HI Virginia, Thanks for your reply. I will check both sites. No I do not live in Nova Scotia, I am located in Texas. I wish I did live in Nova Scotia. I am planning a trip in three years. I hope to do a lot of research then. Thanks Alan -----Original Message----- From: Virginia Bergmann [mailto:ginnybergmann@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 9:19 PM To: WARD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: "Increase" WARD - How common? Hi Alan, This is only a very 'sketchy' possibility really. There is no direct connection between Louis (or Lewis) and Increase WARD. This is not really my line either. Mine comes through Increase brother Robert WARD. All I know is what I gave you. I only know that my Increase WARD was born in Newport, Hants County, Nova Scotia and died near Halifax. I do not know the names of the rest of his children except for Thomas which I found on the LDS site. That's also where I found Lewis WARD. http://familysearch.org The person who submitted the data on Increase WARD probably only mentions Thomas because it's his own line. I'm sure there must have been more children. Are you located in Nova Scotia? Have you been to the NS Archives? My website with my WARD line is at: http://capebretonroots.com/ward Virginia >From: "warda" <warda@speakeasy.net> >Reply-To: WARD-L@rootsweb.com >To: WARD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: "Increase" WARD - How common? >Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 20:07:38 -0500 > >HI, > >I just realized that your Louis Ward could be mine. If so I am so excited. >I thought I had hit a road block. My Louis married Elizabeth in 1880 both >events where in Halifax Nova Scotia. Could you send me more info or tell >me >where to look? I have been at this dead end for over five years so this is >something big. > >Thanks > >Alan > >-----Original Message----- >From: Virginia Bergmann [mailto:ginnybergmann@hotmail.com] >Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 11:27 AM >To: WARD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: "Increase" WARD - How common? > > >Hi again, > >I just checked that LDS record for Increase WARD. >He married Abigail MOSHER in 1817 >It shows only one child named Thomas WARD b.1820 Fairview, Halifax d.25 Dec >1887 (but there could have been more) >He married Margaret O'Brign or O'Brien in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia in 1842. >Children: Frederick 1864, Maudeh 1854, John 1855, Catherine Abigail 1862. > >Now it could be that Increase had more than one child and that Thomas had a >brother who had a son Louis. Are you sure of the spelling of Louis? The LDS >site lists a Lewis WARD b/c 1845 in Halifax, NS. who married an Elizabeth >in >1880. > >Virginia > > >From: "warda" <warda@speakeasy.net> > >Reply-To: WARD-L@rootsweb.com > >To: WARD-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: RE: "Increase" WARD - How common? > >Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 19:00:54 -0500 > > > >Hi, I am very corious about your Increase Ward born in Nova Scotia in >1790. > >I have Ward's but I can go no further back than 1850. I have Louis Ward > >born > >Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1850. Do you have any Wards after 1790? > > > >Thanks > >Alan > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Virginia Bergmann [mailto:ginnybergmann@hotmail.com] > >Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 4:43 PM > >To: WARD-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: "Increase" WARD - How common? > > > > > >Hi, > > > >I have in my tree, an ancestor named 'Increase' WARD. > >On the website that lists first families of the Mayflower, I see there is > >also an Increase WARD. Can anyone give any insight as to how common it > >would > >have been to name a child 'Increase'? > >My "Increase WARD" was born in Newport, Nova Scotia in 1790 to Simon WARD > >and Rhoda MOSHER. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Virginia (Ward) Bergmann > > > >Researching Hants County surnames: > > > >WARD, MOSHER, CALDWELL, LOWTHERS, BERRY > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > > > > > > > > > >Virginia (Ward) Bergmann > >Researching Hants County surnames: > >WARD, MOSHER, CALDWELL, LOWTHERS, BERRY > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com > > Virginia (Ward) Bergmann Researching Hants County surnames: WARD, MOSHER, CALDWELL, LOWTHERS, BERRY _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com