John was born on February 11th, 1918. His godfather was Tom Norris and his godmother was Bridget Farnan. John's father was Patrick Ward and his mother was MaryAnne FARNAN. His maternal grandparents are <Unknown> and <Unknown>. He had eight brothers and two sisters, and also a sibling of unknown gender, named Phil, Tommy, Pat, Frank, Val, Mick, Ben, Joseph, Josie, Maggie and annon. He was the eleventh oldest of the twelve children. He died at the age of 1 on March 5th, 1919.