Dorothy Virginia (?) WARD
Page last updated 3 December 2024.
Birth: 11 January 1908
Death: 25 July 1908 in Fort Washington, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Burial: Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot C-6
Headstone Text: DOROTHY VIRGINIA / FOSTER DAUGHTER OF / ETHEL AND PRESLEY / WARD / BORN JAN. 11, 1908 / DIED JULY 25, 1908
Adopted Parents: Presley Harrison WARD and Ethel Beatrice WARD (m. ARCHER)
Parents' Children:
The headstone says that 6-month-old Dorothy was a foster child, but her last name is listed as “Ward”. We are not sure if she was adopted by Presley and Ethel, and if so, what her birth surname was.
Gorman was also fostered and/or adopted.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Dorothy is buried in Plot C-6. Also buried in this cemetery are: her father -- Presley; her grandparents -- Samuel and Harriet.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#33211619), FamilySearch website (#GW9X-P25), and family records.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society [Sargent, Jean A. editor]. (1984). Stones and Bones: Cemetery Records of Prince George's County Maryland.
Daughters of the American Revolution Toaping Castle Chapter. (1955).
b. = birth name (if adopted)
m. = maiden name
Death: 25 July 1908 in Fort Washington, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Burial: Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot C-6
Headstone Text: DOROTHY VIRGINIA / FOSTER DAUGHTER OF / ETHEL AND PRESLEY / WARD / BORN JAN. 11, 1908 / DIED JULY 25, 1908
Adopted Parents: Presley Harrison WARD and Ethel Beatrice WARD (m. ARCHER)
Parents' Children:
- Gorman WARD (b. unknown)
- Dorothy Virginia WARD (b. unknown)
The headstone says that 6-month-old Dorothy was a foster child, but her last name is listed as “Ward”. We are not sure if she was adopted by Presley and Ethel, and if so, what her birth surname was.
Gorman was also fostered and/or adopted.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Dorothy is buried in Plot C-6. Also buried in this cemetery are: her father -- Presley; her grandparents -- Samuel and Harriet.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#33211619), FamilySearch website (#GW9X-P25), and family records.
Prince George’s County Genealogical Society [Sargent, Jean A. editor]. (1984). Stones and Bones: Cemetery Records of Prince George's County Maryland.
Daughters of the American Revolution Toaping Castle Chapter. (1955).
b. = birth name (if adopted)
m. = maiden name