George W. Ford

1841 - 1921  (79 years)

• Name	George W. Ford
  Born	14 Nov 1841	Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1868	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Occupation	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Wagon Maker
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-73205
  Died	30 Mar 1921	Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, United States   [3]
  Buried	Woodland Cemetery, Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I73205	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Michael Ford,   b. CA 1817, Eastbourne, , Sussex, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Sarah Wakeford,   b. 24 Jun 1821, Northchapel, Chichester District, West Sussex, England ,   d. 15 Jun 1854  (Age 32 years)
  Family ID	F35858	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth "Lizzie" Geib,   b. 18 Dec 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Sep 1881, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA  (Age 31 years)
  Married	12 Jul 1868	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F19008	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth,   b. 1848, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Walter H. Ford,   b. 1869, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F43300	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  George W. Ford. George W. Ford was born Nov. 14. 1841. at Almira, Ontario, Canada. He came to Caledonia. Kent county, Mich. In 1879. After four years he removed to Petoskey. Mich, remaining there until two years ago when he moved to Jackson, making his home with his daughter, Mrs. Sarah French, at whose home he passed away. March 30, In 1865 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Geibe, who died 14 years later. To this union five children were born, four sons and one daughter, Dec. 4. 1881. he was married to Miss Caroline Mier. To this union seven children were born, three sons and four daughters Four children preceded him in death. He is survived by the widow, five sons and three daughters Walter, of Vermontville: Lincoln. of Big Rapids: Oscar, of Petoskey: Amos of Caro, and Otto, of Jack son, and Mrs. Sarah French, of Jackson: Mrs. Emma Boening, of Oakland, Calif, and Mrs. Lydia Dickerhoff, of Charlevoix. ______________ George W. Ford "George W. Ford was born November 14, 1841 at Gotrich, Ontario, Canada, He passed away on March 30, 1921 at the home of his daughter Mrs. Sarah French, who resides at Jackson, Michigan. His parents both died before he had passed the age of twelve years, but he surmounted the obstacles and discouragments, he was twenty years of age he had finished his three years apprenticeship of the wagon making trade, having spent the time intervening in the home of his grand parents with no apparent hope of promised for the future but hard work and poverty. In 1868 he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Geirbe, who died thrteen years later in Caledonia, Michigan leaving hime with four little children the youngest being only six months. In 1881 he was married to Miss Caroline Mier. To this union seven children were born, three sons and four daughters. He spent four years in Caledonia operating a wagon making shop of his own. Unfortunately he could not endure the hard work of the wagon shop and thus decided to go North And in 1882 he moved to Charlevoix County where he bought the farm near Bay Shore which he improved and made his home for thirty seven years. By time he had come to the faded evening of life with an unsteady step and several years of practically total blindness had the farm pact by. So he decided to sell and soon moved to Jackson where he spent the remaining two years of his life with his daughter Sarah, as desire often expressed by him during the years that were gone by. The great outstanding principle of his character which has always demanded the respect of dear of all who knew him and will hold a sacred place in the memory of all his children was his unwavering honesty in all matters of business. Indeed, it may will be said "Here was an honest man." He is survived by the widow, five sons and three daughters; - Walter, of Vermontville; Lincoln of Big Rapids; Oscar of Petoskey; Amos of Caro, Otto of Jackson and Mrs Sarah French of Jackson Mrs Emma Boening of Oakland, California, and Mrs. Lydia Dickerhoof of Charlevorix. He was laid to rest in Woodlawn Cemetery, Jackson, Michigan." https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24811259/george-w-ford

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Ford George W, 27, Elmira, Canada, s/o Michael & Sarah, married 12 July 1868 Elizabeth Gieb, 19, Woolwich, Woolwich, d/o Philipp & Mary [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 27. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24811259.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Nov 1841 - Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1868 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 12 Jul 1868 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Wagon Maker - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 30 Mar 1921 - Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, United States Buried - - Woodland Cemetery, Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, United States  = Link to Google Earth