Family Name	Ford
Other Names	John
Date of Birth	16 May 1830
Place of Birth	Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, Buteshire, Scotland
Date of Death	21 Dec 1914
Place of Death	Prospect, South Australia
Place of Burial	Prospect North Road Anglican Cemetery Plot 3870/3871, Path 26N (Family Plot)
Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)	Approximately 1851 to Melbourne then circa 1852 to S.A. (one Tree Hill – Kapunda- Minlaton-Prospect.)
Lived in Prospect (dates)	Purchased Lot 201, Section 369, Hundred of Yatala on 21 Jan1885. Rented it out until he retired then lived there until his death in 1914.
Addresses in Prospect	11 Alexandra St, Highbury (Prospect)
Names of houses (if any)	Braeside
Parents	Samuel FORD c1786-1836 & Margaret WRIGHT 1792-1882
Spouse(s)	Mary Ann HYDE c1833-1884
Date(s) of Marriage(s)	4 Jul 1855
Place(s) of Marriage(s)	Near Bagot’s Gap, South Australia
Children	John Henry 1856-1938, Samuel James 1858-1859, William James 1860-1943, Eleanor “Nellie” 1862-1940, Robert Albert 1864-1927, Samuel 1866-1938, Ann Jane 1868-1943, Alexander 1870-1955, Ernst 1872-1959, Albert Edwin 1878-1949
Occupation(s)	Farm hand (11 years), baker, farmer, GP
Interests
Religion/Churches	Anglican
Notes (points of interest etc.)	Justice of the Peace, member of the Land Board for the Central District.
Sources of information	Research compiled by Corinne Fordschmid, 2014 from BMD certificates or transcripts, parish registers. gravestones, Trove, Scotlandspeople, Certificate of Title, David Kilner property research.