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Joseph 'Cooma Joe' WARD (1812 - 1888)
Settler, hawker, grazier, inn keeper, publican
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Eliza WARD (1834 - 1917)
Mary Anne WARD (1836 - 1923)
Joseph WARD (1838 - 1883)
Emma Maria WARD (1840 - 1915)
John WARD (1843 - 1890)
James WARD (1844 - 1929)
William Dudley WARD (1847 - 1909)
Peter WARD (1849 - 1860)
Christina WARD (1852 - 1929)
George Frederick WARD (1855 - 1928)
Margaret Catherine WARD (1857 - 1938)
Paul Joseph WARD (1860 - 1939)
 Joseph 'Cooma Joe' WARD (1812 - 1888)

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Catherine HARTIGAN (1814 - 1891)
 Joseph WARD (1767 - )











Ann UREN (1783 - 1843)











Joseph
Joseph
Joseph Joseph
b. 29 Dec 1812 at Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
m. 15 Apr 1833 Catherine HARTIGAN (1814 - 1891) at Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
d. 02 Oct 1888 at Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia aged 75
Near Relatives of Joseph 'Cooma Joe' WARD (1812 - 1888)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law Dudley HARTIGAN 1775 Co Tipperary, Ireland 1826 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 51
Mother in Law Ann AKERS

Father Joseph WARD 1767
Mother Ann UREN 1783 10 Jul 1843 Rock Flat, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 60

Self Joseph 'Cooma Joe' WARD 29 Dec 1812 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 02 Oct 1888 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 75

Wife Catherine HARTIGAN abt 1814 Airds, New South Wales, Australia 27 Nov 1891 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 77

Daughter Eliza WARD 15 Jan 1834 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 03 Sep 1917 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 83
Daughter Mary Anne WARD 12 Apr 1836 Airds, New South Wales, Australia 22 Dec 1923 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 87
Son Joseph WARD 31 Oct 1838 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 04 Aug 1883 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 44
Daughter Emma Maria WARD 23 Oct 1840 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 15 Jun 1915 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia 74
Son John WARD 10 Feb 1843 Rock Flat, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 26 Apr 1890 Maffra, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 47
Son James WARD 24 Nov 1844 Rock Flat, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 27 Jul 1929 Numeralla, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 84
Son William Dudley WARD 11 May 1847 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 07 Sep 1909 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 62
Son Peter WARD 20 Oct 1849 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1860 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 11
Daughter Christina WARD abt 22 Oct 1852 Bobundarah, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 06 Aug 1929 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia 76
Son George Frederick WARD 06 Feb 1855 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 04 Apr 1928 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia 73
Daughter Margaret Catherine WARD 15 May 1857 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 30 Oct 1938 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 81
Son Paul Joseph WARD 19 Nov 1860 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 13 Jul 1939 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 78

Son in Law John PENDERGAST 09 Feb 1829 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 24 May 1901 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 72
Son in Law David WILLIAMS 21 Aug 1836 Burra, New South Wales, Australia 11 Feb 1908 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 71
Daughter in Law Maria Louisa ECCLESTON abt 10 Nov 1844 Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 24 Jul 1924 Duntroon, ACT, Australia 79
Son in Law William GOODWIN 1828 Co Derry, Ireland 06 Oct 1909 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 81
Daughter in Law Johanna CLIFFORD 1842 Dalgety, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 19 May 1893 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 51
Daughter in Law Maria HARVEY 18 Jan 1852 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 12 Sep 1939 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 87
Daughter in Law Harriett HARVEY 25 Aug 1846 Numeralla, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Son in Law Thomas McDowall HYLAND 05 Jul 1847 Grosses Plain, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 24 Jul 1927 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia 80
Daughter in Law Elizabeth HILL
Son in Law Joseph GROVES 03 Dec 1851 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 03 Feb 1913 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 61
Daughter in Law Elizabeth Maud HALE 1873 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 04 Apr 1926 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 53

Grandson John Jospeh PENDERGAST 08 Aug 1852 Bobundarah, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 04 Jun 1932 Dalgety, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 79
Granddaughter Eliza Catherine PENDERGAST 1854 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1881 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 27
Grandson Thomas Dudley PENDERGAST 1856 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 19 Jul 1929 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 73
Grandson Charles PENDERGAST 1857 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1857 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 0
Granddaughter Mary Ann PENDERGAST 1859 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1933 Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia 74
Grandson James L WILLIAMS 06 May 1858 Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 08 Jan 1935 Ballan, Victoria, Australia 76
Granddaughter Eliza WILLIAMS 1859 Jingera, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Joseph WILLIAMS 1859 Jingera, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson David WILLIAMS 1861 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Mary Ann WILLIAMS 1863 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1934 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 71
Granddaughter Clara WILLIAMS 1865 Jingera, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Henry WILLIAMS 1867 Jingera, New South Wales, Australia 1952 85
Grandson Edward Ernest WILLIAMS 1870 Jingera, New South Wales, Australia 28 Aug 1923 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 53
Grandson Albert WILLIAMS 08 Feb 1872 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1952 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 80
Granddaughter Stella Adeline WILLIAMS 30 Jun 1874 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 26 Mar 1936 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 61
Grandson William Hubert WILLIAMS 1876 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 26 Aug 1901 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 25
Grandson Alfred Dudley WILLIAMS 1878 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Joseph WARD 1864 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1906 42
Grandson James David WARD 1866 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Arthur Joseph WARD 1868 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Mary Ann WARD 1870 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson William Dudley WARD 1873 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Edward WARD 1877 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1938 Young, New South Wales, Australia 61
Granddaughter Elizabeth Ada Isabelle E WARD 1880 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Leslie Harrold WARD 1882 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Edith WARD 04 Sep 1867 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 20 Dec 1946 Numeralla, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 79
Granddaughter Martha Sylvia GROVES 01 Jun 1883 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 22 Oct 1952 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 69
Granddaughter Catherine Elizabeth Maud WARD 1892 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 01 Sep 1905 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 13
Granddaughter Lillian Sarah Jane WARD 1893 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Amelia Anastasia Mary WARD 1895 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Joseph John Paul WARD 1897 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Eliza Emma Cecilia WARD 1899 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson William J WARD 1901 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Edith Florence M "Agnes" WARD abt 1902 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 06 Dec 1928 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 26
Granddaughter Annie Isabel WARD 1904 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Ada Christina Johanna WARD 1907 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Veronica Amy WARD 1910 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia

Niece Emma JORDAN 1826
Niece Louisa TYRIE 1829 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Mary Tenant TYRIE 1831 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Andrew Hartigan TYRIE 1833 Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia 31 Mar 1907 Molonglo, New South Wales, Australia 74

Sister in Law Eliza HARTIGAN 1810 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 13 Aug 1873 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 63
Events in Joseph 'Cooma Joe' WARD (1812 - 1888)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
29 Dec 1812 Joseph 'Cooma Joe' WARD was born Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
15 Apr 1833 20 Married Catherine HARTIGAN (aged 19) Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
15 Jan 1834 21 Birth of daughter Eliza WARD Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 30
12 Apr 1836 23 Birth of daughter Mary Anne WARD Airds, New South Wales, Australia 6
31 Oct 1838 25 Birth of son Joseph WARD Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
23 Oct 1840 27 Birth of daughter Emma Maria WARD Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
10 Feb 1843 30 Birth of son John WARD Rock Flat, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
10 Jul 1843 30 Death of mother Ann UREN (aged 60) Rock Flat, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 6
24 Nov 1844 31 Birth of son James WARD Rock Flat, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
11 May 1847 34 Birth of son William Dudley WARD Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia Carlaminda
20 Oct 1849 36 Birth of son Peter WARD Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia Greenland
abt 22 Oct 1852 39 Birth of daughter Christina WARD Bobundarah, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
06 Feb 1855 42 Birth of son George Frederick WARD Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
15 May 1857 44 Birth of daughter Margaret Catherine WARD Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
1860 48 Death of son Peter WARD (aged 11) Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
19 Nov 1860 47 Birth of son Paul Joseph WARD Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
04 Aug 1883 70 Death of son Joseph WARD (aged 44) Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia Numerella
02 Oct 1888 75 Joseph 'Cooma Joe' WARD died Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Personal Notes:
from monaropioneers.com
Joseph Ward Senior probably had a relationship with Isabella Barnes, and Joseph 'Cooma Joe' Ward was apparently the child of that relationship, and is it presumed Ann Uren raised him."
In 1832 Joseph and Samuel Bowler occupied Wambrook Station. He would drive cattle to Sydney and on the return trip carried supplies for a store owned by himself and his brother-in-law James Kirwan. Joseph and James had a falling out over the fact that Joseph did not want James to bring Eliza (his sister) to the Monaro district at that stage, and they split up the partnership and James opened an inn in Cooma.
In 1839 Joseph brought his family to the Monaro district and moved from Wambrook Station to Bridle Creek Station near Coolringdon. He didn't stay there long and moved to Rock Flat just south of Cooma where he operated an inn. Ann died here in 1843. Joseph had several other hotels including the one presently called "The Australian" in Cooma. A plaque on the wall bears his name and date, 1858.

Joseph was issued a publican's licence for races to be held at Tea Tree Flat on the 20th, 21st and 22nd March 1855, the licence is operative from 6 am till 10 on each day.
On the 15th January 1857, Joseph obtained a licence to slaughter cattle in his stockyard at Cooma on 20 April 1858. Publican's licence granted to Joseph Ward - "The Graziers' Inn" 18 April 1859. Publican's licence granted to Joseph Ward - "The Australian Hotel"; the name had been changed
Source References:
6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001
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