John Randolph Ford Sr. was born on 1 December 1826, in West Virginia, United States. He married Mary Elizabeth Thurmond on 28 March 1880, in Fayette, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Fayetteville, Fayette, West Virginia, United States in 1900. He died on 8 January 1909, in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 82.
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’.
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