Alonzo Manter Ford (1886 - 1974)

Born 24 Jan 1886 in Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 31 May 1974 at age 88 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States

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Biography

Alonzo was born in 1886. His first marriage was in 1925, when he was about 40. His wife had children from a previous marriage, but it does not appear that they had additional children together. Alonzo lived until 1974.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9Y3-PJY : accessed 25 April 2021), Alonzo M Ford in household of Frank P Ford, Plymouth Town (Southeast part), Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1142, sheet 12A, family 261, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,675. [Alonzo M, Age 14, born Jun 1886, with his parents and siblings Leroy E (15), Benj F (12), and Margorte V (9).]
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZJQ-6C3 : 23 February 2021), Alonzo Manter Ford, 1917-1918.
• "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCN1-Q3J : 27 November 2014), Alonzo M Ford and Edith M Edgecomb, 08 Oct 1925; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta. [Marriage to Edith M. Edgecomb, born Goodwin.]
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMD3-NX9 : accessed 25 April 2021), Alonzo M Ford, Porter, Oxford, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 41, sheet 1B, line 67, family 21, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 836; FHL microfilm 2,340,571. [Age 45, with wife Edith M (45), and stepchildren Robert A Edgecomb (23), Clarence W (20), Alice E (18), and Norman P (15). Edith and her offspring were all born in Maine.]
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4XX-SB6 : 10 January 2021), Alonzo Ford, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-183, sheet 7B, line 56, family 133, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1583. [Back in Massachusetts with Edith.]
• "Maine Death Index, 1960-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCVN-2YK : 27 November 2014), Alonzo M Ford, 31 May 1974; citing Death, Portland, city code 05170, certificate 7403571, Maine State Archives, Augusta.
• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/55828070/alonzo-f.-ford : accessed 25 April 2021), memorial page for Alonzo F. Ford (24 Jan 1886–31 May 1974), Find A Grave: Memorial #55828070, citing Riverside Cemetery, Kezar Falls, Oxford County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Bonnie Huish (contributor 46938507) . [Shown as Alonzo F. Ford, but other details match, including "M." on the headstone.]