When Joel Hilliard Ford was born on 4 October 1893, in Lincoln, Talladega, Alabama, United States, his father, Jacob King Ford, was 42 and his mother, Margaret Ann Haynes, was 40. He married Elizabeth Mitchell on 31 August 1919, in Calhoun, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 14 Sulphur Springs, Calhoun, Alabama, United States in 1910 and Election Precinct 11 Seddon, St. Clair, Alabama, United States in 1940. He died on 2 May 1978, in Sylacauga, Talladega, Alabama, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Sulphur Springs, Calhoun, Alabama, 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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