George William Ward
1824 Born in Great Yarmouth
1851 Master's certificate issued at Greenock after 12 years service in the British Merchant Service
1855 Master's certificate of competency issued at London
1861 George W Ward 37, master mariner, lived in Great Yarmouth, with Ann Ward 36, Elizabeth A P Ward 9, Margaret A Ward 3[1]
1871 Geo Wm Ward 47, master mariner, lived in Great Yarmouth, with Ann Ward 46, Nathaniel W Ward 4[2]
1881 George W. Ward 57, Steamship Owner & Nautical Assessor, lived in Elswick, with Ann Ward 56, and his niece Margaret Darnell 25[3]
1885 Left the business partnership with his son in law Albert Charles Augustus Holzapfel in Newcastle.
1891 Ann Ward was a widow, living with her son in law Albert Holzapfel in Croydon[4]