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Bessie Maude Heywood Ford 1883–1965 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Jan 1883

Birth Location: Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 1 Dec 1965

Death Location: Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, USA

Father: Zachariah Heywood

Mother: Hannah Stephenson

Spouse(s): Richard Ford

Children(s): Ira Ford

Bessie Maude Heywood Ford / was born in 1883 in Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, USA, the child of Zachariah Valentine Heywood And Hannah Jane Stephenson. Bessie Maude Heywood Ford married Richard Carl Carlton Ford, and had children including Ira Richard Ford. Bessie Maude Heywood Ford / passed away in 1965 in Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • Bessie Maude Heywood Ford // was born in 1883 in Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, USA, the child of Zachariah Valentine Heywood And Hannah Jane Stephenson.
  • Bessie Maude Heywood Ford // married Richard Carl Carlton Ford, and had children including Ira Richard Ford.
  • Bessie Maude Heywood Ford // passed away in 1965 in Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Zachariah Heywood
1855–1919
Birth Location: Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, USA
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Hannah Stephenson
1858–1930
Birth Location: Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, USA
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Spouses(s)

Richard Ford
1878–1965
Birth Location: Boone County, Illinois, USA
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Children(s)

Ira Ford
1902–1995
Birth Location: Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, USA
IF

Bessie Ford's Ancestors

Self
Bessie Ford
1883–1965
Birth Place: Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, USA
Parents
Zachariah Valentine Heywood
1855–1919
Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, USA
Hannah (Jane) Stephenson
1858–1930
Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Bessie Ford's Descendants

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Bessie (Maude Heywood) Ford (26 Jan 1883–1 Dec 1965) m. Richard ("Carl" Carlton) Ford (12 Mar 1878–10 Mar 1965)
  1. 1. Ira (Richard) Ford 1902–1995 m. Inez (Lilly Leete) Ford 1911–1994
    1. 1. Ronald (Ira) Ford 1933–2023

Bessie Ford's Timeline

2 Records

1883
26 Jan 1883
Birth of Bessie Maude Heywood Ford // in Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, USA
Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, USA
1965
1 Dec 1965
Age 82
Death of Bessie Maude Heywood Ford // in Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, USA
Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Jan 1883
    Event Place: Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Dec 1965
    Event Place: Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, USA
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