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Helen M Ford 1831 – 1903 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1831

Birth Location: New York

Death Date: 1 Feb 1903

Death Location: Victoria, British Columbia

Father: Gilbert Ford

Mother: Lucy Willey

Spouse(s): Isaiah Sparrow

Children(s): Walter Sparrow, Gertrude Sparrow, Adelaide Sparrow

According to available records, Helen M Ford was born in 1831 in New York, the child of Gilbert Ford and Lucy Willey. Following those early years, Helen M Ford married Isaiah M Sparrow, and their family grew to include Walter G Sparrow, Gertrude Louisa Sparrow and Adelaide E Sparrow. In the later years of life, Helen M Ford died in 1903 in Victoria, British Columbia.

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Parents

Gilbert Ford
1789 – 1872
Birth Location: Salisbury, Herkimer, New York
GF
Lucy Willey
1795 – 1872
Birth Location: New York
LW

Spouses(s)

Isaiah Sparrow
1823 – 1904
Birth Location: Canada
IS

Children(s)

Walter Sparrow
1856 – 1913
Birth Location: Ontario, Canada
WS
Gertrude Sparrow
1865 – 1947
Birth Location: British Columbia, Canada
GS
Adelaide Sparrow
1867 –
Birth Location: British Columbia, Canada
AS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1831
    Event Place: New York
    Record Source: 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, 1861 Census of Canada, 1870 United States Federal Census, 1880 United States Federal Census, British Columbia Death Index: 1872 to 1979, Year: 1880; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: 1083; Family History Film: 1255083; Page: 286A; Enumeration District: 97; Image: 0156., Year: 1870; Census Place: East Salem, Marion, Oregon; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1852
    Event Place: Seymore, Northumberland County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
    Record Source: 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1861
    Event Place: Northumberland, Canada West, Canada
    Record Source: 1861 Census of Canada

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: East Salem, Marion, Oregon
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: East Salem, Marion, Oregon; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: 1083; Family History Film: 1255083; Page: 286A; Enumeration District: 97; Image: 0156.

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1 Feb 1903
    Event Place: Victoria, British Columbia
    Record Source: British Columbia Death Index: 1872 to 1979

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