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Family Name

FORD

Other Names

Georgina Purdon (various spellings: Purden, Purdun, Burdon)

Date of Birth

31 Mar 1858

Place of Birth

Anderston, Glasgow Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Date of Death

22 Apr 1946

Place of Death

Kapunda, South Australia

Place of Burial

 

Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)

21 Dec 1876 in Adelaide from Plymouth on the ship Clyde with her parents, and her three siblings: Samuel (1860-1913), Margaret Jack (1862-) & William Brown (1864-1897)

Lived in Prospect (dates)

I don’t know from when to when but Trove articles for their Golden and Silver anniversaries give the following addresses

Addresses in Prospect

8 Koonga Ave (Trove: March 1930), 7 Highbury Street (Trove: March 1940)

Names of houses (if any)

 

Parents

Samuel FORD (1832-1883) & Euphemia BROWN (circa1831-1903)

Spouse(s)

Francis Arthur THOMAS

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

31 Mar 1889

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

Kapunda, South Australia

Children

Minnie Ford THOMAS (1881-), Francis Arthur THOMAS (1883-), Elsie Georgina THOMAS (1886-) Roy Clyde THOMAS (1889-)

Occupation(s)

Was a sewer in Muslin Warehouse when she was 13 years old in Glasgow, Scotland.

Interests

 

Religion/Churches

Members of the Highbury Street Methodist Church, Prospect.

Notes (points of interest etc.)

Georgina is the niece of John Ford (1830-1914)

Sources of information

Corinne Fordschmid: SA BMD transcripts, Shipping transcripts, Trove, Scotland Census transcript.

 

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