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Joseph Henry Ford 1879 – 1914 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Jan 1879

Birth Location: Paton, Greene, Iowa

Death Date: 14 Mar 1914

Death Location: Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado

Father: Henry Ford

Mother: Mary Westlake

Spouse(s): Mary Ash

Children(s): Fred Ford, Bernice Ford, Louis Ford, Lola Ford

In 1879, Joseph Henry Ford entered the world in Paton, Greene, Iowa, born to Henry Merideth Ford and Mary Elizabeth Westlake. Years later, Joseph Henry Ford married Mary Elsie Ash, and the couple became parents to Fred Henry Ford, Bernice Annette Ford, Louis Howard Ford and Lola Marguerite Ford. Joseph Henry Ford died in 1914 in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado.

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Parents

Henry Ford
1850 – 1918
Birth Location: Henry, Henry, Ohio
HF
Mary Westlake
1851 – 1929
Birth Location: Moscow, Livingston, New York
MW

Spouses(s)

Mary Ash
1886 – 1918
Birth Location: Kossuth Cunty, Iowa
MA

Children(s)

Fred Ford
1906 – 1906
Birth Location: Titonka, Kossuth, Iowa
FF
Bernice Ford
1904 – 1906
Birth Location: Titonka, Kossuth, Iowa
BF
Louis Ford
1908 – 1981
Birth Location: Algonia, Kossuth, Iowa
LF
Lola Ford
1911 – 1962
Birth Location: Iowa
LF

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 11 Jan 1879
    Event Place: Paton, Greene, Iowa
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Dawson, Greene, Iowa; Roll: 341; Family History Film: 1254341; Page: 222C; Enumeration District: 88; Image: 0324., Year: 1910; Census Place: Algona, Kossuth, Iowa; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Dawson, Greene, Iowa
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Dawson, Greene, Iowa; Roll: 341; Family History Film: 1254341; Page: 222C; Enumeration District: 88; Image: 0324.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Algona, Kossuth, Iowa
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Algona, Kossuth, Iowa; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 14 Mar 1914
    Event Place: Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado

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