- Samuel Slater McCreary and Johanna Brooks (63 KB)
Samuel Slater McCreary Sept 12, 1812 to July 30, 1892 and Johanna Brooks McCreary July 8, 1819 to January 15, 1899. Great Grandparents of John C. Ward. Samuel Slater was a carpenter. He was commissioned a Captain in the Pennsylvania militia in 1832. They were born in Eria, Pennsylvania and died there.
- William Picard Manguse and Mildred Jane McCreary (57 KB)
William Picard Manguse June 11, 1864 to August 15, 1942 born in Central Square, New York. Mildred Jane McCreary Manguse March 14, 1858 to March 26, 1942 born in Erie, Pennsylvania. Grandparents of John C. Ward. They were both teachers in New York City. They both died in Erie, Pennsylvania. Mildred had an uncle (General David McCreary of the 145th Pennsylvania Volunteers) who survived the battle of Gettesburg. Mildred was about 6 years old when she heard Lincoln's Gettysburg address.
- Harold (Harry) and Julia Daniel Ward (40 KB)
Harold and Julia Daniel Ward had a clothing business in Springfield, Mass. This photo dated about 1923. Harold's siblings were Fred, Emanuel and Marian Ward.
- Frank Berwin Ward and Mildred Marie Manguse (67 KB)
Frank Berwin Ward March 20, 1901 to June 28, 1981 and Mildred Marie Manguse March 30, 1903 to March 31, 1981 both born in New York City and died in St. Petersburg, Florida. Parents of John C. Ward. Frank was General Secretary of the Troy, New York YMCA.
- Emanuel (Manny) and May Ward (43 KB)
Manny and May Ward were in show business. Their home in 1929 was in Cambridge, Mass. Manny worked as a stage and prop manager for 40 years. May, whose real name was Mary,was an all around performer acting, singing, dancing and playing vaious musical instruments. Her father was Lew Dockstader.
- George Alfred Clapp (stage name Lew Dockstader) (64 KB)
Lew Dockstader was on stage from 1874 to 1924 in minstrels and vaudeville. He was the last of the great minstrel producers and stars. He gave Al Jolsen his big break when he hired him into his show in 1906. From 1905-1912, Lew Dockstader cut 3 records for Columbia. He owned a theater on Broadway and was well known and well liked throughout the United States. He is the great grandfather of John Ward.
- Morton Emerson, Julia Emerson and Charles Emerson (51 KB)
Morton Emerson was a step father of May Ward. Julia Emerson (stage name Julia Emmonds) was May Ward's mother. Charles Emerson was brother of Julia Emerson. I do not know Julia's maiden name. She was born in Ireland and died in Washington, DC.
- Julia Emerson (30 KB)
Julia Emerson - born in Ireland, died in Washington, D.C. Mother of May Ward and Great grandmother of John C. Ward. Her stage name was Julia Emmonds. Her fist husband was Simpson. Her last husband was Morton Emerson.
- Maurice Darcy (27 KB)
Maurice Darcy was a Great Uncle of Frank Berwin Ward. He was on Broadway in the 1920,s and was active to the 1940's He produced and directed shows at Princton and at other colleges also. His real last name might have been Sullivan.
- Grace and Lydia Hanson (49 KB)
Grace Hanson's stage name was Mary Marlo. She played Aunt Eller in the Theater Guild production of the play Oklahoma. She was also in 2 movies: The Second Greatest Sex and Count Three and Pray. Lydia was her mother. The Hansons took care of Frank and Charlie Ward when Manny and May Ward were on the vaudeville road.
- May Ward (46 KB)
May Ward, daughter of Julia told her son Charles Earl Ward on her death bed that Lew Dockstader was her real father. She was born in 1880 and died in New York City in 1945.
- Eugene Manguse and his wife Mitilda Pierce Manguse (55 KB)
Eugene Manguse was a "49er" who took a sailing ship down to Panama, walked across and caught a ship on the other side to travel up to San Francisco in 1849. He got enough gold to pay his passage with enough left over to make a ring. His father fought in Neopleon's army. Matilda married two more times after Eugene died. They lived in Central Square, New York. Their son was William Picard Manguse. Eugene had a brother whose name I do not know.
- Joseph Frazer McCreary and Lydia Ann Swan (66 KB)
Joseph Frazer McCreary 1776-1861 and Lydia Ann Swan 1789-1866. Great-Great Grandparents of John C. Ward. Born in Lancaster Country, Pennsylvania and died in Erie, Pennsylvania. Joseph was a carpenter who helped build Oliver Perry's ships on Lake Erie for the War of 1812.
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