Andersen Family Tree » William D. Ford Sr. (1826-1905)
Personal data William D. Ford Sr.
Sources 1, 2, 3- He was born on December 10, 1826 in Ballinascarthy, Cork, Cork, IRE.Sources 1, 3
- Resident in the year 1832: Uwchlan, Chester, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten.Source 1
- He died on March 8, 1905 in Detroit, Wayne, MI, USA, he was 78 years old.Source 3
- He is buried in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.Source 3
- A child of John Ford and Rebecca Chandler
Household of William D. Ford Sr.
He has/had a relationship with Mary Litogot.
Child(ren):
- John B. Ford 1865-1927
- Jane Ford 1869-1906
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- Web: Chester County, Pennsylvania, Poor School Children, 1810-1841, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- FIND A GRAVE, Jim Tipton, William Ford, Sr, Record added: Dec 17, 2002
Father of automobile industrialist Henry Ford I (1863-1947); oldest of his siblings, he emigrated in 1847 and married in Detroit at the home of Thomas Maybury April 21 or 25, 1861. A progressive farmer, he was often called William Ford-South because also-prominent, double 1st cousin William Samuel Ford, aka William Ford-North, lived the other side of Scotch Settlement Rd. (now W. Warren Ave. in Dearborn, Michigan). The Civil War did not directly affect him, as he was still a British subject until he became a U.S. citizen in 1864. A strict, but not harsh, disciplinarian, he had a sense of humor and enjoyed occasional pranks. He was a school district board member, Justice of the Peace and Springwells Township Road Commissioner, replacing horse-drawn cars with electric. William & Mary joined Christ Episcopal Church of Dearborn. Their first child died as an infant & their second son was Henry I. They had five additional children at 2-year intervals. After paralysis for some time, he died at 338 Hendrie St. A photo, #0-360, may be obtained for a nominal fee from the Curator of Graphics, Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, P.O. Box 1970, Dearborn MI 48121.
/ Ancestry.com - U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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Birthday December 10, 1826
- The temperature on December 10, 1826 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1826: Source: Wikipedia
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Day of death March 8, 1905
- The temperature on March 8, 1905 was between 2.8 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
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- In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
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- November 21 » Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E=mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.
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