Betsy (Gifford) Ford
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Betsy (Gifford) Ford (1834 - 1868)

Betsy "Betsey, Betty" Ford formerly Gifford
Born in Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , and
Wife of — married 1856 in New Zealandmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , and
Died at about age 34 in New Zealandmap
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Biography

NOTE: Appears in listings as Betty, Betsey and Betsy - Betsy being her most used name.

Baptism - 26 Oct 1834 Parish Records

County Somerset
Place Kingsbury Episcopi
Church name St Martin
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 733
Baptism date 26 Oct 1834
Person forename Betsy
Person abode Burrow
Father forename Jacob
Father surname GIFFORD
Father occupation Labourer
Mother forename Mary

1841 England Census for Jacob Gifford Palmer's End Lane in Kingsbury Episcopi, South Somerset District, Somerset County

Jacob Gifford 45 1796 Male Somerset England Ag. Lab.
Mary Gifford 40 1801 Female Somerset England
George Gifford 17 1824 Male Somerset England
Thomas Gifford 14 1827 Male Somerset England
Humphey Gifford 12 1829 Male Somerset England
Jane Gifford 9 1832 Female Somerset England
Betty Gifford 7 1834 Female Somerset England
Samuel Gifford 3 1838 Male Somerset England

On 29 October 1856 a "Betsey Gifford" and Charles Henry Ford were married. [1][2] They had at least 5 children according to the registry. [3]

1859/7803 Charles
1861/8647 Samuel Edward
1862/10547 William Joseph
1865/58 Mary Hannah
1866/16875 Herbert

Betsy Ford died aged 33 on 13 May 1868 (NZBDM deaths 1868/6781 Ford Betsy 33Y) and is buried at the Waimea West Cemetery, Brightwater, Tasman. Plot 325 Find A Grave: Memorial #139641003

Husband Charles Henry Ford is buried there at Plot 378. Age 68 years Date of Death 7/1/1895. (NZBDM deaths 1895/220 Ford Charles Henry 68Y)

Sources

  1. ↑ NZBDM marriages 29/10/1856 1856/1557 Betsey Gifford, Charles Henry Ford
  2. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-G4L6?cc=1865481&wc=4BCL-QHS%3A1045248801%2C1045552301 : 15 October 2015), Nelson Court > Probate records 1850-1898 P336, P373, P372, P335-P371 > image 145 of 376; Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office.
  3. ↑ New Zealand Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Online search




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Colonist, Volume XI, Issue 1116, 5 June 1868
Colonist, Volume XI, Issue 1116, 5 June 1868


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