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Posted on 13 Jun 202016 Sep 2020 by genealogyjude · 12 Comments

The Tale of the Mathematical Instrument Maker Part 3

We last left William Ford in Part 2, back in England with his wife, Elizabeth, after a long voyage from New Zealand. Preparations were being made for the family to emigrate to the colony and join William's elder brother, John, who had already emigrated with his family in 1859. They would also be reunited with…

Posted on 31 May 20207 Jan 2021 by genealogyjude · 6 Comments

The Tale of the Mathematical Instrument Maker – Part 2

In Part 1, we discovered more about William Ford's life as a mathematical instrument maker in Wapping, London, but in this story, we will be finding out about events in the early 1860s that challenged his comfortable existence. When the 1861 census was taken, he was living in the family home at 20 Lower Gun…

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