Elizabeth Garn

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Garn was born on 19 April 1851, in Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio, United States, her father, Phillip James GARN Sr., was 31 and her mother, Mary Magdalene Fought, was 30. She married John Ford 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. She lived in Centerville Election Precinct, Davis, Utah, United States in 1900 and Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 20 June 1934, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, 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 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 (74)

  • Elizabeth Carn in household of Mary M Carn, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Garn - Individual or family possessions: birth: 19 April 1851; Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio, United States
  • Elizabeth Garn Ford, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1863

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

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (western): from a lost place called Garn in Westbury on Severn (Gloucestershire).

English: perhaps a shortened form of the Old French personal name Geron, the oblique case form of Garo, a pet form of ancient Germanic names in Ger- (see Gerald , Gerard , Garbutt ). A shortened form Gern would have given rise to a variant pronunciation Garn in late Middle English.

English: perhaps a shortened form of Garron .

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

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Elizabeth Garn Ford

Written by daughter, Mary F. Parrish in 1938. (retyped by Nancy Noyes Farrow in 2014 - My mom, Elizabeth Clark, was the granddaughter of Elizabeth Garn and named after her and lived in the Clark home …

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