Brief Life History of Sula Almeda
When Sula Almeda Ford was born on 16 April 1910, in Ratliff, Rankin, Mississippi, United States, her father, Lawrence Alonzo Ford, was 30 and her mother, Mary Alice Mitchell, was 18. She lived in Beat 3, Lee, Mississippi, United States in 1940 and Mississippi, United States in 2009. She died on 26 September 1979, in Lee, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Tupelo, Lee, Mississippi, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Sula A Ford in household of Mary Alice Ford, "United States Census, 1940"
- Sula Ford, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Sula Ford in entry for Lawrence M Ford, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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World Events (8)
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
1916 · Mississippi State Sanatorium for TB is Established
The Mississippi State Sanatorium is a hospital used for tuberculosis patients. This lasted from 1918 to the 1950s. The Sanatorium has now been turned into a museum.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
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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