howard Ward b. 1915 Arno-Appalacha Va m. Marie Love both buried in Modesto Ca 7. Marie Bertha Ward b. 1918 Middlesboro KY (Yellow Creek)m. James Lamb 8. Helen Pauline Ward b. 1921 Troy OK m. Sam Curtis 9. Billie Joe Ward b. 1927 Ringling OK m. Grace Smith I have lots of Wards will post more later if anyone interested. Barbara of Ca