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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Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
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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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