Brief Life History of Nina May
When Nina May Ford was born in August 1881, in Albion, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, her father, James Harry Ford, was 34 and her mother, Cynthia A. King, was 33. She married Dr. Heman Emory Grant on 26 October 1907, in Albion, Calhoun, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States for about 10 years. She died on 26 May 1951, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Albion, Calhoun, Michigan, United States.
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- Nina M Ford in household of James H Ford, "United States Census, 1900"
- Nina May Grant, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Nina M. Ford, "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1884 · Largest Island Park in the Nation
Belle Isle Park is a 982-acre island park in the Detroit River between Michigan and Ontario. Belle Isle is the largest city-owned island park in the United States, and it is connected to mainland Detroit by the MacArthur Bridge. It's home to the Belle Isle Aquarium, the Belle Isle Conservatory, the Belle Isle Nature Center, the Detroit Boat Club, the James Scott Memorial Fountain, the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, a municipal golf course, a half-mile swimming beach, and numerous monuments.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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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