c. 1710–1769/70
Christ Church Yard, c. 1740
Lee's Lane, Aston Quay, 1740–63
Anglesea Street, c. 1764–69/70
Brother of John Ward (Boydell, Card Index).
Apprentice: Thomas Perry? [Rice suggests the similarities are evident between their instruments].
Rice suggests that Perry may have succeeded Ward at the same address in Anglesea Street since he appears to have moved there about the same time as Ward's death.
[Dates and addresses differ according to sources: Teahan gives Lee's Lane, Astor's Quay c. 1740. Henley gives the dates as 1710 to 1750 but Rice suggests that Perry succeeded Ward when he died in 1769 or 1770, implying that Ward worked until then. Ryan gives Christ Church Yard c. 1740. Boydell (Calendar gives George and his brother John at Anglesea-st or Lee's Lane, Aston's Quay c. 1740 to c. 1764. Boydell (Card Index) gives Anglesea Street in 1710 'too early?', 1750 and 1764 and Lee's Lane, Astor's Quay c. 1740. The Graham papers state that George Ward leased the Astor's Quay property on 15 June 1763.]
Produced
Dublin, National Archives of Ireland, MS Graham M. 3075–89 (M. 3076)
Teahan, John, 'A List of Irish Instrument Makers', The Galpin Society Journal, 16 (May 1963), 28–32 (p. 32)
Hogan, Ita Margaret, Anglo-Irish Music 1780–1830 (Cork: Cork University Press, 1966), p. 108
Henley, William, Universal Dictionary of Violins and Bow Makers (Brighton: Amati, 1973), p. 1215
Ryan, Jane, 'Thomas Perry and His Violins', Irish Times, 18 August 1978, p.8
Boydell, Brian, A Dublin Musical Calendar 1700–1760 (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1988), p. 260
Rice, John Kenneth, 'The Life and Work of Thomas Perry' (unpublished doctoral thesis, St Patrick's College Maynooth, 1993), pp. 27–28, 96
Boydell, Brian, ‘Ward, John’, Dublin Music Trade Card Index <http://dublinmusictrade.ie/card-index>
Last Update: 26-09-2013