Question

Looking for Peter Ford born in England lived in Walpole MA.and IL and died 3/19/1884 his dob 12/2/1805

Answer 1

This might be him:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9713604&ref=acom

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1870 United States Federal Census about Peter Ford

Name:	Peter Ford
Age in 1870:	65
Birth Year:	abt 1805
Birthplace:	England
Home in 1870:	Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Race:	White
Gender:	Male
Post Office:	Wrentham
Value of real estate:	View image
Household Members:	Name Age Peter Ford 65 Jane Ford 68

 

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1860 United States Federal Census about Peter Ford

Name:	Peter Ford
Age in 1860:	55
Birth Year:	abt 1805
Birthplace:	England
Home in 1860:	Franklin, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Gender:	Male
Post Office:	Franklin
Value of real estate:	View image
Household Members:	Name Age Peter Ford 55 Jane Ford 58

 

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Thanks for the info. I wish I could say you gave me the Peter Ford I was looking for but unfortunately the dates don't work with the info I had previously gathered. We don't know what year he arrived in the US and his first wife and mother of their children are a mystery

Answer 2

Hello Heidi,

If you are looking for the English records for Peter Ford, you could try the following sites:

Free BMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

Free Cen http://www.freecen.org.uk/

Free Reg http://www.freereg.org.uk/

The national archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ ( shipping records & passenger manifests)

Family Search the URl is https://familysearch.org/

All the best

Billy

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Thank you for your imput!  Heidi Ford