Addie Jones

Brief Life History of Addie

When Addie Jones was born on 14 March 1854, in Bristol, Ontario, New York, United States, her father, Orlow Jones, was 40 and her mother, Cynthia Pomeroy, was 32. She married John Henry Ford on 4 December 1877, in Milan, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States. She lived in East Bloomfield, Ontario, New York, United States in 1855 and York Township, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States for about 50 years. She died on 6 February 1914, at the age of 59, and was buried in Mooreville, York Township, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States.

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John Henry Ford
1845–1915
Addie Jones
1854–1914
Marriage: 4 December 1877

Sources (9)

  • Addie Ford in household of J Henry Ford, "Michigan State Census, 1894"
  • Addie Jones Ford, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ada Jones in household of John Inman, "United States Census, 1870"

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World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.

English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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