Brief Life History of John Thomas
When John Thomas Ford was born on 3 June 1913, in Florida, United States, his father, Gary Green Ford, was 54 and his mother, Annie Sarah Roberts, was 35. He married Lula Pearl Webb on 3 August 1935, in Trenton, Gilchrist, Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Columbia, Columbia, Florida, United States in 1920. He died on 15 February 1989, in Alachua, Florida, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Lake City, Columbia, Florida, United States.
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- John Ford, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Thomas Ford - Memory of Someone: birth-name: John Ford
- J F Ford, "Florida Marriages, 1830-1993"
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1914 · Florida Involvement in World War I
Florida contributed to World War I in several ways. The state's open land and warm climate made for a great military training location. Additional technological and agricultural developments took place in Florida as well. Roughly 42,030 Floridians joined the troops during 1917 and 1918.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a ford (Middle English, Old English ford), or a habitational name from one of the many places called with this word, such as Ford (Durham, Herefordshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, Sussex), Ford in Sefton (Lancashire), Ford in Crediton and Ford in Holcombe Rogus (both Devon), Ford in Litton and Ford in Wiveliscombe (both Somerset).
Irish: Anglicized form (quasi-translation) of various Gaelic names, for example MacGiolla na Naomh ‘son of Gilla na Naomh’ (a personal name meaning ‘servant of the saints’), Mac Conshámha ‘son of Conshnámha’ (a personal name composed of the elements con ‘dog’ + snámh ‘to swim’), in all of which the final syllable was wrongly thought to be áth ‘ford’, and Ó Fuar(th)áin (see Foran ).
Americanized form of French Faure ‘blacksmith’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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