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John Ford jute fabric broker1

M, #3324, b. 30 July 1878, d. 5 November 1937
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Pedigree
Last Edited: 9 Jun 2024

Parents:

Father*: Thomas Syme Ford bookseller, lorryman, carter b. 8 Jul 1852, d. 23 Dec 1922
Mother*: Jane Caldwell powerloom weaver b. c 1855
Relationship:
1st cousin 2 times removed of Patricia Catherine Adamson
  • Birth*: John Ford jute fabric broker was born on 30 July 1878 at 4 Temple Lane, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1878 births in the district of St Peter in the burgh of Dundee, ref 604; John Ford born 1878 July Thirtieth 0h 0m noon at 4 Temple Lane, males, parents Thomas Sim Ford carter contractor and Jane Ford ms Caldwell married 1878 July 18th Dundee, signed Thomas Sinm Ford father present, regstered 1878 Sugust 6th at Dundee signed Jas Young registrar.2
  • He was the son of Thomas Syme Ford bookseller, lorryman, carter and Jane Caldwell powerloom weaver.
  • Marriage*: John Ford jute fabric broker married Margaret W Binny dressmaker, daughter of James Binny builder and Agnes Wynter Bruce, on Tuesday, 16 July 1907 at Queens Hotel, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1907 marriages in the district of St Peter in the burgh of Dundee, ref 1070; 1907 on the Sixteenth day of July at Queens Hotel Dundee after banns according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland, signed John Ford jute fabric broker bachelor aged 28 residing 1 Morgan Street Dundee parents Thomas Sim Ford lorryman and Jane Ford ms Caldwell; signed Margaret W Binney spinster aged 28 residing Riverview Blackness Road Dundee parents James Binny builder and Agnes Wynter Binney ms Bruce (dec); signed James Boathe Wood minister of St Paul's south Dundee, signed William muir, Helen Alice Bruce, Mabel Gertrude Nicol Cunnison witnesses; registered 1907 July 17th at Dundee signed D Young assistant registrar T Y Miller registrar.1
  • (Deceased) Death*: John Ford jute fabric broker died on 5 November 1937 at Fernbrae Nursing Home, Perth Road, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , at age 59 1937 deaths in the district of St Mary & St Peter in the burgh of Dundee, ref 264; John Ford jute broker married to Margaret Wynter Binny, died 1937 November 5th 5h 30m pm Fernbrae Nursing HOme Perth Road Dundee (UR Balloch House Alyth), male aged 59 years parents Thomas Ford contractor (dec) and Jane Ford ms Caldwell (dec), cause cirrhosis of liver 4 months Primary carcinoma of cervical glands on left side 9 months as cert by H Y Wilson MBChB; signed James M Simpson brother-in-law 4 West Park Gardens Dundee present; registered 1937 November 6th at Dundee signed J Mawhinny registrar.3

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household3 April 1881They was listed as a member of the household of Alexander Caldwell shawl print master in the 1881 census at Milns Buildings, Victoria Road, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; Alexander     Caldwell     Head     Widower     Male     72     1809     Book Sellers Clerk     Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Thomas     Ford     Son-In-Law     Married     Male     28     1853     Book Sellers Collector     Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland
Jane     Ford     Daughter     Married     Female     27     1854     -     Ayrshire, Scotland
John     Ford     Grandson     -     Male     2     1879     -     Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland
Alexander C     Ford     Grandson     -     Male     1     1880     -     Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland.4
Member of Household5 April 1891They was listed as a member of the household of Thomas Syme Ford bookseller, lorryman, carter and Jane Caldwell powerloom weaver in the 1891 census at Alexander Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; Thomas     Ford     Head     Married     Male     37     1854     Lorryman     Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland
Jane     Ford     Wife     Married     Female     36     1855     -     Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
John     Ford     Son     -     Male     12     1879     Office Boy     Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland
Alexander     Ford     Son     -     Male     11     1880     Scholar     Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland.5

Citations

  1. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), Statutory marriage 1907 Dundee St Peter ref 282/1 107, image held [Oct 2020].
  2. [S14] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), Statutory birth 1878 Dundee St Peter ref 282/1 604, image held [Oct 2020].
  3. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), Statutory death 1937 Dundee St Mary & St Peter ref 282/1 264, image held [Oct 2020].
  4. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Record Transcription:
    1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census
    Milns Buildings, Victoria Road, Dundee, St Andrew, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [Oct 2020].
  5. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Record Transcription:
    1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
    Alexander Street, Dundee, St Andrew, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [Jul 2020].
Charts:
Foord, Thomas c1717/18 descendants
Gibson, Alexander c1750 descendants
Jarren, Jannet c1717/18 descendants
Scott, David c1785 descendants
Steven, Elizabeth c1751/52 descendants
Stewart, Jane c1785 descendants
Young, Helen c1750 descendants