When Elva Jane Ford was born in February 1866, in Marion, Alabama, United States, her father, Elijah Walker Ford, was 49 and her mother, Elvy Purser, was 44. She married James Robert Godsey on 14 April 1898, in Marion, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Hackleburg, Marion, Alabama, United States for about 20 years. She died in Alabama, United States, and was buried in Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Brilliant, Marion, Alabama, United States.
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This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
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Historical Boundaries: 1897: Marion, Alabama, United States
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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