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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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. |