Robert FORD (1852-1907) - Warren and Ford Family History

Name               Robert Ford

Born                 1852 at Bilston, Staffordshire

Baptised          1852, February 15 at St. Mary's Church, Bilston, Staffordshire

Father              Robert Ford

Mother             Ann Golborn

Marriage          1873 at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Spouse            Emily (Emmelia) Griffiths)

Born  1851 in Bilston, Staffordshire  

Father  Edward Griffiths  (1831 - ....)

Mother  Mary Ann Holmes  (1831 - ....)

Death

Occupation      Coal Miner, Coal Hewer

Residences     1861 - 171 St. Charles ?? Bilston

1871 - Stafford Lane, Hednesford, Staffordshire (boarder)

1881 - 34 Cold Lanes, Bilston, Staffordshire

1891 - 56 Willenhall Road, Bilston

1901 - 8 Jame Street, Bilston

Death              1907 at Bilston

Age at Death   54 years

Burial               1907, May 3 at St. Leonard's Church, Bilston, Staffordshire - Public Grave No. 580

Children          1.  Sarah Ann Griffiths

Born  1873

Father Robert Ford

Mother Emily Griffiths

Death  1874 at Staffordshire

Age at Death < 1 year

2.  Clara Ann Ford

Born  1875

Father Robert Ford

Mother Emily Griffiths

Death  1882 at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Age at Death  7 years

3.  Robert Ford

Born  1877

Father Robert Ford

Mother Emily Griffiths

Marriage  1899 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Spouse  Catherine (Kate) Cartwright

Born  1880

Death  1954 at Bilston, Staffordshire

Age at Death  74 years

Death  1980, January at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Age at Death  77 years

L to R : Emily Ford (1901-....), Catherine Cartwright (1880-1954) and Marjorie Cox (1926-2017)

Children     1.  Robert Ford  

Born  1899. September 21 at Bilston, Staffordshire

Father Robert Ford

Mother Catherine Cartwright

Married  1924, April at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Spouse Nellie Taylor  

Born  1900 at Bilston, Staffordshire

Occupation  Iron Moulder

Military  Enlistment Date  1917

           Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment

           Demobilised  1919, October 23

Death  1967 at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Age at Death  67 years

Children 1.  Gladys Joan Ford

Born  1926, December 28 at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Father  Robert Ford

Mother  Nellie Taylor

Died 1984, December at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Age at Death  58 years

Residence at Death  51 Broad Street, Bilston

2.  Emma (Emily)Ford  

Born 1901 at Staffordshire

Father Robert Ford

Mother Catherine Cartwright

Occupation  1921 - White Varnisher

Marriage   1922 at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Spouse  Sidney Cox

Born 1902, February 4

Occupation  Lorry Driver

Death  1974, July at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Age at Death 72 years

Children       1.  Irene Muriel Cox

Born 1922, June 15 at Bilston, Staffordshire

Father  Sidney Cox

Mother  Emma (Emily) Ford

Marriage  1945, June at Bilston, Staffordshire

Spouse  Thomas William Edwards  (1923 - 1977)

Died 2018. February 11 at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Age at Death  

Children    1.  Valerie Barbara Edwards

Born 1955

Father Thomas William Edwards

Mother  Irene Muriel Cox

Died 2000

2.  Sidney Cox

Born  1924, April at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Father Sidney Cox

Mother Emma (Emily) Ford

Marriage  1947, July at Bilston, Staffordshire

Spouse  Fanny Louisa Morgan  (1924 - 2019)

Death  1992, April, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Age at Death 68 years

               3.  Marjorie Cox

Born 1926 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Father Sidney Cox

Mother Emma (Emily) Ford

Marriage  1958 in Bilston, Staffordshire

Spouse  Charles W. Meredith  (1921 - 1994)

Death  2017, November 24 at Willenhall, Staffordshire

Age at Death 91 years

3.  Catherine Ford

Born  1903

Father Robert Ford

Mother Catherine Cartwright

Died 1904

Age at Death  1 years

3.  George Ford

Born  1905 at Bilston, Staffordshire

Father Robert Ford

Mother Catherine Cartwright

Death  1915

Age at Death  10 years

4.  Edward Ford

Born 1909 at Bilston, Staffordshire

Father Robert Ford

Mother Catherine Cartwright

Married  1937 at Rowley Regis, Staffordshire

Spouse  Hilda Cox  (1911 - 2002)

Death

5.  Harry Ford

Born 1910

Father Robert Ford

Mother Catherine Cartwright

Married  1929 at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Spouse  Elsie May Shelton

Born  1910

Father   Henry Joseph Shelton

Mother  Sarah Hestwood

Siblings  Violet Shelton (1914 - ....)

              Joseph Henry Shelton (1916 - ....)

Death   1936, September at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Age at Death  26 years

Children     1.  Elsie Ford

Born  1930

Father  Harry Ford

Mother  Elsie May Shelton

2.  Ronald Ford

Born 1933

Father Harry Ford

Mother Elsie May Shelton

6.  William Ford

Born 1912, October 8 at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Father Robert Ford

Mother Catherine Cartwright

Marriage  1936 at Bilston, Staffordshire

Spouse  Hilda Dorrien Shorthouse

Born  1914, September 2

Death  2002

Occupation  1939 - Under Manager, Retail Grocers

Residence 1939 - 8 Haddock Road, Bilston, Staffordshire

Death

Children  1. Alan William Ford

Born  1939, July 19

Father  William Ford

Mother  Hilda Dorrien Shorthouse

Died  2005

7.  George Ford

Born 1916, June 22 in Bilston, Staffordshire

Father Robert Ford

Mother Catherine Cartwright

Marriage  1938, January at Rowley Regis, Staffordshire

Spouse  Hazel Esmeralda Evans

Born  1917

Death  1993

Age at Death  76 years

Death  1992, April in Shropshire

Children  1.  Donald George Ford

Born  1943

Father  George Ford

Mother   Hazel Esmeralda Evans

Marriage  1962 at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Death  2005, November at Shropshire

Age at Death  62 years

 2.  Philip W Ford

Born 1947

Father George Ford

Mother   Hazel Esmeralda Evans

Died  2000

Age at Death  53 years

4.  Daniel Ford

Born  1881

Father Robert Ford

Mother Emily Griffiths

Death  1882

Age at Death  1 year

5.  George Ford

Born  1882

Father Robert Ford

Mother Emily Griffiths

Death  1894

Age at Death   12 years

6.  Edward Ford

Born  1885

Father Robert Ford

Mother Emily Griffiths

Marriage  1912 Wolverhampton

Spouse  Elizabeth Gibson  (1888 - 1957)

Death  1927 at Wolverhampton

Age at Death  42 years

Children  1.  Frederick Edward Ford  1913 - 1971)

Age at Death  42 years