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(1863 Marriage image, John Ford/Emma Horne also on FMP)

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Canterbury Burials Transcription (Find My Past)

First name(s) Rueben James
Last name Ford
Birth year 1868
Death year 1899
Age 31
Burial year 1899
Burial date 06 Jan 1899
Burial place Folkestone, SS Mary & Eanswith
County Kent
(Abode, 94, Tontine Street)


Deaths Mar 1899 (>99%)
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Ford Reuben James 31 Elham 2a 691


Edits (articles in Newspaper, concerning Death of above, Suicide by hanging. A widower with three young children, it is believed that his mind had become unhinged by reason of the fact that his fiancee had broken off her engagement to him)

The 1911 census says married 48 years, 12 children born, 5 still living.

This looks like marriage:
Marriages Jun 1863
Ford John Elham 2a 1204
HORNE Emma Elham 2a 1204

and a birth showing in 1871 census
FORD, REUBEN JAMES HORNE
GRO Reference: 1867 J Quarter in ELHAM Volume 02A Page 840

Reuben, 1867, Folkestone, shows in Phyllis's tree, so all this information is known to her.

1881
John Ford 38
Emma Ford 43
William J. Ford 17
Annie E. Ford 15
Reuben J. Ford 13
Thomas L. Ford 7
Albert E. Ford 6
Edwin Ford 4
Class: RG11; Piece: 1009; Folio: 18; Page: 29; GSU roll: 1341239

1871
John Ford 27
Emma Ford 30
William Ford 7
Anne E Ford 6
Reuben J Ford 4
Benjamin C Ford 1
Class: RG10; Piece: 1014; Folio: 127; Page: 52; GSU roll: 827263

Family in 1901:

Dover County/Island: Kent Country: England
Registration district: Dover Sub-registration district: St James
ED, institution, or vessel: 07
Piece: 838 Folio: 151 Page Number: 23 Household schedule number: 135
John Ford 58
Emma Ford 62
Nellie Ford 19 (Helen?)
Class: RG13; Piece: 838; Folio: 151; Page: 23

and 1891
John Ford 48
Emma Ford 51
Albert Ford 16
Edward Ford 14
Nellie Ford 9
Class: RG12; Piece: 749; Folio: 85; Page: 73; GSU roll: 6095859

This looks like Stanley Ford in 1911, but no sister
1911, living at 25 Templar St, Dover
Registration district: Dover Registration District Number: 65
Sub-registration district: Dover
ED, institution, or vessel: 22 Household schedule number: 305
Piece: 4612

John Ford 69 head Portsmouth
Emma Ford 73 wife Suffolk
Thomas Ford 38 son Folkestone
Helen Ford 30 daughter Folkestone
Stanley Ford 10 grandson Dover
Eliza Harrison 72 sister married Suffolk
Class: RG14; Piece: 4612; Schedule Number: 305

(Added:
John Ford, 1843, Portsmouth, is in Phyllis's tree on here)

This might be Stanley, as corresponds to birth in Phyllis's tree:

Births Jun 1901
FORD Stanley Dover 2a 1049

No Father on certificate:

FORD, STANLEY -
GRO Reference: 1901 J Quarter in DOVER Volume 02A Page 1049

This might be the marriage of Phyllis's parents:
Marriages Dec 1929
Ford Stanley J Hills Elham 2a 3034
Hills Gwendoline P Ford Elham 2a 3034

Gwendoline probably born 1909, Ashford.

the other births in dover for that year have other brothers and sisters did your aunt only have one brother

do you know her name was it ada ford found this one with a brother henry

Ada Ford
England and Wales Census, 1901
Name
Ada Ford
Event Type
Census
Event Date
31 Mar 1901
Event Place
Farnborough, Hampshire, England
County
Hampshire
Civil Parish
Farnborough
Ecclesiastical Parish
Farnborough
Sub-District
Farnborough
Registration District
Hartley Wintney
Gender
Female
Age
5
Relationship to Head of Household
Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated)
1896
Birthplace
Dover, Kent
Page Number
6
Household
Role
Gender
Age
Birthplace
Henry J Ford
Head
M
32
Codford, Wiltshire
Annie Ford
Wife
F
31
Scotland
Ada Ford
Daughter
F
5
Dover, Kent
Henry J Ford
Son
M
3
Devonport, Devonshire

she was born in dover between 1895@1898 went to school till about 1908 or 1909 lived with her mother brother also her granparents her surname was ford