Dinah FORD (1836-1920) - Warren and Ford Family History

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Dinah FORD (1836-1920)

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1.  Dinah Ford  (1834 - 1920)
  Spouse : Thomas Bennett (.... - ....)

1.  Nola Irene Warren
2.  ....  George Ernest Edward Warren & Iris Ella Ford
3.  ....  ....  George Dixie Ford & Sarah Jane West
4.  ....  ....  ....   Samuel Joseph Ford & Marianette Kingham
5.  ....  ....  ....  .... Joseph Ford & Ann Turner
6.  ....  ....  ....  ....  ....  Thomas Bate Ford & Elizabeth Garmans
7.  ....  ....  ....  ....  ....  ....  Jacob Ford & Mary Smith
...  Children  1.  William Ford
2.  Jacob Ford & Mary Ann Lester
3.  Sarah Ford & Daniel Creswell
4.  Thomas Bate Ford & Elizabeth Garmans
5.  Christopher Ford & Phebe Moore
  6.  Robert Ford & Ann Golborn
   ...  Children  1.  Dinah Ford & Thomas Bennett
2. Mary Ford
3.  Ann Ford
4.  Thomas Ford
5.  Jacob Ford
   6.  Mary Ann Ford
7.  George Ford
   8. Elizabeth Ford
   9.  Harriet Ford
  10.  Sarah Ford
 11.  Robert Ford
 12.  Daniel Ford

Name                  Dinah (or Diana) Ford
Born                    1834
Baptism               1835, January 3 at Anglican Church, Wombridge, Shropshire

Marriage             1865, June 4 at Ettingshal, Staffordshire
Spouse                Thomas Bennett
Born     1835 at Stafshire, Shropshire
Father    Thomas Bennett
Mother
Death


Residences      1841 - Bridge Street, Bilston
1851 - Cold Lanes, Bilston
1861 - Sir Charles ??, Bilston
1871 - 59 Mansel House, Wellenhall Road, Bilston
1881 - Old Hall Buildings, Bilston
1891 - 35 Willenhall Road, Bilston
1901 - 167 Wellenhall Road, Bilston
1911 - 26 Becket Street, Bilston

Occupations    1871 - Black Stover
1891 - Black Stover, Japan Work

Death             1920  Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Age at Death  85 years
Burial               Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Children              1.  George Bennett
Born  1857 in Bilston, Staffordshire
Father   Thomas Bennett
Mother  Dinah Ford

2.  Ann Bennett  
Born  1866 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Father   Thomas Bennett
Mother Dinah Ford

Marriage
Spouse  Samuel Bailey
Born  1861 in Bilston, Staffordshire
Occupation  Stamper General

Death

Children  1.  Joseph Bailey  (1889 - ....)
Born 1889, November 3
Father  Samuel Bailey
Mother  Ann Bennett
Occupation  Iron Worker
                   1939 - Stoker at Gas Works
Marriage
Spouse  Elizabeth Unknown  (1891, Nov 28 - ....)

               2.  Grace Bailey  (1897 - ....)
Born 1897
Father Samuel Bailey
Mother Ann Bennett
Occupation  Apprentice Dressmaker

3.  Martha Bennett
Born  1867 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Father   Thomas Bennett
Mother Dinah Ford

Marriage  1893, December 24 at Bilston, Staffordshire
Spouse    Joseph Bailey  (1864 - ....)
Father  Samuel Bailey
Marriage #2  1907, June 30 , Shropshire
Spouse #2   Emily Bland  (1873 - .1953)

Death

Children  1.  Samuel Bailey  
Born  1895 at Bilston, Staffordshire
Father  Samuel Bailey
Mother Martha Bennett

Military  1917, June 11 Royal Air Force

 2.  Diana Bailey
Born  1897 at Dawley, Shropshire
Father Samuel Bailey
Mother Martha Bennett

Marriage   1919, July at Rochdale, Lancashire
Spouse  Frederick Winsby  (1895 - 1976)

Death  1984, January, Romsey, Hampshire
Age at Death  87 years

Children 1.  Dorothy Winsby (1919 - ....

 3.  Joseph Lawrence Bailey
Born  1899
Father Samuel Bailey
Mother Martha Bennett

Death  1968
Age at Death  68 years

4.  Bettey Bennett
Born  1869
Father   Thomas Bennett
Mother Dinah Ford

5.  Thomas Bennett
Born  1869. December 15
Father   Thomas Bennett
Mother Dinah Ford

Marriage  1895 in Wolverhampton
Spouse  Fanny Lamb  (1871 - 1920)

Death

Children   1. John Thomas Bennett  
Born  1896, January 12 at Bilston, Staffordshire
Father  Thomas Bennett
Mother Fanny Lamb

Occupation  Bull Doyer Smith

Marriage  1925, at Wolverhampton
Spouse  Mary A. McDonough  (1893 - 1969)

Death  1972, Walsall, Staffordshire
Age at Death  76 years

2.  Horace Bennett
Born  1897
Father Thomas Bennett
Mother Fanny Lamb

Occupation  Mechanical Engineering Trainee

Marriage  1925 at Walsall, Staffordshire
Spouse  Emily Ethel Manley

Military  Royal Norfolk Regiment (Army), Private

Death  1954, October 2, at Manor Hospital, Moat Road, Walsall, Staffordshire
Address  28 Bradshaw Avenue, Darlaston, Staffordshire
Age at Death  56 years

3.  Agnes Lillian Bennett
Born  1899,
Father Thomas Bennett
Mother Fanny Lamb

Marriage   1924, Walsall, Staffordshire
Spouse  John White  (1895 - 1985)

Died  1987, October 17
Age at Death  88 years
Burial    James Bridge Cemetery, Darlaston, Staffordshire

Children  1.  Constance F. White
Born    1925 Wolverhampton

               2.  Maureen J. White
Born  1931 Walsall, Staffordshire


4. Arthur Thomas Bennett
Born  1900, November 19 at Wolverhamton, Staffordshire
Father Thomas Bennett
Mother Fanny Lamb

Military  1921 - Infantry, Private, Farnborough, Hampshire

Marriage  1921 at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Spouse  Mary A Hillman

Died  1972 at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Age at Death  72 years

Children  1.  Mary J. Bennett  (1927 - ....)



5. George Frederick Bennett (or Frederick George Bennett)
Born  1902, February 15 Bilston, Staffordshire
Father Thomas Bennett
Mother Fanny Lamb

Occupation    Drop Forge Stamper

Death  1982 at Walsall, Staffordshire
Age at Death 80 years

6. Ernest Bennett
Born  1904
Father Thomas Bennett
Mother Fanny Lamb

7. Alfred Bennett
Born  1907
Father Thomas Bennett
Mother Fanny Lamb

8. Minnie Bennett
Born  1909
Father Thomas Bennett
Mother Fanny Lamb

6.  William Bennett
Born  1871
Father   Thomas Bennett
Mother Dinah Ford

Marriage   1893, August 7 at Willenhall, Staffordshire
Spouse  Rachel Robinson

Death

Children   1.  William Bennett
Born  C 1895 in Willenhall, Staffordshire
Father  William Bennett
Mother  Rachel Robinson

Marriage
Spouse  Penny Unknown

2.  Lillian May Bennett
Born 1897
Father William Bennett
Mother  Rachel Robinson

3.  Alice Gertrude Bennett
Born  1898, September 29
Father William Bennett
Mother  Rachel Robinson

Marriage #1  1921, May 21 at Bosbury, Hertfordshire
Spouse #1  Ernest Pullen

Marriage #2  1952, Chatham, Kent
Spouse #2  Leonard K. Caselton

Death  1989, December 20 at Worcester, Worcestershire
Age at Death  91 years
Buried  St. Mary of Magdalene Church, Broadwas, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire

Children  1.  Thomas C. E. Pullen (Born 1922 - ....)

              2.  Joan M. Pullen (1924- ....)

4.  Harry (Henry) Bennett
Born  1900
Father William Bennett
Mother  Rachel Robinson

Death  1901 at Staffordshire
Age at Death 1 year

5.  Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bennett
Born   1902
Father William Bennett
Mother  Rachel Robinson

6.  Grace Bennett
Born  1905 at Bilston, Staffordshire
Father William Bennett
Mother  Rachel Robinson

Marriage  1925 at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Spouse  Harold Grainger  (1900 - 1982)

Death  1985, January at Walsall, Staffordshire
Age at Death  80 years

Children  1.  Emily Grainger (1858-....)

7.  Annie Bennett
Born  1908 at Bilston, Staffordshire
Father William Bennett
Mother  Rachel Robinson

8.  Dinah Bennett
Born  1910, May 1 at Willenhall, Staffordshire
Father William Bennett
Mother  Rachel Robinson

Occupation  Ladies' Hairdresser

Marriage  1934 at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Spouse  Ernest Harry Whittingham (1908 - 1969)

Death  1984, June at Staffordshire

9.  Rachel Bennett
Born  1913 at Bilston, Staffordshire
Father William Bennett
Mother  Rachel Robinson

Marriage 1941 in Bilston, Staffordshire
Spouse  Thomas H. Cartwright

7.  Dinah Bennett  
Born 1871
Father   Thomas Bennett
Mother Dinah Ford

Marriage   1897, August 1 at Bilston, St. Leonard's Church, Staffordshire
Spouse  John Palmer
Born 1873

Death

Children   1.  William Victor Palmer
Born  1898 Bilston, Staffordshire
Father  John Palmer
Mother  Dinah Bennett

Death  1926, October, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

2.  Jack Bennett Palmer
Born  1903, November 2 Bilston, Staffordshire
Father John Palmer
Mother Dinah Bennett

Occupation 1921 - Core Maker and Moulders Help
                    1938 - Iron Moulder

Residence  1921 - 58 Bentkes Hill, Bilston

Marriage  1927 in Dudley Worcestershire
Spouse  Miriam Effie Ford  (1898 - 1972)

Death 1981, Wolverhampton
Age at Death  78 years

Children  1.  Audrey M. Palmer
Father   John Bennett Palmer
Mother  Miriam Effie Ford
  Born  1903, Bilston, Staffordshire

3.  Herbert Hartill Palmer
Born  1905, Bilston, Staffordshire
Father John Palmer
Mother Dinah Bennett

Occupation 1921 - Apprentice to Die Sinking
                   1939 - Aircraft Fitter

Residence 1921 - 58 Bentkes Hill, Bilston
                  1939 - 198 Moseley Road, Willenhall, Staffordshire
                 1980 - 1 Barn Cottage, Chillington Street, Coven, Wolverhampton

Marriage  1929 in Dudley Worcestershire
Spouse Kate Whittaker Ford (1904 - ....)

Death 1980, March 23 Coven, Wolverhampton
Age at Death  75 years

Children 1.  Herbert J. Palmer
Born  1935
Father  Herbert Hartill Palmer
Mother  Kate Whittaker Ford
Marriage  1957 at Rowley Regis, Staffordshire
Spouse  Gwendolyn J. Sirrell (1937 - ....)


4.  Wilfred Elias Palmer
Born  1908, Bilston, Staffordshire
Father John Palmer
Mother Dinah Bennett

Marriage   1928  Wolverhampton
Spouse   Ellen Elizabeth Akers  (1908 - 1994)

Death  1985, February, Wolverhampton
Age at Death 76 years

Children  1.  John Wilfred Victor Palmer  (1929 - ....)
Born  1929
Father  Wilfred Elias Palmer
Mother  Ellen Elizabeth Akers

Marriage  1971, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Spouse  Joan Brown


5.  Ralph John Palmer
Born  1911, November 19, Bilston, Staffordshire
Father John Palmer
Mother Dinah Bennett

Marriage  1956, Wednesbury, Staffordshire
Spouse  Lily Williams  

Occupation  Carpenter and Joiner

Military  Enlisted 1939, June 2
Captured  1940, June 12 at Somme, Germany, wounded
Unit 213th Army Field Coy. Royal Engineers
Illnesses  Diptheria (1 year);  Lack of food
Prison Camp  Stalag, Lambinowice, Poland

Death  1989, December, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Residence at Death 46 Mosely Road, Bilston, Staffordshire
Age at Death 78 years

8.  Mary Bennett
Born  1876
Father   Thomas Bennett
Mother Dinah Ford

Marriage  1898, August 28 at St. Leonard's Church, Bilston, Staffordshire
Spouse   Alfred Benjamin Cross (1875 - 1918)
Father  Job Cross

Died  1905, Madeley, Shropshire
Age at Death  29 years

Children   1.  Alfred Cross  (1899 - ....)
Father Alfred Benjamin Cross
Mother Mary Bennett

2.  Eva Cross  (1903
Father Alfred Benjamin Cross
Mother Mary Bennett

3.  Jack Bennett Cross
Born  1905, January 2
Father  Alfred Benjamin Cross
Mother  Mary Bennett

Marriage  1934, Stock,Durham
Spouse  Dorothy Alma Holligan (1911 - 1999)

Death  1983, Cleveland

4.  Fred Cross
Born  1900
Father Alfred Benjamin Cross
Mother Mary Bennett

Occupation  1939 - Overhead Electric Crane Driver

Marriage  1935 at Guisborough, Yorkshire North Riding
Spouse  Blanche Ada Bean  (1906 - 1956, May 1

Residence  1956 - 6 Devonshire Street,Stockton-on-Tees

Death  1873  Northallerton, Yorkshire North Riding

5.  Ronald Cross
Born  1912, February 24 Stockton, Durham
Father Alfred Benjamin Cross
Mother Mary Bennett

Occupation  1939 - Process Carter, Heavy Chemicals

Residence 1939 - Stockton-on-Tees. Durham

Marriage 1936, September 3 at Bedale, Yorkshire
Spouse  Hilda Grundy
Born  1906
Baptised   1906, March 7 Bedale, Yorkshire
Father  Frances Grundy
Mother  Margaret Unknown
Death  1990, May, Central Cleveland

Death

Children    1.  Margaret Cross  (1938 - ....)

6  Nelson Cross
Born  1914, September 24 Stockton, Durham
Father Alfred Benjamin Cross
Mother Mary Bennett

Marriage  1940 in Cleveland, Yorkshire North Riding
Spouse  Olga Bean  (1916 - 1999)

Residence  1933 - 83 Park Road, Conid, Hendon

Death  1999, June Stockton,Durham




1813 - Baptism - Diana Ford



1841 - Census
Diana Ford, aged 6 living with Sarah Lester and Daniel Creswell at Bridge Street, Wolverhampton


1851 - Census
Diana with Robert and Ann Ford and family




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