Moses Hamilton Ford

Brief Life History of Moses Hamilton

Moses Hamilton Ford was born in 1850, in Down, County Offaly, Ireland. He married Mary Elizabeth Johnson on 10 May 1876, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 1 March 1921, in Carleton, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

Moses Hamilton Ford
1850–1921
Mary Elizabeth Johnson
1855–
Marriage: 10 May 1876
Laura E Ford
1876–1919
Grace May Ford
1880–1963
Arthur George Ford
1882–1961

Sources (1)

  • Moses Ford in entry for Arthur George Ford, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (5)

1867 · Ontario Founded

On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.

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1883 · Mining Boom

In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.

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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