Brief Life History of Eliza
When Eliza Ford was born on 27 April 1841, in Graveley, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Ford Sr, was 34 and her mother, Rebecca Chandler, was 26. She married Nathan Tanner Porter Sr on 13 April 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1854 and lived in Graveley, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 17 September 1912, in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Eliza Ford in household of John Ford, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Eliza Ford, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Marriage/sealing record for Nathan Tanner Porter and Eliza Ford, 13 Apr 1857
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1848
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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John Ford Senior
In the little town of Gravely, Cambridgeshire, England, John Ford Sr., was born on March 8, 1807, the son of Thomas Ford and Sarah Turner Mason. His parents were very poor, and for a long period were …
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