The Ford Family
Origins and History
Thomas Albert Ford
Ancestors & Descendants
Thomas Albert Ford
Personal & Family Data
| Born | January 9, 1864 Herefordshire, England |
| Died | September 3, 1928 New York, New York |
| Father | William Ford |
| Mother | Anne Ford |
| Siblings | Mary Ann Ford Sarah Ford James Ford William Ford Ellen Elizabeth Longworth |
Spouse
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Edith Emeline Ford |
| Married
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December 24, 1895 Ashtabula, OH |
| Children | Newell A Ford William Kenneth Ford, M.D. Harold E Ford |
Bio
Thomas was the youngest of five children born to William and Anne Ford in Fownhope England. William was a builder of homes and taught his youngest son the trade. Thomas worked as a Carpenter for his father by the time he was 17. Something called him, however, to leave the safety of the small town and family to board a ship bound for America, apparently all on his own when he was just 24. He emigrated to the United States in 1888 and became a naturalized citizen on October 12, 1894. By then he had fallen in love with a beautiful lady named Edith Woodworth, and the two were married on Christmas Eve of 1895. In the meantime he had become a successful building contractor.
There are no records about Thomas' education, but I believe he was very smart indeed and passed this trait on to his sons. His youngest son Harold graduated from MIT, and the wicked smart middle child became a dermatologist. The oldest son Newell followed Thomas into the family business and became a successful building contractor.
A smaller man, Thomas was was only 5 feet 5 inches tall, and had hazel eyes. He traveled back and forth to England frequently, and once returned to the United States on the Lusitania (October 10, 1913), only a year and a half before the liner was sunk by a German submarine.
Thomas died late in 1928 from injuries suffered in a large subway accident in New York city just 10 days earlier. His wife Edith used the settlement money to build a library in his honor in Western Springs, IL, where they had lived for many years.
Thomas was the youngest of five children born to William and Anne Ford in Fownhope England. William was a builder of homes and taught his youngest son the trade. Thomas worked as a Carpenter for his father by the time he was 17. Something called him, however, to leave the safety of the small town and family to board a ship bound for America, apparently all on his own when he was just 24. He emigrated to the United States in 1888 and became a naturalized citizen on October 12, 1894. By then he had fallen in love with a beautiful lady named Edith Woodworth, and the two were married on Christmas Eve of 1895. In the meantime he had become a successful building contractor.
There are no records about Thomas' education, but I believe he was very smart indeed and passed this trait on to his sons. His youngest son Harold graduated from MIT, and the wicked smart middle child became a dermatologist. The oldest son Newell followed Thomas into the family business and became a successful building contractor.
A smaller man, Thomas was was only 5 feet 5 inches tall, and had hazel eyes. He traveled back and forth to England frequently, and once returned to the United States on the Lusitania (October 10, 1913), only a year and a half before the liner was sunk by a German submarine.
Thomas died late in 1928 from injuries suffered in a large subway accident in New York city just 10 days earlier. His wife Edith used the settlement money to build a library in his honor in Western Springs, IL, where they had lived for many years.
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