John Ford

Brief Life History of John

When John Ford was born on 27 August 1843, in Graveley, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Ford Sr, was 36 and his mother, Rebecca Chandler, was 28. He married Elizabeth Garn on 4 January 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Graveley, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 21 October 1928, in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Centerville City Cemetery, Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Ford
1843–1928
Elizabeth Garn
1851–1934
Marriage: 4 January 1868
John William Garn Ford
1868–1965
Phillip James Ford
1870–1963
Joseph Nelson Ford
1872–1963
Thomas Ford
1874–1939
Albert Delroy Ford
1877–1961
Esther Lauretta Ford
1879–1969
Mary Elizabeth Ford
1881–1979
Ora Penlington Ford
1899–

Sources (107)

  • John Ford in household of John Ford, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Legacy NFS Source: John Ford Jr - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: John Ford Jr.
  • Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1987

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World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

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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