Brief Life History of Shirley Lesley
When Shirley Lesley Ford was born on 25 August 1928, in Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia, her father, Leslie Ernest Hector Ford, was 39 and her mother, Ella Clarice Martina McColough, was 28. She died on 6 November 2011, in Woodend, Victoria, Australia, at the age of 83.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Shirley Lesley Ford Anderson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
- Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current
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World Events (8)
1939
Australia joins Britain in declaration of war on Germany.
1940
Australia declares war on Italy.
1950
Australian troops sent to Korea.
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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