Birth: 1 March 1863 Fisherton Anger, Wiltshire, UK
Father: Robert Ford 1838-1866
Mother: Elizabeth Martha Wilkins Whatley [Gilby] c1834-1903
Christening: 5 April 1863 Fisherton Anger, Wiltshire, UK
Marriage: 16 June 1886 St George Hannover Square, Middlesex, UK
Wife: Ann (Annie) Croucher 1865-1942
Death: 9 November 1941 Colliers Wood, Surrey, UK
Buried: Plot 10, London Road Cemetery, Mitcham, Merton, London, UK
Birth of Albert Edward Ford in FreeBMD in January-March 1863 in Alderbury (5A 207).
Entry in Ancestry All England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Albert Edward Ford baptised 5 April 1863 in Fisherton Anger, Wiltshire, parents Robert and Elizabeth Ford.
Entry in Ancestry Wiltshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1922 for Albert Edward Ford baptised 5 April 1863 in Fisherton Anger, Wiltshire, parents Robert and Elizabeth Ford. "Page 14 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Fisherton Anger in the County of Wilts in the Year 1863 [...] 1863 April 5th No. 111 Albert Edward [parents] Robert [a] Porter at Great Western & Elizabeth Ford [of] Fisherton".
His father was buried on 13 December 1866 in Fisherton Anger, Wiltshire.
In the 1871 census as Albert E Ford aged 8, born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and living with his step-grandfather and grandmother (Samuel and Ann Green), and half-sister? (Eliza A Whartley) in a private house in Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire.
His mother married Joseph Gilby in April-June 1876 in Eton.
In the 1881 census as Albert Ford aged 18, born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, employed as an apprentice, and living with his stepfather and mother Joseph and Elizabeth Gilby) at 5 Norton Mews, Hove, Sussex.
Marriage of Albert Edward Ford and Annie Croucher in FreeBMD in April-June 1886 in St George Hannover Square (1a 829).
His first daughter was born on 24 September 1887 at Pond Cottage, Churt but baptised at Christ Church, Mitcham on 27 November 1887 when he was a carpenter living in Mitcham, and second daughter was born on 12 November 1890 in Tooting.
In the 1891 census as Albert Ford, aged 28, born in Salesbury (sic - in the index), Wiltshire, a carpenter, and living with his wife (Annie) and two daughters (Stella and Vera) in three rooms at 4 Dorcas Terrace, Trevelyan Road, Tooting Graveney, Surrey (between Tooting High Street A24 and Mitcham Road A217 north of railway line).
His third daughter and son were registered in Wandsworth in 1892 and 1895 and second fourth daughter in Croydon in 1897, and first son was baptised at Christ Church, Mitcham on 30 January 1898 he was a mechanic living at Spring Cottage. His three daughters were baptised on 9 April 1899 at Christ Church, Mitcham when he was an artisan living at Spring Cottages.
In the 1901 census as Albert Ford aged 38, born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, a carpenter, and living with his wife (Annie), son (Ernest) and five daughters (Ailsa, Dorris, Stella, Trena and Vera) at High Street, Colliers Wood, Mitcham, Surrey.
His son was christened on 28 July 1901 at Christ Church, Mitcham he was an artisan living at Spring Gardens, his son and daughter were baptised on 1 August 1906 at Christ Church, Mitcham when he was a carpenter living at 19 Briscoe Road, and his daughter was baptised on 8 March 1911 at Christ Church, Mitcham when he was a carpenter living at 19 Briscoe Road.
James Croucher, his wife's brother, and family went to live with them for a time after they left Pond Cottage.
There are eight entries in Ancestry All Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Albert Edward Ford addresses dwelling house 2 Spring Cottages, High Street, Merton, Mitcham, Wimbledon from 1901 to 1904, and dwelling house 19 Briscoe Road, Merton, Mitcham from 1905 to 1910.
In the 1911 census as Albert Edward Ford aged 48, born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, a carpenter, and living with his wife (Annie), three sons (Ernest Robert, Harold John, and William Walter), and four daughters (Ailsa Alberta, Gwendolin, Irene Verita and Sylvia Emily) in four rooms at 19 Briscoe Road, Colliers Wood, Merton SW, Surrey.
There are six entries in Ancestry All Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Albert Edward Ford address 19 Briscoe Road, Merton, Wimbledon to 1915 changing to Mitcham in 1918 from 1911 to 1920, other occupants Annie Ford (wife?) from 1918, and Ernest Robert Ford (son?) in 1920.
In the 1921 census as Albert Edward Ford born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and living with Ernest Robert, Harold John and William Walter Ford (sons?), Alisa Albert Ford (daughter?), and Irene Vertice and Frederick William Arthur Alltenes (married daughter and son-in-law?) in Mitcham, Croydon, Surrey. His wife and two daughters (Gwendoline and Sylvia) were living with Jane Dengate, and Albert, William and Kathleen Dengate in Hastings, Sussex.
There are nineteen entries in Ancestry All Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Albert Edward Ford address 19 Briscoe Road, Mitcham from 1921 to 1939, other occupants Annie Ford (wife?), Ernest Robert Ford (son?) to 1924, William Walter Ford (son?) from 1924 to 1927, Harold John Ford (son?) from 1928 to 1934, Sylvia Emily Ford from 1932, and Henry Osborne from 1924 to 1927.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Albert E Ford born 1 March 1863, married, a handyman (retired), and living with Annie Ford (wife?), and Sylvia E and Leonard G Arnold (daughter and son-in-law?) at 19 Briscoe Road SW19, Mitcham, Surrey.
Death of Albert E Ford in FreeBMD in October-December 1941 in Surrey Mid E (2A 214).
Entry in Find a Grave for Albert Edward Ford born 1 March 1863 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, spouse Annie Ford, died 9 November 1941 in Surrey and buried in Plot 10, London Road Cemetery, Mitcham, Merton, London. "In Loving Memory of/Albert Edward Ford/Who Departed this Life/9th November 1941/Age 78/and of/His Beloved Wife Annie/Who Fell Asleep/22nd February 1942/Age 77/Sleep on Dear Mum. God'Ways are Best/Re-united with Dad Happy and at Rest//Also of/Our Dear Mum/3rd Sept 1945"
Fisherton Anger is just west of Salisbury.
Albert Edward Ford was the husband of Ann Croucher, my grandaunt.
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