Brief Life History of Johnathan
When Johnathan Ford was born on 18 June 1847, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Johnathan Ford, was 46 and his mother, Rachael Robertson, was 41. He died on 21 May 1850, in Utah, United States, at the age of 2.
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- Jonathan Ford, death entry, 21 May 1851, in Luke W. Gallup reminiscences and diary, 1842 May-1891 March, p. 154 (Church History Library)
- Johnathan Ford - Pioneer Overland Travel
- Legacy NFS Source: Johnathan Ford -
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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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