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Lydia Reed Ford 1840 – 1912 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Apr 1840

Birth Location: Ford Corners, Mendon, Monroe, New York

Death Date: Apr 1912

Death Location: Chicago, Cook, Illinois

Father: Alexander Ford

Mother: Julia Ford

Spouse(s): Ira Allen

Children(s): Ira Allen, Hamilton Allen, Philip Allen, Margrat Allen

Lydia Reed Ford was born in Ford Corners, Mendon, Monroe, New York in 1840, to Alexander Hamilton Ford and Julia Ford. Later in life, Lydia Reed Ford married Ira Wilder Allen; among their children were Ira Wilder, Jr. Allen, Hamilton Ford Allen, Philip Schuyler Allen and Margrat Allen. Lydia Reed Ford died in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, 1912.

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Parents

Alexander Ford
1806 – 1870
Birth Location: Westerlo, Albany, New York
AF
Julia Ford
1806 – 1863
Birth Location: New York
JF

Spouses(s)

Ira Allen
1827 – 1912
Birth Location: Potsdam, Saint Lawrence, New York
IA

Children(s)

Ira Allen
1865 – 1935
Birth Location: Indiana
IA
Hamilton Allen
1867 – 1929
Birth Location: Indiana
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Philip Allen
1871 – 1937
Birth Location: Lake Forest, Illinois
PA
Margrat Allen
1879 –
Birth Location: Indiana
MA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 27 Apr 1840
    Event Place: Ford Corners, Mendon, Monroe, New York
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, 1860 United States Federal Census, 1870 United States Federal Census, 1880 United States Federal Census, 1900 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census, Ford Genealogy, Year: 1880; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 185; Family History Film: 1254185; Page: 401A; Enumeration District: 15; Image: 0196., Year: 1870; Census Place: Shields, Lake, Illinois; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: ., Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 30, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_283; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 940., Year: 1860; Census Place: Westerlo, Albany, New York; Roll: ; Page: ; Image: ., Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_247; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 398; Image: 641., Year: 1850; Census Place: Westerlo, Albany, New York; Roll: M432_473; Page: 50A; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: Westerlo, Albany, New York
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Westerlo, Albany, New York; Roll: M432_473; Page: 50A; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: Westerlo, Albany, New York
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Westerlo, Albany, New York; Roll: ; Page: ; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Shields, Lake, Illinois
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Shields, Lake, Illinois; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 185; Family History Film: 1254185; Page: 401A; Enumeration District: 15; Image: 0196.

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Chicago Ward 30, Cook, Illinois
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 30, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_283; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 940.

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_247; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 398; Image: 641.

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Apr 1912
    Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
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