Thomas
Ford
Born before in Bere Alston, Devon, England
Ancestors 
Son of William Ford
and Jenny (Teague) Ford
Brother of
William Ford, John Ford, Francis Ford, Elizabeth (Ford) Phillips, Richard Ford, Samuel Ford, Joseph Ford and Mary Ann (Ford) Curnow
Husband of
Patience (Trezidder) Ford
— married
1844 (to 23 Sep 1858) in Redruth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Father of
Thomas Tresider Ford, John Treseder Ford, Samuel Tresidder Ford, Jane (Ford) Bray and Eliza Ford
Died
after age 38
in Creswick, Victoria, Australia
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Biography
Thomas Ford migrated from Cornwall, England to Victoria, Australia c.1854.
Thomas Ford was a miner.
Thomas was the sixth of nine children of William Ford, a miner, and Jenny Teague, born about 1820 at Beer Alston, Devon, and baptised on 11th June 1820 at Bere Ferrers.[1][2] The families of both of his parents were comprised of many miners.
By 1827 the family had returned to Redruth in Cornwall, as Thomas' youngest sibling, Mary was baptised in Gwennap. Possibly their return was prompted by the death of Thomas' mother, so that family could assist with caring for her children. Thomas' whereabouts in 1841 remains a mystery; he has not been enumerated in the census in Cornwall.
In 1844 Thomas married Patience Tresidder in Redruth.[3] The couple had five children:
- Thomas Tresider (b. 1844)
- John Treseder (b. 1846)
- Samuel Tresidder (b. 1848)
- Jane (b. 1849)
- Eliza (b. 1852)
The family lived at Redruth, where Thomas was a copper miner.[1]
By about 1854 Thomas emigrated alone to Victoria, Australia, probably lured by the gold rush. He spent the last nine months of his life at Creswick, and spent most of that time destitute, as ill health prevented him from working. He died at Creswick on 23rd September 1858, due to haemoptysis, probably as a result of phthisis.[4][5][6]
Patience and the children emigrated to Victoria after Thomas' death.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. (Ancestry.com, 1851 England Census : accessed 15 March 2022) Class: HO107; Piece: 1915; Folio: 318; Page: 23; GSU roll: 221069. Name: Thomas Ford, Age: 29, Birthplace: Beeralston, Devon, England, Civil Parish: Redruth, County: Cornwall, Registration District: Redruth. Ancestry Record 8860 #17070414 Ancestry Sharing Link
Shallow Adit (Truro Turnpike Road), Redruth, Cornwall, England
Thomas Ford, head, mar, 29y, Copper Miner, Born: Beeralston, Devon
Patience Ford, wife, mar, 35y, Born: Redruth, Cornwall
Thomas Ford, son, 6y, Scholar, Born: Redruth, Cornwall
John Ford, son, 4y, Born: Redruth, Cornwall
Samuel Ford, son, 3y, Born: Redruth, Cornwall
Jane Ford, daughter, 1y, Born: Redruth, Cornwall - ↑ "Devon Baptisms". Archive: South West Heritage Trust. FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 15 March 2022). baptism record (image) for Ford, Thomas (Date: 11 Jun 1820, Father: William, Occupation: Miner, Residence: St Hilary, Cornwall, Mother: Jenny, Location: Bere Ferrers, Archive: South West Heritage Trust)
- ↑ England & Wales Marriage Registration Index. (FreeBMD, https://www.freebmd.org.uk/ : accessed 15 March 2022) index entry for FORD, Thomas (Quarter/Year: Mar 1844, District: Redruth, Volume: 9, Page: 251, Spouse: Patience Tresidder)
- ↑ The Star, Ballarat, Victoria, 27 September 1858, page 3, column 1, Local and General News.. (Trove, National Library of Australia, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/?type=newspapers : accessed 15 March 2022)
- ↑ Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Victoria. Online index - Death (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history : accessed 15 March 2022) index entry for Ford, Thomas (Father: Unknown, Mother: Unknown, Age: 42, Registration number/year: 6357/1858).
- ↑ Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England. (Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 . Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010 : accessed 15 March 2022), index entry for Thomas Ford (Residence: Late of Redruth Cornwall, Occupation: Miner, Death Date: 23 September 1858, Location: Frederick's Creek, South Australia, Probate Granted: Principal Registry 9 October 1860 to Patience Ford of Redruth, widow, Effects: under £100) Ancestry Record 1904 #16590120 Ancestry Sharing Link
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