Birth: 1838 West Street, Warminster, Wiltshire, UK
Father: John Ford 1794-1868
Mother: Maria Marshall 1797-1872
Christening: 11 November 1838 St Denys, Warminster, Wiltshire, UK
Marriage: 3 June 1861 St Mary the Virgin, Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire, UK
Death: December 1866 Fisherton Anger, Wiltshire, UK
Burial: 13 December 1866 St Paul, Fisherton Anger, Wiltshire, UK
Birth of Robert Ford in FreeBMD in October-December 1838 in Warminster (8 399).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 for Robert Ford christened 11 November 1838 in Warminster, Wiltshire, parents John and Maud Ford.
Entry in Ancestry Wiltshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1922 for Robert Ford baptised 11 November 1838 at Warminster, St Denys with St Lawrence, parents John and Maud Ford. "Page 130 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Warminster in the County of Wilts in the Year 1838 [...] Novr 11th No. 1038 Robert {parents] John [a] Shoe Maker [and] Maud Ford [of] West Street". Note that Maud is on the original, but Maria appears on his syblings entries.
In the 1841 census as Robert Ford aged 2 born in Witshire and living with John and Maria (parents?), John (brother?) and Eliza, Jane and Maria (sisters?) in Furlong, Warminster, Wiltshire.
I cannot locate the family in the 1851 census.
In the 1861 censu as Robert Ford aged 22, born in Warminster, Wiltshire, single, a railway porter, and boarding with Charles Luther (aged 47, born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, and builder), his wife (Louisa aged 48 and born in Fisherton Anger, Wiltshire), two sons (Edwin aged 21 and a bricklayer, and Henry aged 16 and a carpenter's apprentice, both born in Fisherton Anger, Wiltshire and sngle), and three daughters (Emily aged 18, Julia aged 13, and Louisa aged 7, all born in Fisherton Anger, Wiltshire) in Fisherton Street, Fisherton Anger, Wiltshire.
Marriage of Robert Ford and Elizabeth Whatley in FreeBMD in April-June 1861 in Warminster (5A 277).
Entry in Ancestry Wiltshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1916 for the marriage of Robert Ford aged 22, father John Ford, and Elizabeth Whatley on 3 June 1861 at Upper (sic) Scudamore, St Mary the Virgin. "Page 31. [...] Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Upton Scudamore in the County of Wilts. [No.] 62 3rd June Robert Ford [aged] 22 [a] Bachelor [and] GWR Porter [of] Salisbury [father] John Ford [a] Shoemaker, [and] Elizabeth Whatley [aged] 24 [a] Spinster [and] Servant [of] Upton Scudamore [father] John Whatley [a] Labourer. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after banns".
His son was baptised on 5 April 1863 in Fisherton Anger when he was a porter on the Great Western and living in Fisherton.
Death of Robert Ford in FreeBMD in October-December 1866 aged 29 in Alderbury (5A 119).
Entry in Ancestry Wiltshire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1916 for Robert Ford buried 13 December 1866 aged 29 in Fisherton Anger. "Page 81 Burials in the Parish of Fisherton Anger in the County of Wilts in the Year 18667 [...] Robert Ford No. 642 [of] Fisherton [on] Decr 13 [aged] 29".
There are thirty four entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Robert Ford.
Upton Scudamore is 2.5 miles north of Warminster on A350 and Fishteron Anger is NW of the centre of Salibury on A36
Robert Ford was the father of Albert Edward Ford, husband of Ann Croucher, my grandaunt.
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