George Castleberry Ford

Brief Life History of George Castleberry

When George Castleberry Ford was born on 7 October 1888, in Alabama, United States, his father, Jacob King Ford, was 37 and his mother, Margaret Ann Haynes, was 35. He married Myrtle Neighbors on 5 May 1970, in Red River Land District, Texas, United States. He lived in Lamar, Texas, United States in 1920 and Justice Precinct 4, Lamar, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 1 April 1976, in Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Blossom, Lamar, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Castleberry Ford
1888–1976
Mary Slusher
1894–1966
Eva Ford
1917–2005
Infant Ford
1919–1919
Burnard Ford
1921–2006
Curtis Ford
1925–
Edith Ford
1929–2002

Sources (18)

  • George C Ford, "United States Census, 1940"
  • George C Ford, "Texas Marriages, 1966-2010"
  • George Castleberry Ford, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company

Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

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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