Ira Leroy Ford

Brief Life History of Ira Leroy

When Ira Leroy Ford was born on 19 July 1891, in Missouri, United States, his father, William Elsworth Ford, was 25 and his mother, Lenora Birchell, was 23. He married Kathryn Clark in June 1915. He lived in Detroit Ward 6, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1921. He died on 9 September 1957, at the age of 66, and was buried in Stephenson, Rock Island, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ira Leroy Ford
1891–1957
Jewel Julia Juell E. Madden
1894–1928
Richard John Barclay
1922–1985

Sources (14)

  • Ira Ford, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Ira Leroy Foard, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • "Ira L." Ford, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1892 · The Chicago Canal

The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.

1897 · Beginnings of Kmart

Detroit was the home of the second dime and nickel stores that S. S. Kresge owned. After two years with John McCrory, his partner, he traded his share in the Memphis store, plus $3,000, for full ownership of the Detroit store and formed the Kresge & Wilson Company with his brother-in-law, Charles J. Wilson. In 1962, the S. S. Kresge Company would rebrand and change their name to Kmart.

1909 · The Ford Building

The Ford Building was one of the first high-rises to use a steel structural support system. It stands at 23 stories in total height and it held the title as tallest building in Detroit from 1908 until 1913.

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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