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John Ford

Male 1843 - 1883  (~ 40 years)


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  • Name John Ford 
    Birth ABT. 1843  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Burial 1883  St. Patrick's cemetery, Eau Claire, WI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 17 Mar 1883  Porters Mills, Eau Claire, WI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I0059  Peter Duffy (1791) Family Tree
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2008 

    Family ID F613  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rosanna Duffy,   b. 7 Sep 1846, Mara, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1922, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 19 Apr 1870  St. Patrick's Church, Erie, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Record found in the archives of St. Patrick's Church, Erie, PA. Letter dated 11/14/2002. Lists John Ford and Rosa Ann Duffy marrying. Witnesses were Joannes (John) Sullivan and Maria (Mary) Duffy. Rev. Thomas Casey.
    Children 
     1. George Ford,   b. 28 Feb 1872, Erie, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. BET. 1924 - 1940 (Age 67 years)
     2. Mary Ann Ford,   b. 6 Nov 1873, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1950, Multnomah Co., Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     3. Ann Elizabeth Ford,   b. 18 Nov 1875, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Aug 1940, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     4. Elizabeth Ford,   b. 30 Oct 1877, Erie, Erie, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1879, Erie, Erie, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     5. Margaret Ford,   b. 27 Aug 1880, Eau Claire, WI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1924, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
     6. Catherine Lucile Ford,   b. 3 Dec 1882, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1914, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
    Family ID F025  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 1880 Federal Census shows that John is age 38, that he is a laborer, and he was born in Ireland. Rose is 31, born in Canada, and she keeps house. George is age 8, he was born in Pennsylvania. Mary is age (unreadable--6?) and she was born in Pennsylvania. Anna is age 4 and she was born in Pennsylvania.

      John Ford's Pension File (180 pages)
      John applied for a disability pension on April 2, 1878 and died while it was pending. Rose applied for a pension on Oct. 9, 1883. Both of these were rejected because the committee felt that his ailments were not directly related to his service in the navy. Rose filed an appeal, and over the years there were many letters and many depositions until she was finally granted a pension. In 1890, she was awarded $8 per month plus $2 more for Anna, Margaret, and Catherine until they reached the age of 16. In 1908, she received an increase to $12, in 1917 and increase to $25, and in 1920 an increase to $30 per month.
      The file includes depositions from family members such as Frank Ginder, Mary Duffy Ginder, Patrick and Ann Duffy, and Maria Davitt (his sister) from Minneapolis.
      John's service record includes yearly enlistments until his last one, which was an enlistment for 3 years. He was released early, however, due to frail health. All service was on the ship "Michigan".
      July 1, 1858-July 1859
      July 4, 1859-July 4, 1860
      April 1861-April 1862
      April 1862-April 1863
      April 1863-March 30, 1864
      June 17, 1864-Sept. 15, 1865
      John suffered from derangement of liver, pain in chest, piles, constipation of bowels, and disease of heart and lungs. It was believed that these ailments were directly related to "exposure and hardships" of life on an iron vessel and contraced in June of 1864. He died from typhoid pneumonia.
      John states that he was born in Ireland and that he lived in Liverpool, England from childhood, and was only a few months old when his parents moved there. He came to Boston in July of 1857 and then went to Clinton, MA. Then he came to Erie and lived there until enlistment. He states that in the past he attended school and did nothing else. He moved to Eau Claire in June of 1879 and lived in Porters Mills, a sawmill area outside of Eau Claire. (Porters Mills ceased to exist when the mill closed, but there is still a Porterville Road in the area.) His family, wife and children, joined him in September 1879.
      John was not able to do heavy work, such as lifting or any exertion at all. He could only do light work, and not for a full day, like a normal workman.

      Daily Free Press (Eau Claire, WI) March 19, 1883
      Funeral Notice
      The funeral of Mr. Ford, who died at his home in Porterville last Saturday, will take place tomorrow morning. The procession is expected to arrive here at 11 o'clock and the interment will take place in the north side cemetery.


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