Brief Life History of Irvin M.
Irvin M. Ford was born on 9 April 1870, in Windham, Connecticut, United States as the son of Anna R. He lived in Windham Center, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States in 1950 and Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States in 1953. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 9 August 1953, in Windham, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Willimantic, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
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- Irving M Ford, "United States 1950 Census"
- Irvin Ford, "Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001"
- Irvin M Ford, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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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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