Francis FOORD - Ford

~Francis FOORD - (Ford)~

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BIRTH

BIRTH

Martha ANDERSON was born on the 24th February, 1831, in Kent, England. Her Christening took place on the 10th April, 1831, Wesleyan Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. Her parents were Francis ANDERSON born on the 29th March 1807, in Upstreet, Chislet Kent, England. and Martha ROWE born in 1809 in Canterbury, Kent, England - She died in 1907 in Tumut, NSW.

TRIP TO AUSTRALIA

Passangers totaled 113 men, 102 women, 52 boys, and 54 girls. There were 15 deaths during the voyage and 3 babies were born.

Amoung the passangers was Francis Anderson, 32 years of age, an educated free citizen and a blacksmith and vet surgeon to Queen Victoria from Canterbury Kent. His wife Martha aged 33, a dressmaker was also an educated free citizen from Kent, one son -

Abraham aged 4, an elder girl

Martha aged 8 and a younger girl named

Sarah aged 6.

TRIP TO AUSTRALIA

Also a passanger was Francis Foord, a free educated youth of 18 years, an immigrant sponsored by John Marshall and proceeding to a position in Queenbayan, he later arrived in Tumut and resumed his association with the Anderson family.

MARRIAGE

Martha Anderson married Mr Francis FOORD in 1847 in Church of England, Gundaroo, Gunning, Yass, NSW. when she was 16 years old.

WORK

They acquired land and he set himself up as a wheel wright.

Children

1.Henry FOORD b: 1848 in NSW born in 1849 in NSW Christened on the 1st July, 1849. He married in 1873 Miss Mary Jane ARMFIELD in Tumut.

2.Charles FOORD born 1850 in Tumut, NSW - In 1876 he married Miss Hannah CLOUT in Tumut, NSW

3.Martha FOORD b: Abt 1851 in Tumut, NSW - she died in 1907 in Tumut, NSW

4.Francis FOORD born in 1853 in NSW - In 1879 he married Miss Elizabeth GODFREY in Tumut, NSW

5. Harriet Elizabeth FOORD born 1859 in Tumut, NSW. She married George Groves in Tumut.

6.Edward E. FOORD b: 1861 in Tumut, NSW. - He married Miss Lucy Isabel WOOD in 1906 in Bowral, NSW.

7. William Hunnisett FOORD born in 1864 in Tumut, NSW - Married 1879 in Tumut.Miss Priscilla GODFREY who was born 1858 in Cassilis, NSW.

8.Unnamed FOORD born in 1867 in Tumut, NSW

9.Arthur H. FOORD born in 1868 in Tumut, NSW

10.Amelia Ethel S. FOORD born in 1870 in Tumut, NSW - married Arthur Thomas Webb in Tumut.

11.Eva Mary Beatrice FOORD born in 1873 in Tumut, NSW. In 1900 she married Mr Charles Lindsay PEMBER in Tumut, NSW.

12.Clarence Percy Anderson FOORD born in 1877 in Tumut, NSW - He died in 1948 in Tumut, NSW

DEATH

Francis Ford - Died in 1900 in Tumut, NSW

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