Phillip Ward
3x Great-grandfather of Colin Manson (ahnentafel #52, MFMFF)
â Sourced record
â¹ Death date added from a recordHis death entry (Tievenanass, 1900) and the probate calendar both give 5 March 1900. He was a widower aged 61, a farmer, who died of influenza and pneumonia. The GEDCOM had only the year 1900.
Born
1839, tievenanass co cavan Ireland
Died
5 March 1900, tievananass co cavan ireland
Parents
Documents
5 records from the research archive. Click an image to view it full size.
Petty Sessions Order Book, July 1873
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Philip Ward of Tievenanass, Co Cavan, in a dispute with his neighbour Catherine Donaghy (entries 456 to 458).
Petty Sessions Order Book, June 1874
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Philip Ward of Tievenanass against Catherine Donaghy again (entry 477).
Petty Sessions Order Book, April 1881
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Entry 40 names Phill Ward of Tievenass as a joint complainant. The match is by name and townland only.
Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1900
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Philip Ward of Cavan, died 5 March 1900. The beneficiary is Bernard Ward, whose relationship is not stated on this page.
Deaths of Margaret Ward (1899) and Philip Ward (1900)
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What the records say
Details read from the certificate images above. Handwriting is transcribed as read, with doubts noted.
Cavan petty sessions, July 1873
Petty Sessions Order Books, CSPS 1/3158 · County of Cavan, order book, entries 456 to 461
Entry 456
Philip Ward of Tievenanass (complainant) against Catherine Donaghy of Tievenanass: on 23 June 1873 she did damage to his fence and injured it, to the amount of 5s (amount hard to read). Witnesses Philip Ward and Thomas Murray. Left to the decision of Luke O'Brien.
Entry 457
Same complainant against Margaret Jane Donaghy of Tievenanass: on 19 June 1873 she stole a quantity of his sticks (the next word is hard to read). Witness Michael McCabe. Left to the decision of Luke O'Brien.
Entry 458
The other way round: Catherine Donaghy of Tievenanass (complainant) against Philip Ward: in June 1873 he damaged her fence to the amount of 1 pound. Witness Catherine Ward. Left to the decision of Luke O'Brien.
Date of order
July 1873, the 5th as far as it can be read
â¹ Where the Wards livedPhilip is given as "of Tievenanass", the same townland (spelled Tievenanass) as in the 1899 and 1900 death entries, so this is almost certainly Philip Ward, husband of Margaret Cusick.
â¹ A neighbours' quarrelThe Wards and the Donaghys of Tievenanass were taking each other to court over fences, sticks and turf. Entries 456 and 458 were referred to Luke O'Brien rather than decided by the justices. The page does not say how it ended.
â Who is Catherine Ward?Catherine Ward is a witness for Catherine Donaghy in entry 458, so she may be a relative of Philip (a sister or sister-in-law?) who sided with the neighbour. Philip's wife was Margaret, so she is not his wife. Her relationship is not known and she has not been added to the tree.
â¹ Reading the handwritingTranscribed from a photograph of the order book. The amounts and a few words are hard to read.
Cavan petty sessions, June 1874
Petty Sessions Order Books, CSPS 1/3159 · County of Cavan, order book, entry 477
Entry 477
Philip Ward of Tievenanass (complainant) against Catherine Donaghy of Tievenanass: on 29 May 1874 she unlawfully and maliciously injured his turf and crop by stopping up the water of a river or stream (the word is hard to read). The value of the injury is under 5 pounds. Witness Philip Ward.
Outcome
Dealt with by consent, apparently referred to a named magistrate (the wording is hard to read).
Date
Sitting of about 6 June 1874
â¹ The same dispute, a year onThis continues the quarrel with Catherine Donaghy in the July 1873 order book. It shows Philip farming turf and crops at Tievenanass in 1874.
â¹ Reading the handwritingTranscribed from a photograph of the order book. The other entries on the page (Brady, Lindsay, Sherwood) are unrelated cases.
Cavan petty sessions, April 1881
Petty Sessions Order Books, CSPS 1/10220 · County of Cavan, order book, entry 40
Entry 40
Hugh Lynch and Phill Ward of Tievenass (complainants) against Phill Sheridan of Tulatalwood (place name hard to read): refusing to pay 14s 6d, the balance of the price of goods sold in October 1880 (the goods are hard to read). Outcome entered as a short word that is hard to read.
Date of order
30 April 1881
â Matched by name and placePhill Ward of Tievenass is probably the same man as Philip Ward of Tievenanass, but the page gives nothing else to prove it. He would have been about 42.
â¹ A possible link to the Lynch familyPhilip's wife Margaret Cusick had a mother named Biddy Lynch, so Hugh Lynch may be a relative. That is a guess, not a finding.
Philip Ward's probate entry, 1900
National Archives of Ireland, Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1858-1922 · Search result: one result
Name of deceased
Philip Ward
Name of beneficiary
Bernard Ward
Date of death
5 March 1900
County of death
Cavan
â¹ Death date confirmed5 March 1900 matches the death entry. The GEDCOM only had the year 1900, so the tree now shows the full date.
â Who is Bernard Ward?The search result names Bernard Ward as the beneficiary but not his relationship to Philip. He is probably a son (Philip's son-in-law Mr Feeney is the other possibility), but this is not stated. The full calendar entry, which gives the executor's relationship and address, would say.
Deaths of Margaret Ward and Philip Ward, Tievenanass
Cavan civil death register extracts · Tievenanass, Co Cavan; registrar John Carman (as far as the signature can be read)
Margaret Ward
Died 21 October 1899, female, married, aged 56, farmer's wife. Cause: malignant disease of the stomach, three years, uncertified. Informant: Maggie Feeney, daughter, present at the death. Registered 26 October 1899.
Philip Ward
Died 5 March 1900 at Tievenanass, male, widower, aged 61, farmer. Cause: influenza and pneumonia, twenty days, certified. Informant: Margret Feeney, daughter, present at the death. Registered 13 March 1900.
â Margaret died in October, not December (corrected)The GEDCOM has "Dec 1899" for Margaret Cusick. This entry gives 21 October 1899, registered on the 26th, so the date has been corrected to match. The GEDCOM's "Dec 1899" is kept in the note on her page.
â¹ Philip's ageAged 61 in March 1900 points to a birth in 1838 or 1839, matching the GEDCOM's 1839.
â¹ A daughter not in the treeBoth deaths were reported by their daughter Margaret (Maggie) Feeney, who was with each of them when they died. She has been added as a supplementary person.