Ethel Florence Ford

Brief Life History of Ethel Florence

When Ethel Florence Ford was born on 16 November 1907, in Lodi, Marion, Texas, United States, her father, Spencer Thigpen Ford, was 47 and her mother, Florence Augusta Chandler, was 45. She married Fred Ray Carpenter on 3 December 1931, in College Station, Brazos, Texas, United States. She lived in Marshall, Harrison, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 1, Tarrant, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 30 April 1956, in Kerrville, Kerr, Texas, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Fred Ray Carpenter
1905–1991
Ethel Florence Ford
1907–1956
Marriage: 3 December 1931

Sources (8)

  • Ethel Carpenter, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Ethel Ford - birth-name: Ethel Ford
  • Ethel Ford Carpenter, „Texas Deaths, 1890-1976“

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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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