When Ruth Ann Ford was born on 8 January 1850, in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States, her father, Ezra Ford, was 33 and her mother, Mary Cross, was 29. She married Eli Redman Meade on 29 August 1871, in Albion, Marshall, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Marshall Township, Marshall, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Johnson, Iowa, United States for about 5 years. She died on 24 July 1929, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Clarendon Hills Cemetery, Darien, DuPage, Illinois, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1853: Marshall, Iowa, United States
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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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