William Ford (1820-1905) |
William Ford
There is a baptism record for a William Ford, baptised 17th August 1821, father Henry Ford, address Derrygooney, parish Aughnamullen.
(link to death certificate)
• Emigration: Emigration from Ireland to Australia, 3 Nov 1843. The Fords were small tenant farmers in county Monaghan, Ireland, where the landowners had reduced the acreages of the tenant farms. The tenancy traditionally passed from the father to the eldest son, and William was the 2nd eldest of 4 brothers. So, in 1843 William with his pregnant wife Sarah Trew and their infant daughter Mary purchased their assisted passage (18 pounds and seven shillings was recorded as bounty for each adult), and sailed from Liverpool on the "Wallace" (864 tons) on 3rd November 1843. Departing with the ship's Master, Andrew Main, were a crew of 40, and 335 passengers (208 adults, 44 older children aged 7-14, and 83 young children under 7). In the tropics, diarrhoea broke out aboard the ship, and their daughter Mary died on 22nd November 1843 aged about 1 year. Sarah was pregnant at the time of departure, and gave birth at sea on 21st January 1844 to a baby girl - the ship's register records the birth of Mary Ford, but Caroline Ford is the name on the arriving passenger list. There had been 38 deaths recorded (11 adults, 1 older child, and 26 young children) from diarrhoea, dysentery and typhoid, and 5 births on the 15 week voyage, which arrived at Port Phillip on 16th February 1844 - see http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/shipping/mig-vic.htm
William married Sarah Trew in Apr 1842 in County Cavan, Ireland. (Sarah Trew was born in 1817 in County Cavan, Ireland, died on 2 Aug 1901 in Wickliffe, VIC, Australia and was buried in 1901 in Wickliffe Cemetery, Wickliffe, VIC.) |
Cause of his death was Senile decay.