Jewell Aubrey Ford

Brief Life History of Jewell Aubrey

When Jewell Aubrey Ford was born on 4 October 1904, in Texas, United States, her father, Daniel Franklin Ford, was 26 and her mother, Lucy Mahulda Cox, was 17. She married Hobart G. Miner about 1925. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Mountain Township, Polk, Arkansas, United States in 1910 and Justice Precinct 4, Lamar, Texas, United States in 1920. She died on 13 March 1970, in Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States, at the age of 65.

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Family Time Line

Cleave Williams
Jewell Aubrey Ford
1904–1970
Ruth Laynna Williams
1926–2001
Eugene Talmadge Williams
1936–2011

Sources (12)

  • Jewel Ford in household of Daniel Ford, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Jewel Aubrey, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
  • Jewel Ford in entry for Eugene Talmadge Williams and Joyce Jean Harper, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"

World Events (8)

1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building

Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1922 · The First Radio Station WOK Begins Broadcasting

In 1922, Harvey C. Couch Sr. started WOK the first radio station in Arkansas. After a trip to Pittsburgh and the KDKA radio he came up with the idea for Workers of Killowatts (WOK). WOK had no commercials which was nice for the listeners.

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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