Mary "Minnie" Elizabeth Ford

Female21 December 1860–15 March 1918

Brief Life History of Mary "Minnie" Elizabeth

When Mary "Minnie" Elizabeth Ford was born on 21 December 1860, in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, her father, Harvey Smith Ford, was 40 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Bristol, was 40. She died on 15 March 1918, in Connecticut, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Milford Cemetery, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harvey Smith Ford
1820–1882
Mary Elizabeth Bristol
1820–1885
Theron Harvey Ford
1844–1912
Merrit Clark Ford
1847–1930
Frank Harvey Ford
1855–1932
Mary "Minnie" Elizabeth Ford
1860–1918

Sources (3)

  • Mary E Ford in household of Harvey S Ford, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Minnie E Ford in household of Harvey S Ford, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Minnie E Ford in household of Harvey S Ford, "United States Census, 1880"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (4)

World Events (8)

1863

Age 3

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

1868 · Land in Groton Given to US Navy for Navy Station

Age 8

In 1868, the State of Connecticut gave the Navy 112 acres of land along the Thames River. This became the location of the Naval Submarine Base. It was designed to hold 1,400 men and 20 submarines. During WWII it was expanded to 497 acres. 

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

Age 16

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

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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