Willis Ford (abt. 1894 - 1967)

Born about 1894 in Shamblers Cove, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland

Ancestors

Son of John Wesley Ford and Harriette (Goodyear) Ford

Husband of Winnie Violet (Saunders) Ford — married 2 Apr 1915 in Hare Bay, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland

Descendants

Died 30 Nov 1967 at about age 73 in Dover, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, Canada

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Biography

Willis was born in 1894.^[1]

He appears in in 1911 census of Shoal Bay with his parents and siblings.^[2]

Willis married Violet in 1915.^[3]

He appears in 1935 census of Shoal Bay with his wife and children.^[4]

They appear again in the 1945 census of Middle Brook.^[5]

Willis passed away in 1967. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Based at age listed in 1911, 1935 and 1945 censuses.
2. ↑ Newfoundland Census, 1911. John Ford. http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1911/11-shoal-bay-bon.shtml
3. ↑ "Canada, Newfoundland Vital Records, 1840-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQF-MDJH : 2 March 2021), Willis Ford and Violet Saunders, 1915.
4. ↑ "Canada, Newfoundland Census, 1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Z-7QV2 : 8 March 2021), Willis Ford, Shoal Bay, Bonavista, Newfoundland, Canada; citing Bonavista District, p. 272, household ID 497, reference ID , Department of Tourism, Culture, and Recreation, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador; FHL microfilm 2,166,824.
5. ↑ "Canada, Newfoundland Census, 1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9Z-FY9K : 9 March 2021), Willis Ford, Middle Brook, Bonavista North, Newfoundland, Canada; citing Bonavista North District, p. 43, household ID 98, line 18, Department of Tourism, Culture, and Recreation, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador; FHL microfilm 2,167,050.
6. ↑ Newfoundland's Grand Banks Site. Dover, Salvation Army Central Cemetery. Willis Ford. http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cemetery/cem-dover-sa-bon.shtml

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• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Josephine (Collins) Glover and Apydazes, her 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are John Ford and Harriette Goodyear, the great grandparents of both Josephine (Collins) Glover and Apydazes. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd cousin, based on sharing 289 cM across 20 segments.