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Jimmy
Ward |
Blackburn
Olympic FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 1 L 0 F 1:
A 1
50% successful
1885
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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James
Ward |
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Birth |
Saturday, 6 August 1864 in Blackburn,
Lancashire |
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registered in
Blackburn July-September 1864 no evidence of Thomas as a middle
name. |
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Baptism |
Sunday, 7 August 1864 at St. Alban's Church in Blackburn |
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based on the only correct-aged James Ward, born in Blackburn. |
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According to the 1871 census,
James is the oldest of three children to William and Elizabeth (née
Morris). Like so
many Blackburn residents, his father is employed as a weaver at the cotton
factory. The live at 5 Wall Street in Blackburn. |
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According to the 1881 census,
James is now the oldest of five children. He and his father are both
cotton weavers. They live at 9 Wall Street in Blackburn. |
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Marriage |
to Sarah Louisa Helme, on 25 December 1886, at St. James' Church, Blackburn
James is living at 34 Florence Street in
Blackburn |
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registered in
Blackburn October-December 1886. |
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Children |
Jimmy and Sarah Ward had three children together.
Elizabeth Beatrice, Albert and Frank. |
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(His mother
died in early 1887)
According to the 1891 census,
26 year old James is married to Sarah Louisa, and have three children,
Elizabeth, Albert and Frank, and they live at 59 Goldhey Street in
Blackburn. He is a cotton weaver. |
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According to the 1901 census, James is now an
insurance agent, whereas his wife and children are carrying on in the
cotton weaving trade. They live at 3 Industrial Street in Blackburn. |
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According to the 1911 census,
James is still married to Sarah, and still a cotton weaver, and with
Albert, they live at 8 Eastwood Street in Blackburn. |
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According to the 1921 census,
James is still married, and still a cotton weaver (for Lewis Bros), and with
his daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband, John Charles Kerford,
and their daughter, Mary Dolores, they all live at 54 Emily Street in Blackburn. |
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According to the 1939 register, James is still married
to Sarah L., and still an unemployed cotton weaver, and they still live at 54
Emily Street in Blackburn. |
Death
based on the above |
Monday, 25 August 1941, at 54 Emily Street in Blackburn,
Lancashire |
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aged 77 years 19 days |
registered in
Blackburn July-September 1941. |
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Probate |
"WARD
James of 54 Emily-street
Blackburn died 25
August 1941 Administration
Lancaster 3 April to
Sarah Louisa Ward widow.
Effects £244 11s. 5d."
[2019 equivalent: £12,410]. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Played locally
in Blackburn for the junior sides before joining Little Harwood FC in
1879. He joined Blackburn
Olympic FC in 1881, and then awarded the vice-captaincy in June 1886,
joining Blackburn Rovers FC later in the year - retiring a year
later. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners 1882-83; |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of
three who became the 120th players
(120) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-back |
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Only match |
No. 24, 14
March 1885, England 1 Wales 1, a British Championship match at Leamington Street, Wagtail, Blackburn,
aged 20 years 220 days; |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1884-85 |
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Individual honours |
The
North (one appearance, January 1885) |
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Distinctions |
The third England international player
to die in August 1941, just seventeen days after
Billy Betts, and nineteen days after
Harry Cursham. |
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Beyond England |
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A cotton machine operator,
before becoming a Blackburn licensee. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.259. [Though no evidence can be found of Ward
become a licensee in the Blackburn area]. |
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