The Ford Family

Alfred Thomas Ford

Birth: 8 August 1847, in Emsworth, Hampshire, England

Father: Edward Ford

Mother: Elizabeth (Funnell) Ford

Mary Ann (Thresh, Ford) Line
Mary Ann (Thresh, Ford) Line
photograph uploaded by EdwardThrash to FamilySearch Family Tree
Married: Mary Ann Thresh on 3 August 1881, at Bishopstowe, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Alfred Thomas Ford is recorded as a bachelor, aged 29. He is an engineer, resident in Maritzburg. Mary Ann Thresh is recorded as a spinster, aged 24, resident in Maritzburg. The marriage was witnessed by George Thresh and M. Cohen.
Natal Witness 6 August 1881
At Bishopstowe, by the Right Rev the Lord Bishop of Natal, Alfred Thomas Ford, of the firm of EF & AT Ford of PMBurg to Mary Ann younger daughter of George Thrash of PMBurg

Mary Ann, who was known as "Polly", was born on 7 June 1857, in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, the daughter of George Thresh and Emma Flower, who were to found, and be long time proprietors of, the Imperial Hotel in Pietermaritzburg. She was baptised on 14 April 1878 in St Peter, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, the baptism being witnessed by William Law Hester, Maria Hester and Emma Thresh. Mary Ann married, secondly, Leonard Line on 14 July 1891 in St Peters Cathedral, Pietermaritzburg. Mary Ann and Leonard had two children, Richard George Line and Leonard Parker Line.
Headstone of Mary Ann (Thresh, Ford) Line
Headstone of Mary Ann (Thresh, Ford) Line in Commercial Road cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
photograph by John Deare posted at eGGSA
In 1894, a case was heard in the Natal Supreme Court as to whether it was necessary for Mary Anne to change the name on her deed of Erf No. 2, Burger Street in Pietermaritzburg from the name of Mary Anne Ford on the deed to her new name of Mary Anne Line (Natal Law ReportsS: Supreme Court 1894 p48). Mary Ann died on 17 October 1902, at 192 Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg, aged 45. The cause of death is listed as phthisis pulmonalis (tuberculosis). She was buried in Commercial Road cemetery, Pietermaritzburg.
Census & Addresses:
1861: West Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire (West Riding)
1902: 192 Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1902 #228 DGS 007866811 image 163)

Children: Occupation: Blacksmith and Engineer. At his marriage he is noted as being "of the firm of EF & AT Ford of PMBurg". On the birth registration of his daughter Bertha in 1882, and on his death certificate, Alfred's occupation is listed as blacksmith, while at Bertha's baptism he is listed as an engineer. In his probate proceedings, Alfred's occupation is given as "wagon maker, machinist"

Notes: Alfred usually used his middle name "Tom"
Alfred emigrated to Natal aboard the Phantom, arriving in Durban on 10 July 1858. He is recorded as aged 10, and surety was stood by George Andrews, his brother-in-law. Accompanying Alfred on the Phantom were his parents, Edward (49) and Elizabeth (50) and siblings Sarah (21), Lucy (19), Ellen (15), Edward (13), Selina (11), Emily (8) and George (6).

Alfred was a sponsor at the baptism of his nephew, Alfred Frederick Ford, in 1878.

In his death notice it is noted that the property left by Alfred was:
Portion of Erf 2 Burger Street with house thereon valued in Corporation Roll £500
Household Furniture £150
and his partnership share in the firm of E.F. and A.T. Ford not yet accurately ascertained.

Death: 10 October 1883, at Burger Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, aged 36
Alfred Thomas Ford died on Oct 10 1883 at Burger Street, P.M.Burg. He is a blacksmith. The cause of death is listed as tetanus.

Robert King writes that "my father told me Tom scratched himself on something rusty at the Business (at that stage EF and AT Ford), which turned to tetanus and he died."

Grave of Alfred Thomas Ford
Grave of Alfred Thomas Ford in Commercial Road cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Buried: 11 October 1883, in Commercial Road cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal. The grave is located in Map 6 Section JJ Plot 25.
The inscription reads:
Here lie the remains of
ALFRED THOMAS,
better known as TOM FORD,
one of nature's noblemen.
Born Aug. 8th. 1847.
Died Oct. 10th. 1883

Census:
1851: Havant Road, Warblington, Hampshire

Sources:

Alfred Frederick Ford

Alfred Frederick Ford
Alfred Frederick Ford (c. 1900) at Kingston Lodge
(click for full picture)
photograph courtesy of Ann Meier
John Bartle Ford, Emily Winnifred Elizabeth Ford, Alfred Frederick Ford, Edward William Ford and in front, Joseph Clifford Ford
John Bartle Ford, Emily Winifred Elizabeth Ford, Alfred Frederick Ford, Edward William Ford and in front, Joseph Clifford Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Ford family at Kingston Lodge
Fords at Kingston Lodge
L to R. Back: Alfred, Winifred, Joseph, George. Front: Edward Funnell, Emily née Risley, John, Edward William. Very front: Wilfred
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Emily (Risley) Ford's 80th birthday with family
Alfred Frederick Ford is fourth from left in the back row at the 80th birthday of his mother, Emily (Risley) Ford at Kingston Lodge in November 1932. His wife, Ada (Wallis) Ford is standing sixth from the left.
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 31 January 1878, at Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal

Baptism: 24 March 1878, in St Peters, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
The baptism was sponsored by Alfred Thos. Ford and parents

Father: Edward Funnell Ford

Mother: Emily (Risley) Ford

Married: Ada Wallis in 1910 in Camberwell district, London, England

Alfred, his sister Emily and their parents visited London for the Franco-British Exhibition of 1908, hosted by the Marshalls, whose company Edward represented in South Africa. Marshall's London representative was a William J. Wallis who had three daughters, Ellen, Ada and Ethel. Alfred carried out a correspondence courtship with Ada after his return to South Africa, proposed and was accepted, before he returned to England to marry her in 1910.
Robert King tells us that "Alf and Ada had a very quiet wedding in London in December 1910 ... there were only 25 invited to the wedding, including the Imperial Russian Ambassador. Ada always claimed she had been cutting sandwiches half an hour before she left for the church."

Ada was born on 12 July 1886, in Beckenham, Kent, the daughter of William James Wallis and Eliza Martin. Robert King relates that Ada was "a lovely woman who loved entertaining and took over from her mother in law (when Emily gave up her own home) giving the big parties, including the 21st dances for most of the eldest children of Alf's siblings. ... I have fond memories of Alf and Ada's Golden Wedding in December 1960. It was an all day affair, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and a supper. We went to the afternoon tea and I've a photo of everyone present taken on the lawn. My grandmother had gone to her milliner to have new hat made for the occasion. ... Ada's sister, Ethel Wallis, who had been a bridesmaid at the wedding in 1910 and had worked for Winston Churchill came out from London for the occasion." Ada died on 1 April 1976, and is buried in St Johns Anglican Church cemetery, Pinetown, Natal, South Africa.
Census:
1891: Spenser Road, East Brixton, London
1901: Hollingborne Road, Camberwell, London

Children:
Memorial to Alfred Frederick Ford and Ada (Wallis) Ford
Memorial to Alfred Frederick Ford and Ada (Wallis) Ford in St Johns Anglican Church cemetery, Pinetown, Natal
photograph by Eleanor Garvie posted at eGGSA
Occupation: Carriage builder

Notes:
Alf built his house, Budleigh, at the beginning of Chase Valley Road, out of his proceeds from the rickshaw business he ran from the Ford business. Budleigh was on a five acre property, and included a tennis court. It was the venue for Ada's dances and the weddings of their three children.
Alfred and Ada retired to Pinetown in the 1950's, to be close to their daughter, Joyce (who lived a couple of doors away in Glenugue Road, Pinetown).

Death: 3 June 1967, at Braemar Nursing Home, Pinetown, Natal, South Africa, aged 89

Buried: St Johns Anglican Church cemetery, Pinetown, Natal, South Africa

Addresses:
1911: Chase Valley Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (birth register of daughter Ellen)
1914: Budleigh, Chase Valley Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (baptism record of son Frederick)
1949: Budleigh, Chase Valley Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1950 #150 GS film 007869147 image 1717)
1950: Budleigh, 14 Chase Valley Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Braby's Natal Directory 1950 p1542)

Sources:

Alfred Thomas Ford

Alfred Thomas Ford
Alfred Thomas Ford
(click for full group picture)
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Ford family group with bicycle
Alfred Thomas Ford is standing second from left in this Ford family grouping, probably at Kingston Lodge
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 5 January 1885

Baptism: 7 April 1885 in St Albans, Pretoria, South African Republic
Alfred Thomas is recorded as born on Jan 5th 1885 and baptised on April 7th 1885, the son of George and Mary Anne Ford. George is a blacksmith, resident in Pretoria. The baptism was witnessed by E J Johnson, George Ford and Mary Ann Ford

Father: George Ford

Mother: Mary Ann (Morrison) Ford

Susanna Stoffelina (Joubert) Young and her first child
Susanna Stoffelina (Joubert) Young and her first child, 1918
photograph contributed by Lorraine Tandy to FamilySearch
Married: Susanna Stoffelina (Joubert) Young on 23 December 1920 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Alfred Thomas Ford is recorded as a bachelor, aged 36, born in the Transvaal and resident at 21st Carolinas JMburg. Susana Stoffelina Young (born Joubert) is recorded as a divorcee, aged 22, born in the Transvaal, resident at 19 Park ???. The couple signed as A. Thos. Ford and S. S. Young.
Alfred Thomas and Susanna were divorced in 1925, and Susanna was married for a third time on 12 December 1925.

Susanna was born in 1897/8,  the daughter of Johannes Christiaan Joubert and Maria Magdalena Janse van Rensberg. She was married firstly to _____ Young, this marriage ending in divorce. After her divorce from Alfred Thomas Ford, Susanna married Robert Marshall on 12 December 1925 in Durban, Natal, at which time her address is listed as Russell Street, Durban.

Occupation: Motor salesman

Notes: Known as "Tom".

Death: 29 July 1950, at General Hospital, Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa, aged 66
Alfred Thomas is recorded as a widower, aged 66, born in the Transvaal. He is a motor salesman resident at Alexander Hotel, Jack Street, Germiston. The cause of death is listed as myocarditis, of duration 3 months, and congestive cardiac failure, of duration 12 months.

Burial: 1 August 1950, in St Saviour, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa

Addresses:
1920: Alexander Hotel, Jack Street, Germiston   (death notice)

Sources:

Alice Ford

Alice Ford
Alice Ford
(click for full group picture)
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Alice Ford
Alice Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Father: George Ford

Mother: Mary Ann (Morrison) Ford

Sources:

Bertha Elizabeth (Ford) Stride

Bertha Elizabeth Ford
Bertha Elizabeth Ford
Bertha Elizabeth Ford
Bertha Elizabeth Ford
Bertha Elizabeth Ford
Rodericka MacDonald (left) and Bertha Elizabeth Ford (right)
Birth: 6 May 1882, at Burger Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal

Baptism: 11 June 1882, in St Peter, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Berttha Elizabeth is recorded as born on May 6th 1882, the daughter of Alfred Thomas and Mary Ann Ford. Alfred is an engineer, resident in Maritzburg. The baptism sponsors are Eliz Macdonald, ? ??? and William Howes.

Father: Alfred Thomas Ford

Mother: Mary Ann (Thresh) Ford

Married: Philip William Stride on 6 June 1904, at St Peter's Cathedral, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Philip William Stride is recorded as a bachelor, aged 34. He is an asst. town clerk, resident in Maritzburg. Bertha Elizabeth Ford is recorded as a spinster, of full age, resident in Maritzburg. The marriage was witnessed by M.T.J. Harte, Geo. Ford and E. Stride.

Children: Notes: Bertha inherited a half-share of the dwelling on Erf No.2 Loop Street from her father, the other half going to her mother. In 1894, an application was made to Bertha's guardian for monies to pay a half-share of improvements to the property. This request was granted (Natal Law Reports: Supreme Court 1894 p47).

Bertha is recorded as one of the "ladies in white, with sashes of red, white, and blue" waiting tables at a large luncheon held in Pietermaritzburg on 17 October 1900 to celebrate the Relief of Ladysmith and thank the returning soldiers and volunteers.
Natal Volunteer Record: The Welcome pp31-2
   In the Market Hall, the Mayor (Major Macfarlane) entertained at luncheon 546 guests, mostly returned volunteers, being supported by a brilliant assembly, including seven Colonels and other Military men and Colonial Ministers and Justices.
  Ladies in white, with sashes of red, white, and blue, waited at table, viz.:—Mesdames P. F. Payn, H. B. Collins, W. G. Eccles, A. M. Holloway, Harkness, R. Haworth, E. C. Lawrence, Hannah Ross, Webb, the Misses W. F. Nicholson, L. Muir, A. E. Nicholson, Burton, Ireland, MacDonald, R. MacDonald, Bertha Ford, Margaret Haworth, Mabel G. Andrews, Payn, M. Payn, Fiddes, Anderson, Fanny Anderson, E. Gordon, Murdock, Abel, Collins, M. Collins, O’Brien, B. O’Brien, Wolhuter, Carmichael, Forsyth, Rowe, Natalie Wilson, O’Meara, and Sisters of the Nursing Institute.


Death: 19 February 1953 at Grey's Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, aged 70
The cause of death is listed as carcinoma of colon, of duration 8 months.

Burial: Mountain Rise cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

Addresses:
1923: 214 Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1923 #15560 DGS 007866893 image 347)
1953: 21 Riverton Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (death certificate)

Sources:

Edward Ford

Edward Ford
Edward Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Edward Ford
Edward Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 15 November 1807, in London, Middlesex

Baptism: 13 December 1807, in St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England

Father: John Ford

Mother: Mary

Married: Elizabeth Funnell on 27 May 1828, in St Mary, Portsea, Hampshire, England
Edward Ford and Elizabeth Funnell are both recorded as single. The marriage was witnessed by Sophia Williams and Henry Tomlin.

Children: Occupation: Whitesmith (1832, 1834, 1836, 1841, 1861); Lock & White Smith (1851); Blacksmith

Notes:
Edward emigrated to Natal aboard the Phantom, arriving in Durban on 10 July 1858. He is recorded as aged 49, and surety was stood by George Andrews, Edward's son-in-law. Accompanying Edward on the Phantom were his wife Elizabeth (50) and children Sarah (21), Lucy (19), Ellen (15), Edward (13), Selina (11), Alfred (10), Emily (8) and George (6). Mary Ann had previously emigrated aboard the Lady of the Lake in 1855, and the two elder daughters, Elizabeth and Harriet would come out in 1861 aboard the Leila. We know Eliza did emigrate - she was married in Pietermaritzburg in 1865 - although I have not yet found record of the passage. The reason why Edward and Elizabeth Ford emigrated to Natal, according to what Emily (Risley) Ford told Robert King's father was because the building of the railway to Southampton had reduced the amount of business that Edward had in Emsworth, as the railway bypassed Emsworth, and that their daughter, Mary Ann (Polly), married to George Andrews, had preceded them to Natal.
Cape and Natal News 7 October 1858
The PHANTOM with 117 immigrants from Plymouth arrived out on the 10th July in 76 days. With respect to her arrival the Natal Mercury says –
One hundred and sixteen souls embarked on board this vessel and one hundred and seventeen have landed. An infant died of convulsions in the early part of the voyage, one was born at sea
and a second saw the light after the vessel was safe in harbour. From all we hear the passengers by this vessel are of the right sort. They are mostly agricultural labourers with a sprinkling of mechanics and a goodly array of wives and children.


Durban, at the time of Edward's immigration, was a small, sand-ridden town, as described by William James, who had arrived a few months earlier. After spending about a year or two in Durban, where he had a business on the corner of Gardiner and Smith streets, Edward moved up to Pietermaritzburg, where he set up blacksmith shop on Longmarket Street, just above the Park Hotel. Later the smithy was moved to the corner of Longmarket and Chapel Streets. Edward stood surety for the immigration of two of his wife's sisters and their families - Ann Dawes who arrived in Durban 22 April 1860 aboard the Lady of the Lake  at which time Edward is noted to be of Durban, and Lucy Salmon who arrived in Durban on 14 March 1861 aboard the Leila, along with two of Edward's daughters, Eliza and Harriet. A note is made in that passenger record that Edward Ford was insolvent.

In 1865, at the time of Eliza's wedding, he is recorded as living in Longmarket Street. Eliza is listed in her wedding notice as the "Fifth daughter of Mr. E. Ford". My list of Edward's children show Eliza as the seventh daughter. Perhaps my list is in error, or perhaps two of the elder girls had died before this time and were not counted.

Death: 24 April 1880, at the residence of his son, Mr. Edward Ford, Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Edward Ford died on April 24 1880 at Loop St, PMBurg. He is recorded as a blacksmith, aged 74. The cause of death is listed as bronchitis and exhaustion.

Grave of Edward Ford, Elizabeth (Fiunnell) Ford and Elizabeth (Ford) Johnson
Grave of Edward Ford, Elizabeth (Funnell) Ford and Elizabeth (Ford) Johnson in the Wesleyan cemetery, Commercial Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Buried: Wesleyan cemetery, Commercial Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. The grave is located in Block A Row C Plot 31.
The inscription reads:
In Memory of
EDWARD FORD
died April 24th 1880
Aged 73
Also ELIZABETH
his wife
died March 29th 1866
aged 59
also ELIZABETH
eldest daughter the above
died September 28th 1867
aged 38

Census & Addresses:
1829: Wickham, Hampshire   (baptism of daughter Elizabeth)
1832: Wickham, Hampshire   (baptism of daughter Miriam)
1834: Emsworth, Warblington, Hampshire   (baptism of daughter Mary Ann)
1836: Emsworth, Warblington, Hampshire   (baptism of daughter Sarah)
1841: West Street, Warblington, Hampshire
1851: Havant Road, Warblington, Hampshire
The marriage notice of his son, Edward Funnell Ford, in 1875 states that the elder Edward was "formerley of Warblington House, Emsworth, Hants."

Sources:

Edward Funnell Ford

Edward Funnell Ford
Edward Funnell Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 10 April 1844, in Emsworth, Hampshire, England

Father: Edward Ford

Mother: Elizabeth (Funnell) Ford

Married: Emily Risley on 28 September 1875, in St Peters Cathedral, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Edward Funnel Ford is recorded as a bachelor, aged 34. He is an engineer, resident in Maritzburg. Emily Risley is recorded as a spinster, aged 22 and resident in Maritzburg. The marriage was performed by Bishop John William Colenso ("Jno. Natal") and witnessed by Wm. Risley and A. T. Ford.
Natal Witness 8 October 1875
Edward Funnell eldest son of Mr Edward Ford formerly of Warblington House, Emsworth, Hants. To - Emily, eldest daughter of William Risley of PMBurg, Natal

Children:
Letterhead of E.F. Ford's business
Letterhead of Edward Funnell Ford's "motor and general engineer" business
E.F. Ford's Coachbuilding works
Edward Funnell Ford's coachbuilding works on Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg. The building was demolished circa 1950, and Braemar House now stands on the site.
Scan by Chris Gosnell from photograph belonging to Esme Fuller
Occupation: Engineer and carriage builder
Edward ran away from school aged 14, so was put to work as an apprenticeship with his father, a blacksmith, often being called up in the early hours of the morning to blow the bellows and strike, as the heat was so oppressive during the day. After a few years the business was moved to the corner of Longmarket and Chapel Streets. In 1876 and 1878, at the baptisms of his sons Edward and Alfred, Edward is listed as an "iron founder" and in 1880 he is listed as a blacksmith in the birth register of his son John and a machinist in John's baptism record. At the baptism of children in 1882, 1885,1887 and 1890, he is listed as an engineer. On the death of his father in 1880, Edward acquired the business and made considerable extensions, securing the sole agency for the British engineering firm of Marshall, Sons & Co., of London and Gainsborough. In the early days Mr. Ford was successful in securing the orders for machinery for many of the leading mines and in addition had a good connection throughout Natal and the Transvaal in the carriage and coachbuilding business.
In 1872, Edward decided to try his hand at diamond prospecting, leaving the firm in the hands of his brother, Alfred Thomas ("Tom"). Love letters from Edward to "Miss Risley" from the diamond fields have survived. Having only minor success in the diamond fields, bringing home a few diamonds eventually made into jewellery for his future wife, Edward returned to the business in partnership with Tom and now styled "EF & AT Ford of PMBurg".

E. F. Ford wedding gift
This chair was made by Edward Ford as a wedding gift to his bride
photograph by Jeremy Gosnell
Notes: Edward emigrated to Natal aboard the Phantom, arriving in Durban on 10 July 1858. He is recorded as aged 13, and surety was stood by George Andrews, his brother-in-law. Accompanying Edward on the Phantom were his parents, Edward (49) and Elizabeth (50) and siblings Sarah (21), Lucy (19), Ellen (15), Selina (11), Alfred (10), Emily (8) and George (6).

Edward and Emily were married by the Bishop of Natal, Dr. John William Colenso. Robert King tells us that the Risleys were great supporters of Colenso and St. Peters Cathedral. The Fords were Weslyan. However, Edward became very friendly with Colenso and converted to Church of England. He was given a book of Colenso's sermons, in which the Bishop had inserted his photograph and inscribed to EF. When asked their religion, the family tended to reply "Colensoite".

Edward Ford had a town house named Leighton House, at 151 Loop Street in Pietermaritzburg, behind the site of the family business. In 1880 he bought over 40 acres of land in the Chase Valley outside of town, and rented another plot on English Road, where he built Kingston Lodge, named after his wife's birthplace in London, as a country residence, feeling that Pietermaritzburg was too wild in which to bring up a young family. Edward leveled out a platform on the steep hillside to build the original stone house. Originally he planned to build a double story house and the walls were constructed accordingly. He then decided that in old age he would not want to have to climb the stairs to bed and instead over the years added on 2 wings. First a billiard room off which was a bathroom and a bedroom and later another wing which included at the end the big double drawing room and the main bedroom. The house ultimately had 6 bedrooms. Edward moved the family there about 1883, and Winnie was born there in 1884. The Kingston Lodge orchards, comprising approximately 40 acres in the pick of the valley, became renowned for the quality of their fruit, and year after year at the exhibitions of the Royal Agricultural Society, Edward took premier honours with the citrus productions of his late estate, and the magnificent displays of flowers from the estate were a feature of the various Maritzburg shows. Kingston Lodge was built to entertain - the dining room at stretched the width of the main block and had two tables, one with leaves and a second table made by the firm with legs like a billiard table - both tables seating about 14 people each. Edward's great-grandson, Robert King relates that "the older generation remembered Kingston Lodge for the verandahs that encircled the garden side of the house with a covered grapevine walk way to the outdoor loo (long drop), a double affair with a companion high  and low seat, so mother and child could avail themselves of the facility together ... The verandahs of Kingston Lodge were wooden. EF had had made go-carts with lawnmower wheels for the children. They made an enormous racket on the wooden floors of the verandah. ... Under the verandah, reached by a trap door, was a cellar where EF kept his home made wine made from Catawba grapes." Edward's granddaughter Esme remembers wonderful family Christmas parties at Kingston Lodge, featuring citrus and flowers. Joyce (Ford) Arntzen related that the fairy on the top of the Christmas tree (dressed by her mother, Ada) was given to the youngest girl present.

Robert King, tells us that Edward, his wife Emily and at least two of their children, Alfred and Emily, visited London for the Franco-British Exhibition of 1908, hosted by the Marshalls, whose company Edward represented in South Africa. "On reaching London the family were entertained to lunch by the Marshalls at their London residence, straight after they got off the ship. My great grandmother (Emily) and grandmother were annoyed that they had not been given the chance to change their dresses or delve into their jewel cases before being entertained at a grand London house, butler, footmen, etc."

Edward lived at Kingston Lodge until 1922 when he had a nervous breakdown, and was admitted to the Pietermaritzburg Mental Hospital on 23 June 1922. On 25 August of that year, on the recommendation of his wife and family, three of his sons, namely Alfred Frederick Ford, John Bartle Ford and Joseph Clifford Ford were appointed curators bonis of Edward's business affairs (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files GS film 001295222 images 01250-1).

Death: 15 June 1924, at the Pietermaritzburg Mental Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, aged 80.
The cause of death is listed as senile decay of duration 3 years, fatty degeneration of heart, and acute heart failure of duration half-an-hour.

Emily (Risley) Ford funeral July 1943
The grave of Edward Funnell Ford and his wife Emily (Risley) Ford in Pietermaritzburg, covered in flowers at Emily's funeral in July 1943. Edward's headstone on the right in this photograph was later removed, and last seen at the Ford family business in Longmarket Street. It was replaced by the joint headstone with Emily shown below.
photograph courtesy of Robert King
The headstone of Edwared Funnell Ford and Emily (Risley) Ford
The headstone of Edward Funnell Ford and Emily (Risley) Ford in the Commercial Road cemetery, Pietermaritzburg.
photograph by Robert King
Buried: 23 June 1924, in the Wesleyan cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. The grave is located in Block A Row C Plot 31.
The inscription on the headstone reads:
In treasured memory of
our deeply loved parents
EDWARD FUNNELL FORD
born 10th April 1844
called to higher service
15th June 1924
and
EMILY FORD
(née RISLEY)
born 29th November 1852
called to higher service
5th July 1943
Labour and seek no reward

Obituary:
Natal Mercury Saturday 28 June 1924:
OBITUARY
MR. E.F. FORD, MARITZBURG
   On Sunday, June 15, there passed away at Maritzburg another of the few remaining Old Colonists in the person of Mr. E.F. (Ted) Ford, who arrived at Durban, with his parents, at the early age of 13 years by the sailing ship, Phantom, in July, 1858, after a trying voyage of over three months.
   Mr. Edward Ford, sen., settled in Durban for about 12 months and then came on to Maritzburg in 1859, and started business as a blacksmith at what is now known as "Ingleside," in Longmarket Street, just above the Park Hotel, and at this early age Mr. Ford started his apprenticeship with his father, often being called up in the early hours of the morning to blow the bellows and strike, as the heat was so oppressive during the day.
   After a few years the business was moved to the now familiar corner of Longmarket and Chapel Streets, where it has seen the City grow from a few cottages here and there to its present state. On the death of his father, Mr. Ford acquired the business and made considerable extensions, securing the sole agency for the great British engineering firm of Messrs. Marshall Son & Sons, of London and Gainsborough, an agency the firm holds to the present day. In the early days Mr. Ford was successful in securing the orders for machinery for many of the leading mines and in addition had a good connection throughout Natal and the Transvaal in the carriage and coachbuilding business.
   The deceased was one of the foundation members of the Maritzburg Rifles, and later joined the Natal Royal Rifles but as horsemanship appealed to him more strongly, he transferred to the City troop of the Natal Carbineers and was one who volunteered for the Langalibalele expedition, and his reminiscences of the stirring experiences of this gallant troop in the Bushman's Pass under Colonel Durnford, were always most interesting. Incidentally, he was believed to be the last survivor of this expedition unless a Mr. Church of Durban is still alive. He had with him as half-section Mr. Bond, who was killed along with Potterill and Erskine, the fatal bullet passing Mr. Ford and striking Bond. The Langalibalele Monument in the Market Gardens, Maritzburg, bears testimony to the noble efforts of this troop of the Natal Carbineers.
   In 1872 Mr Ford left for the Vaal River diamond diggings, along with three or four chums, amongst whom was the late Mr. Kit Bird, a former Colonial Secretary of Natal. Mr. Ford used to relate how the party missed a small fortune, for it seems that after working for a week or a fortnight digging and carting the precious soil that was to end all trouble financially, they decided to commence the washing and sorting. The first wash gave them great hopes, for they secured five small stones, and a neighbouring camp, amongst whom was the late Durant (Dan) Scott, came along and offered them £10,000 for the heap. This offer they refused, but to their dismay, they went right through the remainder of the heap and never found another stone.
   When Mr. Ford arrived back in Maritzburg he continued his business which, during his absence, had been carried on by his brother, Mr. Tom Ford. Some years later great excitement ran through Maritzburg when gold was found in various places in close proximity, notably Table Mountain. Mr. Ford, who then owned the only steam engine in the town, set to work to make a crusher, and as the prospectors brought their samples along, so he crushed and tested them, along with his old friends Dr. Sutherland and Mr. Joe Shaw. Unfortunately for the sake of Maritzburg and Natal, although signs of the precious metal were found, none of the samples proved profitable.
   The deceased gentleman was an intimate friend of the late Bishop Colenso, and many were the experiences he could relate of the unhappy breach in the English Church in those early days. It was he who suggested and eventually erected, the now familiar church bells in the grounds of St. Peter's Cathedral, photographs of which have been taken and sent to all parts of the world. He undertook the making of the ironwork for the first footbridge over the Umsindusi River into the Alexandra Park, and also stood security for the contractor, Mr. Tom Harding, and the writer will never forget hearing him tell of the anxious afternoon when the bridge was just about finished, and a very heavy storm broke over Zwartkop, the river rising and rising until everyone thought the bridge must go. The storm, however, happily abated, but it is on record that it was the highest the river has ever come down.
  Some years after the Boer War, Mr. Ford gave up the worries of business to his sons, and took on the planting of his country property in the Chase Valley with citrus and ornamental trees. The Kingston Lodge orchards, comprising approximately 40 acres in the pick of the valley, have become renowned for the quality of their fruit, and year after year at the exhibitions of the Royal Agricultural Society Mr. Ford took premier honours with the citrus productions of his late estate, and the magnificent displays of flowers from the estate are quite a feature of the various Maritzburg shows.
  Although never taking an active part in public life, he was keenly interested in things municipal and governmental, and was a staunch supporter of Natal remaining out of the Union, and up till three years ago never lost interest in the old established business that bears his name.
   He married, in the year 1877, Emily, the eldest daughter of the late William Risley, by whom he is survived, the marriage bearing seven sons and two daughters, of whom one daughter (Mrs. J.H. King, of Umlaas Road) and six sons (Alf, John, Cliff, George, Rupert, Wilfred) are still living, five being with the business in Maritzburg and one resident in Durban.
   Although in indifferent health for the past three years, the end was painfully sudden at the ripe old age of 80 years and 2 months. Of a kind & lovable disposition, and a devoted husband and father, he will be sadly missed by his sorrowing wife and family, to whom the deepest sympathy will be extended. The many beautiful floral tributes bore testimony to the esteem in which the deceased was held by those who had the privilege of his friendship.
  The funeral which was attended by a very large number of mourners and friends of the old pioneer, took place at the Wesleyan Cemetery, Maritzburg, on Monday afternoon, the Rev. Canon Harris, of St. Peter's Cathedral Church, officiating.

Will: dated 12 November 1919, filed 18 June 1924
Pietermaritzburg Estate Files GS film 001295222 images 01252-3
THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me EDWARD FUNNELL FORD of Pietermaritzburg Natal, Engineer married out of community of property. I revoke all testamentary dispositions before made by me. I appoint the following Executors who shall also be Administrators of my estate namely:- my wife EMILY FORD and my three sons ALFRED FREDERICK FORD, JOHN BARTLE FORD and JOSEPH CLIFFORD FORD and I direct that the decision of any three of them shall be sufficient in any matters concerning my estate and any papers or documents requiring their signatures shall be sufficiently signed by any three of them or by persons authorised by Power of  Attorney of any three of them. It is my wish that there shall always be at least three Executors and should there at any time be only two remaining, I authorise them to assume some other person to act with them. After payment of all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses I direct my Executors and Administrators to remain possessed of  the whole of my estate upon trust as long as my wife shall be living and out of the net income of my estate to pay to my daughter-in-law LAURA ELIZABETH FORD the widow of my late son EDWARD WILLIAM FORD, so long only as she shall remain unmarried, a sum of ELEVEN POUNDS (£11) Sterling per month and only for so long as my Executors in their absolute discretion shall consider reasonable having regard to the amount of income available from my estate. I direct my Executors to pay the balance of the net income of my estate to my wife EMILY FORD for her own use and benefit for the term of her natural life. Upon the death of my wife Emily Ford or should she happen to predecease me I direct that my estate shall be divided equally between all my children who may be living at the time of her death or who may have previously died at anytime leaving lawful issue, such issue to inherit equally between them by representation the share which would have been payable to their deceased parent if such parent had survived. The children of my son Edward William Ford who died before the date of this Will are to be included and to inherit between them the share which he would have received if he had survived. I direct that the shares of any minors who may inherit under this Will shall be held by my Executors upon trust and be invested and such shares and the income thereof shall not be paid to them until they shall respectively attain the age of twenty one years. I authorise my Executors in their absolute discretion, to expend the whole or any part of the income or capital of any minors shares for or towards their maintenance education and advancement in life and if necessary for or towards the maintenance of their mother so long as such mother shall remain a widow and need assistance. I authorise my Executors to sell or dispose of any part of my estate either by public auction or private sale if they should consider it best in the interests of my estate to do so. I authorise my Executors to invest moneys belonging to my estate upon such investments as they may consider suitable excluding always the shares of any Company or Bank.
  DATED at Pietermaritzburg in the Province of Natal, on the twelfth day of the month of November in this year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninete[en]
      E.F. FORD
Signed in the presence of:
 J.P.J.Eaton 110 Greyling St, Engineer
 C.C.Cheek 381 Prince Alfred St
   

Census & Addresses:
1851: Havant Road, Warblington, Hampshire
1878: Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (baptism of son Alfred)
1885: Town Lands   (baptism of daughter Emily)
1887: Chase Valley   (baptism of son George)
1897: 158 Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal; residence at Kingston Lodge, Chase Valley, Pietermaritzburg   (Natal Almanac & Directory 1897 p102)
1909: Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files #37/61 film 007866875 image 438)
1924: Kingston Lodge, Chase Valley, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files GS film 001295222 image 01248)
1924: 158 Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Natal Civil Records Deaths 1924 DGS 007752174 image 1002)

Photographs:

Edward Funnell Ford   Ford family group with bicycle   Tennis party at Kingston Lodge   Ford family at Kingston Lodge   John Edward Risley, Edward Funnell Ford, William Frederick Risley and Alfred Edmondson   Ford family at Kingston Lodge   Garden party at Kingston Lodge circa 1907   Edward William Ford and Laura Elizabeth Scarlett wedding   John Herbert James King and Emily Winifred Ford wedding   The wedding of George Herbert Ford and Lulu Iris Borain   Ford family at Kingston Lodge Christmas 1912   Ford family at Kingston Lodge Christmas c1918

Edward Funnell Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Edward Funnell Ford is seated rightmost in this photograph of a Ford family grouping, probably at Kingston Lodge
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Edward Funnell Ford is seated centre in this photograph of a tennis party at Kingston Lodge
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Ford family at Kingston Lodge circa 1900
Edward Funnell Ford is seated in the centre
photograph courtesy of Ann Meier

(left to right) John Edward Risley, Edward Funnell Ford, William Frederick Risley and Alfred Edmondson
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Fords at Kingston Lodge
L to R. Back: Alfred, Winifred, Joseph, George. Front: Edward Funnell, Emily née Risley, John, Edward William. Very front: Wilfred
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Edward Funnell Ford is seated third from left in the front row in this photograph of a garden party at Kingston Lodge circa 1907
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Edward Funnell Ford is seated on the right in the wedding photograph of Laura Elizabeth Scarlett and Edward William Ford on 4 January 1911, taken at Howick Farmers Hall.
photograph courtesy of Robert King

EF Ford is standing second from left in the wedding photograph of John Herbert James King and Emily Winifred Elizabeth Ford on 22 April 1914
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Edward Funnell Ford is standing on the right in the wedding photograph of George Herbert Ford and Lulu Iris Borain on 26 March 1919
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Fords at Kingston Lodge, Christmas 1912
Edward Funnell Ford is seated second from left.
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Fords at Kingston Lodge, circa 1918
Edward Funnell Ford is seated centre of the middle row
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Left Arrrow scroll with your mouse to see more pictures; click on an image for enlargement Right Arrrow
Sources:

Edward William Ford

Edward William Ford
Edward William Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 1 October 1876

Baptism: 19 November 1876, in St Peters, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
The baptism was sponsored by William Risley and parents

Father: Edward Funnell Ford

Mother: Emily (Risley) Ford

Edward William Ford and Laura Elizabeth Scarlett wedding
The wedding of Laura Elizabeth Scarlett and Edward William Ford on 4 January 1911. The photo is taken at Howick Farmers Hall.
(left to right) back row: Daisy (McDonald) Parker, John Clarke Parker, Harriet (Ford, Trenowth) Dyer
middle row: Emily Winifred Ford, Edward William Ford, Laura Elizabeth Scarlett, John Bartle Ford, Emily (Risley) Ford, Edward Funnel Ford
front row, order uncertain: Vera, Mooi, Madge and Irene Parker
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Emily (Risley) Ford's 80th birthday with family
The widowed Laura Elizabeth (Scarlett) Ford is fifth from left at the 80th birthday of her mother-in-law, Emily (Risley) Ford at Kingston Lodge in November 1932.
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Nella Louise (Borain) Ford and Laura Elizabeth (Scarlett) Ford
Nella Louise (Borain) Ford (left) and Laura Elizabeth (Scarlett) Ford, aged 96, at a Ford family reunion at Kingston Lodge on 31 July 1983.
photograph of a newspaper clipping courtesy of Robert King
Married: Laura Elizabeth Scarlett on 4 January 1911 in St Lukes, Howick, Karkloof, Natal, South Africa
Edward William Ford is recorded as a bachelor, of full age. He is a coach builder, resident in Maritzburg. Laura Elizabeth Scarlett is recorded as a spinster, of full age, resident in Karkloof. The marriage was performed by E. W. Bibby, and witnessed by John Clarke Parker and John Bartle Ford.

Edward and Laura honeymooned in England, meeting up with his brother Alf, and his new wife Ada, who had married in London a month earlier. They went to England to meet Laura's family - she was an orphan brought up by a strict aunt and uncle and had a brother.

Laura was born on 29 June 1887. At the time of her wedding, Laura was a governess in the household of John Clarke Parker (one of the witnesses on the marriage register). John is center, back row in the wedding photo, with his wife, back left and Laura's charges, their four daughters, Vera, Mooi, Madge and Irene Parker, seated in front. Robert King tells us that "she was a formidable character who kept teaching until she was 89, lived in her house in Pietermaritzburg until she was 99 and ran her book club virtually to her death." Laura was aged 96 at a Ford family reunion on 31 July 1983. She died on 2 July 1988 in Pietermaritzburg, of cardiac failure, aged 101.

Children: Occupation: Coach and carriage builder
In 1906, Edward provided evidence to a commission on tariff revision. Not surprisingly, considering his occupation, Edward favoured reducing tariffs on parts needed to build vehicles, but increasing tariffs on imported complete vehicles. The testimony does, however, provide some interesting insight into the coach building industry in Natal at that time. For example:
14. Name all such articles required in the business of Carriage Building ?
  Axles, axle caps, nuts and collets, bushes, tyre and carriage bolts, bows, bow sockets, bow fingers, brake blocks, and pans, beading, seat back rest irons, brake rod connections, cloth, canvas, curtain fasteners, seaming cord, floor cloth, draw bar chains, dash handles, door fasteners, dog cart bar furniture, fore-carriages, felloe plates, fifth wheels, glue, horsehair, coir, pump handles, ends, hinges, hubs, bar iron, bar steel, connecting rod joints, tent joint ends, knobs, lamps, locks, leather and patent leathers, nave hoops, nails, undergears, off-sets, paints, pumice stone and powder, filling-up powder, papier mache, pole crabs, poles with circles and bars, panel pins, tent-props, white lead, rims, rein rails, rivets, rubber tyres, spokes, springs, scroll irons, shafts, lancewood and hickory, shafts staples, screws, seat slides, steps, step treads, transfers, thread, and twine, tracehooks, walnut, mahogany, and white woods, wings, whiffletree plates, and tips.
...
86. The CHAIRMAN:—According to your evidence, the Industry is practically ruined?
  That is so. It will simply mean that if it is going on as it has been for a little longer there will probably be one or two shops for repairs and a few orders will come in from those who prefer to have a Colonial carriage, whilst the other shops will have to shut down.

Edward is described as a book-keeper in the birth register of his son Edward in 1912, but as a coach builder in Edward's baptism record.

Notes:
Robert King tells us that "both Eddie and Laura were bookish and were contented to spend hours together just reading." Eddie and Laura had a smallholding in Town Bush Valley, Pietermaritzburg, which Laura sold when Eddie died in 1919.

Gravestone of Edward William Ford
Gravestone of Edward William Ford in the Commercial Road cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
photograph by Heather Peyper posted at eGGSA
Death: 30 May 1919 at the Sanatorium,  Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, aged 42
Edward William Ford died on 30 May 1919 at Sanatorium PmBurg. He is recorded as 42 years old, married and his occupation is manager motor works. The cause of death is listed as abdominal tumour and exhaustion of duration 1 year. He was buried in PmBurg.

Buried: 31 May 1919, in Commercial Road cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. The grave is located in map 3, section C, plot 25/26.
The gravestone reads:
In Loving Memory of Edward William Ford
Born October 1st 1876
Died May 30th 1919
To memory ever dear

Will: dated 21 February 1911, filed 16 June 1919
Pietermaritzburg Estate Files GS film 001295222 images 01252-3
THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me EDWARD WILLIAM FORD of Pietermaritzburg in the Province of Natal in the Union of South Africa Coach builder I hereby revoke all Wills Codicils and other testamentary dispositions at any time heretofore made by me and I give leave devise and bequeath unto my dear wife Laura Elizabeth Ford (born Scarlett) the whole of my estate and effects both real and personal movable and immovable and whether the same be in possession reversion remainder or expectancy and wheresoever situate nothing excepted for her own use and benefit absolutely. And I hereby appoint my said wife to be the sole Executrix of this my will and Administratrix of my estate and effects.
  In witness whereof I the said Edward William Ford have hereunto set my hand and subscribed my name at Pietermaritzburg aforesaid on this the twenty first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven.
      E.W.Ford
Signed by the Testator the said Edward William Ford as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us two then present together who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our hands and subscribed our names as witnesses to the said Will.
  R.Morcom of Pietermaritzburg Advocate
  Harry Ford  his Clerk
 
Addresses:
1912: 158 Longmarket, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (baptism of son Edward)
1914: Chase Valley, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (birth register of daughter Margaret)
1919: Chase Valley, Pietermaritzburg, Natal  (burial record)

Photographs:

John Bartle Ford, Emily Winnifred Elizabeth Ford, Alfred Frederick Ford, Edward William Ford and in front, Joseph Clifford Ford   Edward William Ford   Ford family group with bicycle   Tennis party at Kingston Lodge   Ford family at Kingston Lodge   Edward William Ford   Ford family at Kingston Lodge   Ford family at Kingston Lodge Christmas 1912

John Bartle Ford, Emily Winifred Elizabeth Ford, Alfred Frederick Ford, Edward William Ford and in front, Joseph Clifford Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Edward William Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Edward William Ford is standing third from right in this photograph of a Ford family grouping, probably at Kingston Lodge
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Edward William Ford is standing third from right in this photograph of a tennis party at Kingston Lodge
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Ford family at Kingston Lodge circa 1900
Edward is standing back left
photograph courtesy of Ann Meier

Edward William Ford
I believe he is in the uniform of the Natal Carbineers
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Fords at Kingston Lodge
L to R. Back: Alfred, Winifred, Joseph, George. Front: Edward Funnell, Emily née Risley, John, Edward William. Very front: Wilfred
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Fords at Kingston Lodge, Christmas 1912
Edward William Ford is standing left, Laura Elizabeth (Scarlett) Ford is seated left with Edward Laurence Ford on her lap.
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Left Arrrow scroll with your mouse to see more pictures; click on an image for enlargement Right Arrrow
Sources:

Edward Laurence Ford

Ford family at Kingston Lodge Christmas 1912
Fords at Kingston Lodge, Christmas 1912
Edward Laurence Ford is the infant in the lap of his mother, Laura Elizabeth (Scarlett) Ford, seated left.
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Emily Risley 80th birthday
Edward Laurence Ford is sixth from left in the back row (standing behind his cousin Nel Ford) at the 80th birthday of his grandmother, Emily (Risley) Ford at Kingston Lodge in November 1932.
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 19 January 1912, at Garfield House, Church Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

Baptism: 3 March 1912, in St Peters, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
The baptism was sponsored by John Bartle Ford, father and Ada Ford

Father: Edward William Ford

Mother: Laura Elizabeth (Scarlett) Ford

Married: Hazel Eunice Mellis on 6 July 1940 in St Peters, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Edward Laurence Ford is recorded as a bachelor, aged 28, born in Natal. He is a fitter, resident at 1 Keate St, Ladysmith, Natal. Hazel Eunice Scarlett is recorded as a spinster, aged 25. She is a book-keeper, resident at 1 Keate St, Ladysmith, Natal. The marriage was performed by Henry Shelton, and witnessed by L. E. Ford and B. M. Wright.

Occupation: Fitter

Notes: Known as Laurence.

Addresses:
1940: 1 Keate St, Ladysmith, Natal   (marriage certificate)

Sources:

Elizabeth (Ford) Johnson

Birth: 18 May 1829, in Wickham, Hampshire, England

Baptism: 21 June 1829, at Middle Street Wesleyan, town of Gosport, parish of Alverstoke, Hampshire, England
Elizabeth is recorded as born on May 18th 1829, baptized June 21st, the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Ford of Wickham in the parish of Wickham

Father: Edward Ford

Mother: Elizabeth (Funnell) Ford

Married: William Johnson on 24 August 1861 at the residence of Mr. Ford, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
William Johnson is recorded as a widower, of full age. He is a merchant, resident in D'Urban. Elizabeth Ford is recorded as a spinster, of full age, resident in P.M.Burg. The marriage was performed by W. Berry, Wesleyan Minister, and witnessed by Joseph Burge Godfrey, Harriett Ford and Eliza Ford.

(Joseph Burge Godfrey was a coachbuilder in Somerset who went bankrupt in 1854 (London Gazette 6 July 1858 p3198), and emigrated to Natal on the Leila in 1861 - the same voyage as Elizabeth. I wonder if this connection was part of, or led to, the Ford family's, especially Edward Funnell Ford's, interest in coachbuilding.)

Children: Notes:
Elizabeth emigrated to Natal aboard the Leila, arriving in Durban on 14 March 1861. She is recorded as aged 30, and surety was stood by Edward Ford. Accompanying Elizabeth on the Leila was her younger sister, Harriet. Elizabeth's parents and most of her family had emigrated to Natal a few years earlier, and it is not clear why Elizabeth and Harriet only came out three years later, though possibly it had something to do with the securing of a husband - Elizabeth was married five months after landing in Natal. Also on board the Leila were their aunt and uncle, George and Lucy Salmon, and eight of their Salmon cousins.

Death: 27 September 1867, aged 38
Natal Witness 2 October 1867
DEATHS
JOHNSON, Elizabeth, 27 Sep 1867, at Pietermaritzburg, the wife of Mr W. Johnson, 10 Longmarket Street, aged 38 years


Grave of Edward Ford, Elizabeth (Fiunnell) Ford and Elizabeth (Ford) Johnson
Grave of Edward Ford, Elizabeth (Funnell) Ford and Elizabeth (Ford) Johnson in the Wesleyan cemetery, Commercial Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Buried: Wesleyan cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal. The grave is located in Block A Row C Plot 31.
Elizabeth is buried in the same plot as her father and mother. The inscription reads:
In Memory of
EDWARD FORD
died April 24th 1880
Aged 73
Also ELIZABETH
his wife
died March 29th 1866
aged 59
also ELIZABETH
eldest daughter the above
died September 28th 1867
aged 38


Census:
1841: West Street, Warblington, Hampshire
1851: High Street, Marylebone, Middlesex

Sources:

Eliza (Ford) Smith


Eliza (Ford) Smith

Eliza (Ford) Smith
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: September/October 1840, in Emsworth, Hampshire, England

Father: Edward Ford

Mother: Elizabeth (Funnell) Ford

Married: John Smith on 16 March 1865, in the Wesleyan chapel, Pietermaritzburg, Natal.
John Smith is recorded as a bachelor, aged 38. He is a farmer resident at Thornville Park, Pietermaritzburg. Eliza Ford is recorded as a spinster, aged 24, resident in Pietermaritzburg. The marriage was performed by Rev. G. Blencowe and witnessed by Robert Topham, George Andrews and Selina Ford.

The marriage license application records John Smith as a bachelor, aged 38, born in Osgoodby Hall, near Thirsk, Yorkshire, England. Eliza Ford is recorded as a spinster, aged 24, born in Emsworth, Hampshire, England.

Natal Witness 31 March 1865
Marriages:
Ford, Eliza: 16 March 1865 Eliza, 5th daughter of Mr E. Ford, Longmarket Street, Pietermaritzburg, to John Smith
Smith, John: 16 March 1865 at the Wesleyan Chapel, Pietermaritzburg, John Smith, Esq., of Thornville Park, to Eliza Ford

Children: Notes: Eliza is listed in her wedding notice as the "Fifth daughter of Mr. E. Ford", although my list of Edward's children show Eliza as the seventh daughter, the sixth surviving at that time. A family story told by Robert King is that, after moving to Pretoria, Eliza wrote a letter to the newspaper that was derogatory about Paul Kruger and she and her family were deported back to Pietermaritzburg for the duration of the 2nd Anglo-Boer War.

Death: 26 April 1921, at 1158 Burnett St, Hatfield, Pretoria,a Transvaal, South Africa
The cause of death is listed as cerebral haemorrhage, of duration 2 days

Gravestone of John Smith, Eliza (Ford) Smith, Ernest Dickenson Smith and Norman Wise Grove
Gravestone of John Smith, Eliza (Ford) Smith, Ernest Dickenson Smith and Norman Wise Grove in Church Street cemetery, Pretoria, Transvaal
photo by Dirk van Heerden at eGGSA
Burial: Church Street cemetery, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
The inscription reads:
In Loving Memory of
John Smith
of Osgodby Hall Yorks England
Aged 67 years
Died 29 August 1893 at Pretoria
and
Eliza Smith
Beloved wife of John Smith
Aged 80 Years
Died 26 April 1921
Also son
Ernest Dickenson Smith
Aged 18 years
Died 12 May 1896
Also Grandson
Norman Wise Grove
Aged 3 months
Died 9 November 1902  


Census:
1841: West Street, Warblington, Hampshire
1851: Havant Road, Warblington, Hampshire
1921: 1158 Burnett St, Hatfield, Pretoria, Transvaal   (death notice)

Photographs:

Eliza (Ford) Smith   Albert John Smith, Eliza Smith and Alfred Edward Smith   Eliza (Ford) Smith and Florence Eliza Smith   Eliza (Ford) Smith surrounded by her extended family   Eliza (Ford) Smith with some of her children and grandchildren  

Eliza (Ford) Smith
photograph courtesy of Robert King

(left to right) Albert John Smith, Eliza (Ford) Smith and Alfred Edward Smith
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Eliza (Ford) Smith and Florence Eliza Smith
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Eliza (Ford) Smith, third from left in the back row, surrounded by her children and their spouses.
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Eliza (Ford) Smith, seated in the centre of the middle row, with family.
Back: Charles Evelyn Smith, Arthur Rimmington Smith with child and Alfred Edward Smith.
Seated: Unknown, Marie Rosalie (Willmann) Smith and Dulcie Joan Smith, Eliza (Ford) Smith, Eliza Beatrice (Johnson) Smith, Mary Anne Harriet Phoebe (Dunn) Smith.
Front: children of Rimmington Smith. Jack Smith front centre.
The photograph was taken by a studio in Pretoria.
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Left Arrrow scroll with your mouse to see more pictures; click on an image for enlargement Right Arrrow
Sources:

Ellen (Ford) Short

Birth: 14 July 1842 in Emsworth, Hampshire, England

Father: Edward Ford

Mother: Elizabeth (Funnell) Ford

Married: Martin Short on 18 April 1863, at the house of Mr. Edward Ford, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Martin Short is recorded as a bachelor, aged 27. He is a store-keeper, resident in P.M.Burg. Ellen Ford is recorded as a spinster, aged 21, resident in P.M.Burg. The marriage was performed by George Blencowe, and witnessed by W. Johnson, Selina Ford, Lucy ?? and Eliza Ford.

Children: Notes: Ellen emigrated to Natal aboard the Phantom, arriving in Durban on 10 July 1858. She is recorded as aged 15, and surety was stood by George Andrews, her brother-in-law. Accompanying Ellen on the Phantom were her parents, Edward (49) and Elizabeth (50) and siblings Sarah (21), Lucy (19), Edward (13), Selina (11), Alfred (10), Emily (8) and George (6).
Death: 25 August 1890, at D'Urban Lodge, Woodchurch Road, West Hampstead, London, England, aged 46
South Africa Magazine 30 August 1890
SHORT—On August 25, at D’Urban Lodge, West Hampstead, Ellen, the beloved wife of Martin Short.

Census:
1851: Havant Road, Warblington, Hampshire
1881: Durban Lodge, St John Hampstead, Middlesex

Sources:

Ellen Elizabeth Wallis (Ford) Pfotenhauer

Emily Risley 80th birthday
Ellen Elizabeth Wallis Ford - "Nell" - is fifth from left in the back row at the 80th birthday of her grandmother, Emily (Risley) Ford at Kingston Lodge in November 1932.
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 18 September 1911, at Chase Valley Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
 
Baptism: 29 October 1911, in St Peters, Pietermaritzburg, Natal

Father: Alfred Frederick Ford

Mother: Ada (Wallis) Ford

Education: Ellen studied Fine Arts at the University of Natal, in Durban, South Africa

Married: Victor Otto Pfotenhauer on 3 April 1937 in St Peters, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Victor Otto Pfotenhauer is recorded as a bachelor, aged 28, born in South Africa. He is an engineer, resident at Coronation Rd, Malvern, Natal. Ellen Elizabeth Wallis-Ford is recorded as a spinster, aged 25, born in South Africa. She is an art teacher, resident at 'Budleigh', Chase Valley Rd, PMburg.

Gravestone of Victor Otto Pfotenhauer
Gravestone of Victor Otto Pfotenhauer in Lutheran cemetery, Wartburg, Kwazulu-Natal
photo by Eckhard von Fintel at eGGSA
Victor was born on 3 March 1909 in Dalton, Natal, the son of Heinrich August Wilhelm Immanuel Pfotenhauer, of Altencelle, Germany, and Elizabeth Johanne Frederike Sophia Behrmann. He died on 23 October 1997, and was buried in the Lutheran cemetery, Wartburg, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.
Addresses:
1950: 28 Charles Grove, Durban, Natal   (Braby's Natal Directory 1950 p149)

Occupation: Art Teacher

Notes: Known as "Nell"

Death: 6 January 1990, in Durban, Natal, South Africa

Addresses:
1937: Budleigh, Chase Valley Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (marriage certificate)

Sources:

Emily (Ford) Foss

Emily (Ford) Foss
Emily (Ford) Foss
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Emily (Ford) Foss
Emily (Ford) Foss
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 19 January 1849, in Emsworth, Hampshire, England

Father: Edward Ford

Mother: Elizabeth (Funnell) Ford

Married: Richard Foss on 30 April 1866 at the home of Mr. Richard Foss, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Richard Foss is recorded as a bachelor, aged 26. He is a wagon maker, resident in P.M.Burg. Emily Ford is recorded as a spinster, aged 17, resident in P.M.Burg and marrying with the consent of her father. The marriage was witnessed by E. Ford, C. Johnson and Selina Ford.

The antenuptial contract between Richard and Emily, assisted by her father Edward Ford, can be found at Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1895 #295 DGS 004049921 images 404-5.

Children: Notes: Emily emigrated to Natal aboard the Phantom, arriving in Durban on 10 July 1858. She is recorded as aged 8, and surety was stood by George Andrews, her brother-in-law. Accompanying Emily on the Phantom were her parents, Edward (49) and Elizabeth (50) and siblings Sarah (21), Lucy (19), Ellen (15), Edward (13), Selina (11), Alfred (10) and George (6).

Robert King remembers that Emily was a Christian Scientist.
Death: 29 September 1922, at 265 Prince Alfred Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, aged 73
The cause of death is listed as diabetes mellitus contributing to a coma of duration 1 day
Natal Witness 6 October 1922
DEATHS
FOSS. – On the 29th September, Emily, widow of the late Richard FOSS, formerly of New England, passed peacefully away.
Gravestone of Emily (Ford) Foss
Gravestone of Emily (Ford) Foss in Commercial Road cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
photo by John Deare at eGGSA
Buried: Commercial Road cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
The headstone reads:
In Loving Memory of
EMILY wife of RICHARD FOSS
who fell asleep
September 29th 1922
Aged 73 years
I know no death, O Father because I live in thee!

Will: dated 29 August 1922, filed 7 October 1922
Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1922 #7724 DGS 007866843 images 1152-3
This is the last Will and Testament of me Emily Foss (born Ford) Widow of the late Richard Foss, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal.
  I revoke all former Wills and Testamentary dispositions made by me.
  I nominate and appoint my son Arthur Edward Foss of Stanger my son George Prince Foss of Pietermaritzburg, and my daughter Myrtle Emilie Foss of Pietermaritzburg, (or the survivor of them) to be the Executors or Executor of this my Will and Administrators or Administrator of my estate granting unto them all power and authority allowed in law.
  I direct that the Master of the Supreme Court shall dispense with the filing of security by the said Executors for the faithful administration of my estate.
  I give and bequeath unto my said Executors Upon trust all that piece of land in extent 1 rood 0.33 perches situate and being the Subdivision G of the Erf 61 Burger Street in the City of Pietermaritzburg together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, to stand possessed of the same and to allow the use and the occupation thereof and to pay any income therefrom unto my daughter Myrtle Emilie Foss until her death.
  I devise and bequeath all the rest residue and remainder of my estate and effects of what nature and kind soever and wheresoever situate unto my daughter Myrtle Emile Foss to be her absolute property after payment of my debts and testamentary and funeral expenses.
  Upon the death of my said daughter Myrtle Emilie Foss I direct my Executors to sell by public auction by private tender or contract as they may think fit, the aforesaid piece of land in extent 1 rood 0.33 perches situate and being the subdivision G of the Erf No. 61 Burger Street in the City of Pietermaritzburg, together with all buildings and improvements thereon and after paying all lawful expenses in connection with this sale and distribution I direct them to divide the proceeds between my children, issue of my marriage with the said Richard Foss in equal shares absolutely declaring however that should any of my said children have died leaving lawful issue such issue shall take if more than one equally or if only one wholly the deceased parent's share.
  Should any of my children have died before the date of division of the above proceeds of sale without leaving lawful issue, the portion or portions that would have accrued to such deceased child or children shall revert back to my estate and devolve upon my other children and the issue of any deceased child or children in manner aforesaid.
  Should any children of a deceased child be minors at the time of division I direct that my said Executors shall in their discretion invest the shares and portions due to such minors for their behalf and benefit until hey respectively attain the age of majority.
  I direct that in every case where a female takes benefit under this my Will the same shall be taken and held by her exclusive of the jus mariti right of administration and of every other marital right of any husband she may marry or may have married and the same shall not be attachable for any such husbands debts or liabilities.
  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, this twenty-ninth day of August one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two.
    Emily Foss
Signed by the said Emily Foss the Testatrix of this Will in our presence we in her presence and in the presence of each other subscribing hereto as witnesses.
F.R.Shaw, Solicitor, P.M.Burg
W.T.Shippey, Agent, P.M.Burg
 
This will set out that Myrtle should have use of the house at 61 Burger Street until her death, after which it would be sold and the proceeds divided amongst Emily's other children, or their descendants. Myrtle lived a long time and in 1973, aged 85, she made an application to the court, with the support of the various other descendants due to inherit, to sell the property and be provided with the investment income of the sale for her maintenance, the capital to be divided amongst the heirs on her death (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1922 #7724 DGS 007866843 images 1144-50).

Census & Addresses:
1851: Havant Road, Warblington, Hampshire
1922: 265 Prince Alfred Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1922 #7724 DGS 007866843 image 1151)

Sources:

Emily Winifred Elizabeth (Ford) King

Emily Winifred Elizabeth Ford
Emily Winifred Elizabeth Ford (on 22 April 1914)
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 13 December 1884, at Chase Valley, Pietermaritzburg Townlands, Colony of Natal

Baptism: 18? January 1885, in St Peters, Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal
The baptism was sponsored by Mrs Watkins, Miss Risley and father

Father: Edward Funnell Ford

Mother: Emily (Risley) Ford

Education: Girls' Collegiate, Pietermaritzburg, Natal

John Herbert James King and Emily Winifred Ford wedding
The wedding of John Herbert James King and Emily Winifred Elizabeth Ford on 22 April 1914
Back L to R: Harriet (Ford, Trenowth) Dyer, Edward Funnell Ford, Stanley Porritt, Emily Winifred Elizabeth Ford, John Herbert James King, Harry Harold Hutton. Seated: Emily (Risley) Ford, Violet Mary Lillian Turnbull King, Daisy Muriel Hutton, Mary Jane (Turner, King) Hutton. Front: Gwynneth Muriel Stride, Eileen Mary Stride, Wilfred Hutton
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Married: John Herbert James King on 22 April 1914 in St Peter's Parish Church, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
John Herbert James King is recorded as a bachelor, aged 27. He is a farmer, resident in Camperdown. Emily Winifred Elizabeth Ford is recorded as a spinster, aged 29, resident in Maritzburg. The marriage was witnessed by ?. H. Porritt and E. W. Ford.

Notes: Often used her middle name, Winifred. Robert King relates that "My grandmother [Emily Winifred Ford] and Daisy King were very close, being only surviving daughters with numerous brothers. Grandmama went up to Lynedoch every summer and Daisy came down to the Ford country residence, Kingston Lodge, Chase Valley, Pietermaritzburg, every winter and they were both educated at the the Girls' Collegiate, Pietermaritzburg. ... My grandmother believed, like her father, EF, that kissing was an unhealthy habit. Grandmama never let my grandfather kiss her and my mother was shocked when she first met my father to see him shake his mother's hand for her birthday. We Grandchildren never kissed grandmama".
Emily was a sponsor at the baptism of her first cousin Mary Olive Vyvyan Potterill in Pietermaritzburg in 1912 (parish records of St Peters Pietermaritzburg Baptisms 1912 p183 #2654)

Death: 20 February 1962 at Parklands Nursing Home, Durban, Natal, South Africa
The cause of death is listed as carcinoma of stomach, of duration 2 years

Burial: Red Hill cemetery, Durban, Natal, South Africa

Addresses:
1914: Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (marriage certificate)
1962: 167 High Ridge Road, Durban North, Durban, Natal   (death certificate)
Photographs:

John Bartle Ford, Emily Winnifred Elizabeth Ford, Alfred Frederick Ford, Edward William Ford and in front, Joseph Clifford Ford   Ford family group with bicycle   Tennis party at Kingston Lodge   Ford family at Kingston Lodge   Ford family at Kingston Lodge   Arthur Harold Christian and Emily Winifred Ford   May Foaden Cliff Ford and Emily Ford   Edward William Ford and Laura Elizabeth Scarlett wedding   Ford family at Kingston Lodge Christmas 1912   Emily (Risley) Ford's 80th birthday with family  

John Bartle Ford, Emily Winifred Elizabeth Ford, Alfred Frederick Ford, Edward William Ford and in front, Joseph Clifford Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Emily Winifred Ford is holding the bicycle in this Ford family grouping, probably at Kingston Lodge
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Emily Winifred Ford is standing rightmost in this photograph of a tennis party at Kingston Lodge
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Ford family at Kingston Lodge circa 1900
Emily Winifred Ford is second from the left in the back row
photograph courtesy of Ann Meier

Fords at Kingston Lodge
L to R. Back: Alfred, Winifred, Joseph, George. Front: Edward Funnell, Emily née Risley, John, Edward William. Very front: Wilfred
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Emily Winifred Ford, rightmost, with her 2nd cousin Arthur Harold Christian, second from right (the two on the left are unidentified)
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Emily Winifred Elizabeth Ford (right) as chaperone for May Foaden (left) and her brother Joseph Clifford Ford courting at the Bluff, Durban, on 5 September 1905.
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Emily Winifred Ford is sitting leftmost in the centre row in the wedding photograph of Laura Elizabeth Scarlett and Edward William Ford on 4 January 1911. The photo is taken at Howick Farmers Hall.
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Fords at Kingston Lodge, Christmas 1912
Emily Winifred Ford is standing second from left.
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Emily Winifred (Ford) King is sitting on the right at the 80th birthday of her mother-in-law, Emily (Risley) Ford at Kingston Lodge in November 1932.
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Left Arrrow scroll with your mouse to see more pictures; click on an image for enlargement Right Arrrow

Sources:

Esmé Dolling (Ford, Karlson) Fuller

Esme Dolling (Ford, Karlson) Fuller
Esmé Dolling (Ford, Karlson) Fuller
Scan by Chris Gosnell from photograph belonging to Esme Fuller
Raymond Ernest Fuller
Raymond Ernest Fuller in 1973
Photo from Chris Gosnell
Birth: 18 December 1912, at 205 Boom Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

Father: Joseph Clifford Ford

Mother: May (Foaden) Ford

Married (1st): Charles Henry Karlson on 30 March 1935 in the Congregational Church, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Charles Henry Karlson is recorded as a divorcé, aged 35, born in South Africa. He is an analytical chemist, resident in Maidstone. Esmé Dolling Ford is recorded as a spinster, aged 22, born in South Africa and a resident of Maritzburg. The marriage was witnessed by Frances Doreen Ford and Otto Waldemar Karlson.

Married (2nd): Raymond Ernest Fuller on 26 September 1959, in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa.

Raymond was born on 27 January 1909, in Pietermaritzburg, Natal. He was married firstly to Helen Valerie Gould, a concert pianist from Heilbron, Orange Free State, South Africa, who died in 1958. Raymond was a schoolmaster, and headmaster of Maritzburg College from 1954 until 1965, when he left to join the inspectorate. He died on 5 December 1989, in Port Shepstone, Natal, South Africa.

Maritzburg College Magazine April 1990 p8
           Obituary
     RAYMOND FULLER

  When Raymond Fuller became Headmaster of Maritzburg College in 1954, he was the first Old Collegian to hold this important post. His first four years at College were clouded by the very serious illness of his wife, Valerie, and this made it difficult for him to give the attention to the school that he would have liked. Sadly, Valerie died in January 1958 and in September 1959 he married the very talented Esme Karlson.
  Considerable changes took place under Fuller's leadership, many of them brought about by the increase in pupil numbers (from 450 in 1954 to just over 700 in 1963), owing to the effect of the post-war 'baby boom', the re-introduction of Standard Six to the high schools and the opening of a new boarding establishment, Shepstone House, now known as Hudson House, in 1957. A new block of classrooms, now the Fuller Block, had to be built, and for some years use had to be made of the much disliked pre-fabricated classrooms. The Victoria Hall could no longer cope with the number of boys at Assembly and the Headmaster heaved a sigh of relief when the Elizabeth Hall was finally completed, even though it did not come up to his expectations. He had fought long and hard for a larger hall, but to no avail. Meanwhile the Kent Pavilion had been built on Goldstone's ground.
  The increased numbers put a great strain on the sporting facilities. Fuller's attempts to get the Department to level the grounds across College Road bore no fruit. Matters really came to a head when it was discovered that the Department was keen to establish a primary school on those grounds. The school and the Old Boys reacted very strongly indeed and the lands were saved for College. They were eventually levelled and put into use in 1962. More boys took to tennis and so extra tennis courts had to be built.
  All these developments placed a heavy load on the Headmaster and, to add to it all, he had to steer the school through the Centenary celebrations in 1963. These entailed a great deal of planning and very hard work. Despite all this, Fuller, on looking back, felt that they were among the most pleasant events he could remember and that he was indeed privileged to oversee them.
  Fuller's control of College was made easier by his own undoubted administrative ability and his capacity to delegate authority. Once he had confidence in a senior member of Staff, he was quite happy to place heavy responsibilities on his shoulders and in this way he developed a team that was happy to work with him in the interests of College. He felt that it was important to get to know his Staff really well, and he was therefore happy to spend time in the Staff room, talking to and guiding new members. The significance of this approach is revealed by the fact that changes in the Staff became far more numerous than in earlier years - in all, over a hundred Staff members are listed as having served College during the twelve years of Fuller's period of office.
  Fuller had a surprising knowledge of the boys, their home backgrounds and their progress in the school. As the school grew in numbers he was worried about the lack of contact between himself and the boys, and it was this that made him decide to teach either English or Afrikaans in the junior classes. One parent who complained to Fuller (after reading the Headmaster's comment on his son's report) that he did not know his son was highly embarrassed when Fuller told him a few home truths about the boy and, to add to his misery, included a few things that the father did not know about his own son.
  The boys nicknamed the Headmaster "Bones", no doubt because of his tallness and his gaunt features. Nevertheless pupils of his time had a great respect for him and this was surely reinforced by the thought of the cane being applied from that great height. He was a man of few words. His instructions in Assembly were often brief and to the point, as he did not believe in long addresses. Many will remember the time when he ejected a boy from Assembly because of his long hair - a few well-chosen words led to the boy's sudden departure from a quiet and electrified Assembly. In dealing with the litter problem, Fuller would merely say, "I am unhappy about the litter in the school. See that it is all cleared up at lunch break. If it is not done to my satisfaction, the school day will be extended this afternoon." Needless to say, the litter disappeared.
  Fuller had other standards which he liked to see maintained at College. For instance, no member of Staff was allowed to walk around the school without wearing his jacket, and if he thought that a student teacher was unsuitably dressed, he had him or her sent home to change into something more suited to the dignity of a teacher. The Headmaster also stressed the importance of language and address, and during his period of office he saw to it that the Debating Society flourished. Public Speaking was encouraged and a dramatic production was staged every year. Many an old boy will remember, as a junior, leaving the Headmaster's office to learn from some senior boy the correct way to address his Headmaster. No doubt the member of Staff who was careless enough to use the expression, "How come?", in a Staff meeting will always remember the dressing down he received from Fuller. It must not be thought, however, that Fuller was an unsympathetic man - far from it. There are members of Staff who will remember with gratitude how this quietly spoken man gave them support, advice and encouragement when they really needed it.
  Fuller was a keen gardener and one of his aims was to beautify the surroundings of College. Some senior members of Staff were surprised to see the Headmaster with a pair of shears or a fork in his hand, but later had to admit that his enthusiasm paid dividends. Of course the Headmaster could not give much time to the gardens himself and so his wife, Esme, who always supported her husband to the full, and Dorothy Nicholson worked with a very limited labour force and brought about great changes with their beautiful garden layouts and planting of trees, including the Pride of Indias and bauhineas along College Road. Attention was also given to the playing fields - for example, concrete seating was laid out along Basher Ridge and the western side of Goldstone's ground.
  In his final speech day address Fuller referred to the many changes that had taken place at College during his headmastership. His conclusion to that speech at the end of 1965 gives some idea of what he had had in mind for College while the school was under his care. He said, "But there are certain things that do not change. The basic human values of truth, courage, kindliness and manliness for which the school has stood, will be just as important in the future as they have been in the past, and it is the duty of all of us who love this school to see that its noble traditions remain unchanged."
  When Ray Fuller died last year, we lost a man who stamped his mark on College and impressed everyone with his qualities of quiet dignity, leadership and dedication to the welfare of the school. Our deepest sympathy goes out to Esme Fuller and her family. They will have many happy memories of Ray and will look back on his twelve years as Headmaster of College with a great deal of quiet pride and satisfaction.
          J. M. Nicholson

Occupation: Author and photographer.

Publications include:
Two of my favourite of Esmé's poems from The Big Book for Little South Africans are:
Seven
(p22)
I send you seven kisses,
Because you're seven to-day.
They are my seven wishes
And this is what they say:

The first wish is for happiness,
The second is for health,
The third is for your thoughtfulness
For others—not yourself.
The fourth is that you will have friends,
The fifth that you may know
Beauty in books and music,
And in the flowers that blow.
My sixth wish is that you will be wise,
Clear sighted and sincere,
That you will know no compromise,
That you will know no fear.
My last wish is for strength to fight
For right against the wrong,
That you will always seek the light,
With laughter and a song.

Trains
(p12)
I've seen trains look little,
Like snakes upon the grass.
I've seen them look like dragons,
And I tremble when they pass.
At night-time when they're far away
They seem to stand quite still,
And look like fairy necklaces
Strung round a velvet hill.

I love my trains so very much,
I think when I'm a man
I'll be an engine-driver

At least that is my plan.
I'd be inside the dragon then,
I'd be inside the snake,
I'd be the fairy necklace
That nobody could break.

So if you have a little boy
Who would like to the same,
I wish that you would write to me
And let me know his name.

Notes:
Maritzburg College Magazine May 1966 p21
  To Mrs. Fuller the school owes a great debt. We may almost requote the epitaph to Christopher Wren: "If ye seek her monument, look around''. The grounds of College have improved out of all recognition since she came. She received help, of course, from parents, friends and staff-wives, but the impulse to rejuvenate College grounds - as well as much of the execution - was hers alone. That, combined with
the generosity of the Province at the time of the Centenary, has made College a show-place for those who appreciate old buildings in a beautiful setting. In numerous other ways Mrs. Fuller participated in the life of the school - from helping the photographic society to welcoming the many guests and visitors who came to College.
  It is therefore with gratitude and affection that we say good-bye to the Headmaster and Mrs. Fuller. May they enjoy the new vistas that are spreading out before them and may they be happy in their new home at Town Bush Valley!

Death: 2 January 2009, in the Village of Happiness, Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Natal Witness 4 June 2010 (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa)
In the Estate of the late ESME DOLLING FULLER Id No: 121218 0039 083 Date of Birth: 18 December 1912 Dated of Death: 02 January 2009of Hibiscus Retirement Village, 319 Azalea Gardens, Village of Happiness, Margate Estate No: 2946/2009/PMB
Notice is hereby given that the Supplementary Liquidation and Distribution Account in the above Estate will lie for inspection at the office of the Master of the High Court Pietermaritzburg and Magistrate's Court Port Shepstone for a period of twenty-one (21) days as from date of publication hereof.
Dated at Pietermaritzburg this 2nd day of June 2010.
— Stowell & Co Attorneys for Executor Testamentary
Address: P O Box 33 Pietermaritzburg 3200.


Buried: 8 January 2009, in the Good Samaritan Chapel, Village of Happiness, Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
The Mercury 2 January 2009 (Durban, South Africa)
FULLER (KARLSON) Esme † 2 Jan 2009 van Village of Happiness Margate. Ma van Marilyn, John, Adrian en Geraldine. Begrafnis by Good Samaritan Kapel, Village of Happiness Margate op 8 Jan 2009 om 11 vm . Verassing privaat.

Photographs:

Ford family at Kingston Lodge Christmas 1912   Esme Dolling Ford Xmas 1915   Esme Dolling Ford   Marriage of Charles Henry Karlson and Esme Dolling Ford   Esme Dolling (Ford) Karlson   Esme Dolling (Ford) Karlson   Esme Dolling Karlson and Raymond Ernest Fuller   Esme Dolling Fuller   Esme at Iona   Iona interior   Esme Dolling Ford surfing   Esme Dolling Ford 90th birthday

Fords at Kingston Lodge, Christmas 1912
May (Foaden) Ford is seated on the right with Esmé Dolling Ford on her lap.
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Esmé Christmas card 1915
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Esmé as a child
photo from Marilyn Gosnell

Marriage to Charles Henry Karlson
(1935)
photo from Marilyn Gosnell

Esmé Dolling (Ford) Karlson
photo from Marilyn Gosnell

Esmé, proud mother of the bride (1957)
photo from Marilyn Gosnell

Esmé and Raymond Ernest Fuller
photo from Jen Hamley

Esmé Fuller in 1965
photo by Joan Rosenberg published in Maritzburg College Magazine May 1966 p20

Esmé in front of "Iona", the house she designed for her retirement in Leisure Bay, Natal, South Africa
photo from Marilyn Gosnell

Esmé and Ray in the living room at "Iona"
photo from Marilyn Gosnell

Esmé surfing in the ocean at Lesiure Bay, Natal, South Africa (1975)
photo from Marilyn Gosnell

Esmé cutting the cake on her 90th birthday in 2002
photo from Marilyn Gosnell
Left Arrrow scroll with your mouse to see more pictures; click on an image for enlargement Right Arrrow

Sources:

Florence Elizabeth (Ford) Allen

Florence Elizabeth Ford
Florence Elizabeth Ford
(click for full group picture)
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 1886, in Pretoria, South African Republic

Father: George Ford

Mother: Mary Ann (Morrison) Ford

Married: William Allen on 1 December 1910 in St Albans Cathedral, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
William Allen is recorded as a bachelor, aged 31, born in Braintree, England, resident at 50 Buiten Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria. Florence Elizabeth Ford is recorded as a spinster, aged 24, born in Pretoria and resident at Brooklyn, Pretoria. The marriage was witnessed by George Ford and Lucy Maud Shilling.

William Allen was born in 1879, in Shalford, Essex, England, the son of Frederick James Allen and Julia Thompson. He was a civil servant.
Grave of William Allen
Gravestone of William Allen in Main cemetery, Margate, Natal
photograph by Daan Botes at eGGSA
William died on 5 January 1949, in the Government Hospital, Port Shepstone, Natal, South Africa, aged 69. The cause of death is listed as a coronary thrombosis of duration six weeks, contributed to by myocardial degeneration and arteriosclerosis of duration five years. William was buried in General Cemetery, Margate, Natal.
The inscription on the headstone reads:
To the Memory / of
Beloved Husband
and our Father
WILLIAM ALLEN
Died Jan. 5 1949
Age 69 Years

Census & Addresses:
1881: Shalford, Essex
1891: Mill End, Shalford, Essex
1910: 50 Buiten Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria, Transvaal   (marriage register)
1949: Plot J of I of A of Margate, Natal    (death notice)

Children: Notes: Known as "Florrie"

Death: 24 May 1967, aged 80

Grave of Florence Elizabeth (Ford) Allen
Gravestone of Florence Elizabeth (Ford) Allen in Main cemetery, Margate, Natal
photograph by Daan Botes at eGGSA
Burial: Main cemetery, Margate, Natal, South Africa
The inscription on the headstone reads:
In Memory of our Beloved
Mother Grandmother and Great Grandmother
FLORENCE ELIZABETH ALLEN
Age 80 years
Died 24th May 1967


Addresses:
1910: Brooklyn, Pretoria, Transvaal

Sources:

Frances Doreen (Ford) Dunlop

Frances Doreen (Ford) Dunlop
Frances Doreen (Ford) Dunlop (c. 1941)
photograph from Trish Dunlop
Frances Doreen Ford
Frances Doreen Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Emily Risley 80th birthday
Frances Doreen Ford is fifth from left in the back row at the 80th birthday of her grandmother, Emily (Risley) Ford at Kingston Lodge in November 1932.
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 29 March 1917, at 231 Berg Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

Father: Joseph Clifford Ford

Mother: May (Foaden) Ford

Married: Alexander Douglas Dunlop on 4 November 1939 in the Congregational Church, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Alexander Douglas Dunlop is recorded as a bachelor, aged 26, born in Natal, S. Africa. He is a quantity surveyor, resident at 202 Currie Road, Durban. Frances Doreen Ford is recorded as a spinster, aged 22, born in Natal, S. Africa. She is a nurse, resident at 196 King Edward Avenue, Maritzburg. The marriage was witnessed by Robert Dunlop and J.B. Ford.

Alexander Douglas Dunlop
Alexander Douglas Dunlop
photograph from Trish Dunlop
Alexander, who was known as "Doug", was born on 19 December 1912, in Natal, South Africa, the son of Robert Dunlop and Marion Gray. He was a quantity surveyor.
Addresses:
1950: 55 Stirling Crescent, Durban North, Natal   (Braby's Natal Directory 1950 p617)
Braby's Natal Directory 1950 p617
1950 (office): 72-3 Trust Buildings, Durban, Natal   (Braby's Natal Directory 1950 p1332)

Occupation: Nurse

Death: 29 May 1997

Sources:

(Francis) Henry Herbert Ford

Emily Risley 80th birthday
Francis Henry Herbert Ford - "Herbert" - is fourth from left in the back row at the 80th birthday of his grandmother, Emily (Risley) Ford at Kingston Lodge in November 1932.
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 26 September 1915, in Town Bush Valley, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

Baptism: 17 October 1915, in St Peters, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Francis Henry Herbert was born on Sept 26th 1915, the son of Edward William and Laura Elizabeth Ford. Edward is a carriage builder, of Ferndale own Bush Valley. The baptism took place on Oct 17th and was sponsored by Harry Herbert Potter, father and Gladys May Potterill

Father: Edward William Ford

Mother Laura Elizabeth (Scarlett) Ford

Married (1st): Pearl Natalie Strachan on 1 December 1945 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Henry Herbert Ford is recorded as a bachelor, aged 30, born in Natal. He is a farmer on active service, resident at 99 Boshoff St, Pietermaritzburg. Pearl Natalie Strachan is recorded as a spinster, aged 22. She is a teacher, resident at 51 Longmarket St, Pietermaritzburg. The marriage was performed by Gordon P. Wiles, and witnessed by A. J. Allison and W. A. Ford.

Henry and Natalie were divorced in 1950.

Married (2nd): Euphemia Urquhart (Gow) Maud on 12 June 1959, in Greytown, Natal, South Africa
Henry Herbert Ford is recorded as a divorcee, born on 26.9.1915 in Pietermaritzburg. He is an agricultural overseer. Euphemia Urquhart Maud (born Gow) is described as a divorcee, born on 8.3.1910 in Pietermaritzburg. Her address is 128 Pine Street, Greytown. The marriage was performed by L. Bester, magistrate, and witnessed by B.A. Yeoman and P.B. Maritz.

Occupation: Farmer (1945); Agricultural overseer (1959)

Notes: Francis was known as Herbert, and he formally changed his name to Herbert Henry Ford on 9 January 1946. His civil birth registration is in the name "Francis Henry Ford" and he was baptised as "Francis Henry Herbert Ford". His first marriage certificate in 1945, divorce proceedings in 1950 and second marriage certificate in 1959 all use the name "Henry Herbert Ford" but a note in his birth registration states "Christian names altered to HERBERT HENRY. Ref. R.G. 530892 d.d. 9.1.46. E. Combes 11.1.46"

Addresses:
1945: 99 Boshoff Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (marriage certificate)

Sources:

Frederick Jackson Wallis Ford

Emily Risley 80th birthday
Frederick Jackson Wallis Ford - "Jack" - is second from right in the back row at the 80th birthday of his grandmother, Emily (Risley) Ford at Kingston Lodge in November 1932.
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 28 August 1914, at Budleigh, Chase Valley Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Natal Witness 2 September 1914
BIRTHS
FORD. – At Budleigh, Chase Valley Road, on the 28th August, to Mr. and Mrs. A.F. FORD, a son.
 
Baptism: 11 November 1914, in St Peters, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
The baptism was sponsored by Ethel Mary Wallis, William Jackson Wallis and Rupert Sydney Ford. This was a private baptism, and Frederick was received into the church on 13 December 1914.

Father: Alfred Frederick Ford

Mother: Ada (Wallis) Ford

Occupation: Fitter and Turner

Notes: Known  "Jack"

Death: 30 December 1949 at 10 Aberfeldy Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, aged 35
The cause of death is listed as cardiac failure, and status asthmaticus of duration 2 years

Buried: Mountain Rise cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

Address:
1948: Budleigh, Chase Valley Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (marriage certificate)
1949: 10 Aberfeldy Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Natal Civil Records Deaths Pietermaritzburg 1949 DGS007751213 image 569)

Sources:

George Ford

George Ford
George Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Ford family group with bicycle
George Ford is seated leftmost in this Ford family grouping, probably at Kingston Lodge
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 4 November 1850, in Emsworth, Hampshire, England

Father: Edward Ford

Mother: Elizabeth (Funnell) Ford

George Ford and Mary Ann "Polly" (Morrison) Ford
George Ford and Mary Ann "Polly" (Morrison) Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Married: Mary Ann Morrison on 3 July 1884 at a private residence in Pretoria, South African Republic
George Ford is recorded as a bachelor, aged 32, born in England. He is a blacksmith, resident in Pretoria. Mary Ann Morrisson is recorded as a spinster, aged 16, born in the Cape Colony. She is resident in Pretoria and married with her mother's consent.

Mary Ann was born in 1867/8, in the Cape Colony. She was known as "Polly". Mary Ann died on 21 May 1926 at 6 Bourke Cottages, Pretoria, aged 59. The cause of death is listed as influenza and broncho-pneumonia of duration 16 days and heart failure of duration 24 hours, Her intended place of burial was Pretoria.

Children: Occupation: Blacksmith, and later a carriage maker.
Robert King remembers that George "had a successful carriage and engineering business in Van Mullen street, Pretoria and a big house next the Lion Bridge in Church Street, Pretoria." At the Industrial Exhibition, a permanent exhibition of South African Industries in a large building in Van der Walt Street established in 1909, the Transvaal exhibits included "carts and carriages from Mr. George Ford's well-known establishment" (Pretoria: The Administrative Capital of South Africa p89 (H. E. Hall, F. R. Paver, 1910))

Notes: George emigrated to the Colony of Natal aboard the Phantom, arriving in Durban on 10 July 1858. He is recorded as aged 6, and surety was stood by George Andrews, his brother-in-law. Accompanying George on the Phantom were his parents, Edward (49) and Elizabeth (50) and siblings Sarah (21), Lucy (19), Ellen (15), Edward (13), Selina (11), Alfred (10) and Emily (8).

George was a sponsor at the baptism of his nephew, George Herbert Ford, in Pietermaritzburg in 1887.

George Ford
George Ford
Men of the Times - Pioneers of the Transvaal and Glimpses of South Africa pp145-6 (1905)
MR. GEORGE FORD is a Colonist from practically the day of his birth, and he possesses a wide range of knowledge pertaining to all South African questions such as few men can claim. He was born in England in 1850, being the youngest son of Mr. Edward Ford. one of the earliest settlers in Natal. Mr. Ford’s career is an interesting one, and his long association with the sub-continent has placed him in possession of such information as enables him to tell of stirring times of adventure in its earlier history.
  Whilst still a boy Mr. Ford was brought to Natal by his parents in 1858 in the sailing ship “Phantom.” It was at that time a long and dreary voyage, but even the voyage was not without its lessons to the boy. It was on the “Phantom” that he first learned the virtue of perseverance which is to-day one of his chief characteristics. On arriving at Natal he went to Pietermaritzburg, and there he was apprenticed as a blacksmith with his brother. He finished the term of his apprenticeship, and became an expert tradesman, and then the diamond fever of 1870 broke out. In common with numbers of young men, Mr. Ford was seized with the desire to become a diamond digger, and he set out for the river diggings, but after a brief period there he went to De Beers; his stay was short, and he again set out for Colesberg Kopje, which was then discovered at a short distance from De Beers. Mr. Ford and his then partners went and marked out one claim in No, 6 road.
  For various reasons Mr. Ford did not stay at his claim longer than to make sufficient money to enable him to return to Natal, where he resumed work at his own trade. But the free life of the diggings still fascinated the young man, and he once more found his way back at Kimberley, where he marked out a three-quarter claim, and by dint of hard. work he was very successful.
  Having accumulated a fair amount of money, and the price of diamonds deteriorating, he joined in the gold rush which now spread like wildfire throughout the country, and he soon found himself at Pilgrim’s Rest; but instead of searching for gold, he purchased an hotel at Lydenburg called “Victoria Hotel.” The hotel business did not keep Mr. Ford, he kept it, whilst he joined a companion and went trading in Seccoconi’s country. On his return from the trading expedition he found that the business of his hotel had vanished, and he lost the money which he had sunk in the venture. Now, with little money in his pocket, but with plenty of pluck and determination, he became a hunter, and found ample opportunity to practise his sport on the veld and vlies in Portuguese territory. Buffaloes and other game fell to his gun, but the unhealthy life in the swamps forced him to retire to more healthy climes, and accordingly he went to Pietermaritzburg, where he became a partner with a coachbuilder who was also a blacksmith. For twelve months he studied the coachbuilding trade, and then went to Durban, where he opened up an establishment in West Street. He was successful there, and only left on account of the fact that the premises were pulled down.
  Instead of re-opening at Durban, he turned his attention to the Transvaal, and settled in Pretoria. Here he opened up business in a small way as a coachbuilder, general smith, &c.; but he was soon compelled to seek larger premises, and he selected a spot in St. Andries Street. So enterprising was Mr. Ford that after a few months he sold out for a good price, and took a trip to the Old Country.
  Mr. Ford found the English climate altogether unsuited to him, and he longed for the sunny skies of South Africa, so he at once returned to the land of his adoption, and, arriving at Pretoria, he re-purchased his old business. He continued with the business and built it up, until to-day it is one of the largest and most successful in the capital. With an intimate knowledge of the position of affairs in Pretoria, and being a large property owner, he was selected as a representative of Ward No. 1 of Pretoria’s first Town Council. He is one of the most useful members of the municipality, and although his voice is silent when trifling matters come before the council, yet when any question of vital importance enters into the deliberations of the council, Mr. Ford is never found wanting, and his sound judgment and keen insight into municipal affairs enable him to submit advice to the council which from a business point of view can always be relied upon.
  Mr. Ford is the owner of the Pretoria North township, and firmly believes in the future expansion of the city. Since the foundation of the Pretoria Building Society, he has been a director of the concern, and he is a member of the Public Health Committee of the Council. Mr. Ford is a sportsman of the old school and an expert shot with the rifle. He has a splendid collection of trophies and numerous cups which he has won at rifle meetings. His long and varied experience has given him an acute perception, and he is a thorough man of the world and a good judge of character. Mr. Ford is one of Pretoria’s most respected citizens, and he is the type of man which South Africa needs if we are to have that era of prosperity for which we all long.
  He is married to a daughter of John Morrison, Esq. of England, and has issue nine children.

Death: 15 December 1933, at Pretoria Hospital, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, aged 83
George is recorded as a widower. The cause of death is listed as myocardial degeneration, senile decay and inguinal hernia. He had been hospitalised for 10 days.

Burial: Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa

Census:
1851: Havant Road, Warblington, Hampshire

Sources:

George Herbert Ford

George Herbert Ford
George Herbert Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 19 May 1887, in Chase Valley, Townlands, Pietermaritzburg, Natal

Baptism: 1887, in St Peters, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
The baptism was sponsored by George Ford and parents

Father: Edward Funnell Ford

Mother: Emily (Risley) Ford

The wedding of George Herbert Ford and Lulu Iris Borain
The wedding of George Herbert Ford and Lulu Iris Borain on 26 March 1919
L to R Back: clergyman (probably J. Henry Roberts, who officiated the wedding), George Herbert Ford, Lulu Iris Borain, Edward Funnell Ford. Seated: Wilfred Risley Ford, Mona Elizabeth Goldsmith Borain, Emily (Risley) Ford, Matilda Eliza (Marshall) Currie (step grandmother to the bride)
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Married: Lulu Iris Borain on 26 March 1919, in the Boshoff Street Wesleyan Church, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
George Herbert Ford is recorded as a bachelor, aged 32. He is a farmer, resident in Pietermaritzburg. Lulu Iris Borain is recorded as a spinster, aged 22 and resident in Pietermaritzburg. The marriage was performed by J. Henry Roberts and witnessed by Wilfred Risley Ford and Mona Elizabeth Borain.

Lulu was born on 14 February 1897 and baptised on 4 June 1900 in the Wesleyan-Methodist church, Durban, the daughter of James Borain and Louisa Cecelia Currie. At the baptism, the parents are resident in Gillets. Lulu was the sister of Mona Elizabeth Goldsmith Borain who married George's younger brother, Wilfred, three months later, and the sister of Nella Louise Borain who married John Bartle Ford in 1926. Lulu died on 30 June 1945, at Kingston Lodge, Chase Valley, Pietermaritzburg. The cause of death is listed as carcinoma of ovaries, of duration nine months. She was buried in Mountain Rise cemetery, Pietermaritzburg.
Addresses:
1919: Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (marriage register)
1963: "Kingston Lodge" Chase Valley, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (death registration)

Occupation: Farmer

Death: 19 October 1963, in Grey's Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
The cause of death is listed as congestive cardiac failure, of duration 1 week, chronic bronchitis, of duration 3-4 years and myocardial infarction, of duration 1 year.

Burial: Mountain Rise cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

Addresses:
1919: Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (marriage register)
1950: "Kingston Lodge", 69 Campbell Road, Chase Valley, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Braby's Natal Directory 1950 p1542)
1963: "Kingston Lodge" Chase Valley, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (death registration)

Photographs:

Ford family group with bicycle   Ford family at Kingston Lodge   Ford family at Kingston Lodge   Emily (Risley) Ford's 80th birthday with family  

George Herbert Ford is front left seated on the ground in this Ford family grouping, probably at Kingston Lodge
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Ford family at Kingston Lodge circa 1900
George is seated on the ground front
photograph courtesy of Ann Meier

Fords at Kingston Lodge
L to R. Back: Alfred, Winifred, Joseph, George. Front: Edward Funnell, Emily née Risley, John, Edward William. Very front: Wilfred
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Fords at Kingston Lodge, Christmas 1912
George Herbert Ford is standing third from the left at the 80th birthday of his mother, Emily (Risley) Ford at Kingston Lodge in November 1932. His wife, Lulu Iris (Borain) Ford is standing third from the right.
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Left Arrrow scroll with your mouse to see more pictures; click on an image for enlargement Right Arrrow
Sources:

Harriet (Ford, Trenowth) Dyer

Harriet (Ford, Trenowth) Dyer
Harriet (Ford, Trenowth) Dyer
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Edward William Ford and Laura Elizabeth Scarlett wedding
The wedding of Laura Elizabeth Scarlett and Edward William Ford on 4 January 1911.
Harriet (Ford, Trenowth) Dyer is standing rightmost
photograph courtesy of Robert King
John Herbert James King and Emily Winifred Ford wedding
Harriet (Ford, Trenowth) Dyer is standing leftmost in the wedding photograph of John Herbert James King and Emily Winifred Elizabeth Ford on 22 April 1914
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 1830-1832, in Wickham, Hampshire, England

Father: Edward Ford

Mother: Elizabeth (Funnell) Ford

Married (1st): George Trenowth on 14 November 1863, in the Crown Hotel, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
George Trenowth is recorded as a bachelor, of full age. He is a builder, resident in P.M.Burg. Harriett Ford is recorded as a spinster, of full age, resident in P.M.Burg.

The marriage license application lists George as aged 37, born in Tunbridge, Kent and Harriet Ford as aged 32, born in Wickham, Hampshire.

Children: Married (2nd): John Dyer on 20 February 1877, at a private home in Durban, Natal
John Dyer is recorded as a widower, of full age. He is a tailor, resident in Durban. Harriet Trenowth is recorded as a widow, of full age, resident in Durban. The marriage was witnessed by W. H. Dyer and R. Dyer.

The marriage license application records that John was born in Cornwall, England, and that Harriet Trenowth was born in Hampshire. Both are widowed, and John has three children - William Henry Dyer, aged 23, Mary Jane Dyer, aged 21 and Rebecca Ann Dyer, aged 20 - while Harriet has one child, Gertrude Alice Trenowth, aged 12.

John was born in 1823/4, in Landrake, Cornwall. His first marriage certificate records his father as Nicholas Dyer, a shoemaker, but his death notice records his parents as Samuel Dyer and Ann. A possible baptism entry in Landrake on 11 January 1824 records John Dyer as the son of Nicholas Dyer, cordwainer, and Ann. He was married first to Jane Henwood on 5 November 1849, in Constantine, Cornwall. John was a tailor. John and Jane emigrated to Natal with five children, arriving on the Priscilla on 16 September 1860. The two youngest children, Samuel and John presumably died young as they are not mentioned with their older siblings, William, Mary Jane and Rebecca, in the marriage license application in 1877 or in John's probate proceedings. Jane died in Durban on 3 May 1869, aged 49. John died on 14 March 1878, at the home of James Christian, in Commercial Road, Pietermaritzburg, of choleraic diarrhœa, aged 54.
Census & Addresses:
1851: Scarborough Street, Whitechapel, Middlesex
1878: Queen Street, Durban, Natal   (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1878 #302)

Occupation: Servant (1851)

Notes:
I have not been able to find Harriet's baptism record, although we have records for both her elder sister, Elizabeth, in 1829, in Gosport, and her younger sister, Miriam in 1832, also in Gosport. In the marriage license application for her first marriage on 14 November 1863, Harriet is listed as aged 32, born in Wickham, Hampshire, which would give a birth date in 1830 or 1831. She is also listed as aged 90 at her death on 2 May 1921 also putting her birth in 1830 or 1831. Wickham is about 10 miles north of Gosport. The presumed identification of Harriet in the 1851 census puts her age at 19 (born in "Wickhampton", which puts her birth in 1832 or 1831. The birth date given in the FORD tree of 1 January 1832 is precariously close to the 11 October 1832 birth date recorded in the baptism record for her younger sister Miriam

Harriet emigrated to Natal aboard the Leila, arriving in Durban on 14 March 1861. She is recorded as aged 27, and surety was stood by Edward Ford. Accompanying Harriet on the Leila was her elder sister, Elizabeth. Harriet's parents and most of her family had emigrated to Natal a few years earlier, and it is not clear why Elizabeth and Harriet only came out three years later. Also on board the Leila were their aunt and uncle, George and Lucy Salmon, and eight of their Salmon cousins.

Death: 2 May 1921 at the Mental Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, aged 90
The cause of death is listed as senile decay, of duration 2 years.

Burial: Commercial Road cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

Census:
1841: West Street, Warblington, Hampshire
1851: Queens Terrace, St Marylebone, Middlesex

Sources:

John Ford

Birth: 1780/1, in Westminster St James, Middlesex

Married: Mary _____

Children:
Occupation: Clerk, West India Dock

Census:
1851: 18 Alfred Terrace, Mile End Old Town, Middlesex

Sources:

John Bartle Ford

John Bartle Ford
John Bartle Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 26 January 1880, at Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal

Baptism: 22 February 1880, in St Peters, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
The baptism was sponsored by Frederick William Risley and parents

Father: Edward Funnell Ford

Mother: Emily (Risley) Ford

Nella Louise (Borain) Ford and Laura Elizabeth (Scarlett) Ford
Nella Louise (Borain) Ford (left) and Laura Elizabeth (Scarlett) Ford at a Ford family reunion at Kingston Lodge on 31 July 1983.
photograph of a newspaper clipping courtesy of Robert King
Married: Nella Louise Borain on 3 August 1926, in the Wesleyan church, Newcastle, Natal, South Africa
John Bartle Ford is recorded as a bachelor, aged 46, born in Natal. He is an engineer, resident in Pietermaritzburg. Nella Louise Borain is recorded as a spinster, aged 22, born in Natal. Her occupation is "domestic" and she is resident in Pietermaritzburg. The marriage was witnessed by James Arthur Carr and Mary Gaunt.

Nella was born on 2 August 1904 in Mount Rule, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, the daughter of James Borain and Cecilia Louisa Currie. Nella was the sister of Lulu Iris Borain who married George Herbert Ford in March 1919 and also the sister of Mona Elizabeth Goldsmith Borain who married Wilfred Risley Ford in June 1919.

Occupation: Engineer
John was sent to England to train as engineer at Marshall, Sons & Co., of London and Gainsborough, for whom the family business in Pietermaritzburg were sole agents. He returned again during WW1 to work as an engineer in the factory as part of the war effort.

Addresses:
1950: 45 Golf Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Braby's Natal Directory 1950 p1542)

Death: 10 February 1967 at St Anne's Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, aged 87.
The cause of death is listed as myocarditis and coronary thrombosis, both of duration 8 years

Photographs:

John Bartle Ford   John Bartle Ford, Emily Winnifred Elizabeth Ford, Alfred Frederick Ford, Edward William Ford and in front, Joseph Clifford Ford   Ford family group with bicycle   Ford family at Kingston Lodge   Ford family at Kingston Lodge   Ford family at Kingston Lodge Christmas 1912   Emily (Risley) Ford's 80th birthday with family   John Bartle Ford  

John Bartle Ford
photograph courtesy of Ann Meier

John Bartle Ford, Emily Winifred Elizabeth Ford, Alfred Frederick Ford, Edward William Ford and in front, Joseph Clifford Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King

John Bartle Ford is standing rightmost in this Ford family grouping, probably at Kingston Lodge
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Ford family at Kingston Lodge circa 1900
John Bartle Ford is standing rightmost
photograph courtesy of Ann Meier

Fords at Kingston Lodge
L to R. Back: Alfred, Winifred, Joseph, George. Front: Edward Funnell, Emily née Risley, John, Edward William. Very front: Wilfred
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Fords at Kingston Lodge, Christmas 1912
John Bartle Ford is standing rightmost in the back row.
photograph courtesy of Robert King

John Bartle Ford is standing rightmost at the 80th birthday of his mother, Emily (Risley) Ford at Kingston Lodge in November 1932. His wife, Nella (Borain) Ford is next to him, second from right.
photograph courtesy of Robert King

John Bartle Ford (right)
photograph courtesy of Ann Meier

Left Arrrow scroll with your mouse to see more pictures; click on an image for enlargement Right Arrrow
Sources:

Joseph Clifford Ford

Joseph Clifford Ford
Joseph Clifford Ford
scan by Chris Gosnell from photograph belonging to Esme Fuller
Birth: 10 September 1882, in Townlands, Pietermaritzburg, Natal

Baptism: 29 October 1882, in St Peters, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
The baptism was sponsored by Joseph Risley and parents

Father: Edward Funnell Ford

Mother: Emily (Risley) Ford

Married: May Foaden on 18 February 1911 in the Congregational Church, Florida Road, Durban, Natal, South Africa
Joseph Clifford Ford is recorded as a bachelor, of full age. He is a coach builder, resident in Maritzburg. May Foaden is recorded as a spinster, of full age, resident in Durban. The marriage was witnessed by H.N.H. White and Edgar Foaden.

Children:
Occupation: Carriage Builder

Notes: Known as "Cliff"

Death: 31 October 1967, at St Anne's Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, aged 85.
The cause of death is listed as a dissective aneurism of the abdominal aorta, of duration 5 days

Addresses:
1912: 205 Boom Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (birth record of daughter Esmé)
1917: 205 Boom Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (birth record of daughter Frances)
1950: 14 Milner Road, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Braby's Natal Directory 1950 p1542)
1967: "The Gables", New England Road, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (death notice)

Photographs:

John Bartle Ford, Emily Winnifred Elizabeth Ford, Alfred Frederick Ford, Edward William Ford and in front, Joseph Clifford Ford   Ford family group with bicycle   Tennis party at Kingston Lodge   Ford family at Kingston Lodge   Ford family at Kingston Lodge   Joseph Clifford Ford   Joseph Clifford Ford   Joseph Clifford Ford   Joseph Clifford Ford   May Foaden Cliff Ford and Emily Ford   Wedding photo of Joseph Clifford Ford and May Foaden   Ford family at Kingston Lodge Christmas 1912   Emily (Risley) Ford's 80th birthday with family   Joseph Clifford Ford   Joseph Clifford Ford  

John Bartle Ford, Emily Winifred Elizabeth Ford, Alfred Frederick Ford, Edward William Ford and in front, Joseph Clifford Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Joseph Clifford Ford is standing third from left in this Ford family grouping, probably at Kingston Lodge
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Joseph Clifford Ford is standing leftmost in this photograph of a tennis party at Kingston Lodge
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Ford family at Kingston Lodge circa 1900
Joseph Clifford Ford is in the centre of the back row
photograph courtesy of Ann Meier

Fords at Kingston Lodge
L to R. Back: Alfred, Winifred, Joseph, George. Front: Edward Funnell, Emily née Risley, John, Edward William. Very front: Wilfred
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Joseph Clifford Ford. From the composition of the photo I assume that he recently won the trophy, probably for shooting.
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Joseph Clifford Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Joseph Clifford Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King

I guess Cliff won the trophy again another year.
photograph courtesy of Robert King

May Foaden (left) and Joseph Clifford Ford courting at the Bluff, Durban, on 5 September 1905. With Emily Winifred Elizabeth Ford (right) as chaperone.
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Wedding of Joseph Clifford Ford and May Foaden on 18 February 1911 in Durban, Natal
L to R. Lillian Tonkin, H Norman H White, Joseph Clifford Ford, May Ford née Foaden, Edgar Foaden, Emily Winnifred Elizabeth Ford. Front: Joyce Tyzack
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Fords at Kingston Lodge, Christmas 1912
Joseph Clifford Ford is standing back row centre.
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Joseph Clifford Ford is standing fourth from right in the back row at the 80th birthday of his mother, Emily (Risley) Ford at Kingston Lodge in November 1932.
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Joseph Clifford Ford
scan by Chris Gosnell from photograph belonging to Esme Fuller

Joseph Clifford Ford circa 1965
photograph from Jerry Gosnell

Left Arrrow scroll with your mouse to see more pictures; click on an image for enlargement Right Arrrow
Sources:

Joyce Wallis (Ford) Arntzen

Emily Risley 80th birthday
Joyce Wallis Ford is fourth from right in the back row at the 80th birthday of her grandmother, Emily (Risley) Ford at Kingston Lodge in November 1932.
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 22 October 1916 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

Baptism: 19 November 1916, in St Peters, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
The baptism was sponsored by Laura Ford, Louise Borain and Wilfred Risley Ford

Father: Alfred Frederick Ford

Mother: Ada (Wallis) Ford

Married: Rolf Theodore Arntzen on 12 June 1943 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Rolf Theodore Arntzen is recorded as a divorcee, aged 35, born in Frederickstad, Norway. He is a shipwright carpenter, resident at 39 Wincelsea Avenue, Jacobs, Durban. Joyce Wallis Ford is recorded as a spinster, aged 26, born in Pietermaritzburg. She is a nurse, resident at Budleigh, Chase Valley, Pietermaritzburg. The marriage was witnessed by J. Arntsen and A. Ford.

Rolf was born on 12 April 1908 in Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway, the son of Aksel Arntzen and Alma Kathinka Johannesdatter. He was married firstly to Mary Christina Mackenzie, from whom he was divorced in 1937. He was a shipwright carpenter and builder. Rolf died on 13 November 1976 in Pinetown, Natal, South Africa, aged 68.

Occupation: Nurse
Joyce was a District Nurse in Pinetown.

Death: 2 June 2006, aged 89

Address:
1943: Budleigh, Chase Valley, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (marriage certificate)

Sources:

Lucy Ford

Lucy Ford
Lucy Ford
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 6 August 1838, in Emsworth, Hampshire, England

Father: Edward Ford

Mother: Elizabeth (Funnell) Ford

Notes: Lucy emigrated to Natal aboard the Phantom, arriving in Durban on 10 July 1858. She is recorded as aged 19, and surety was stood by George Andrews, her brother-in-law. Accompanying Lucy on the Phantom were her parents, Edward (49) and Elizabeth (50) and siblings Sarah (21), Ellen (15), Edward (13), Selina (11), Alfred (10), Emily (8) and George (6).

Death: 13 April 1918, at the Mental Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, aged 79
Lucy Ford died on 13th April 1918 at Mental Hospital P.M.Burg. She is recorded as a spinster, aged 79, born in England. The cause of death is listed as chronic nephritis and senile decay of duration many years. She was buried in P.M.Burg.

Buried: 15 April 1918, in Wesleyan cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal. The grave is located in Block A.

Census:
1841: West Street, Warblington, Hampshire
1851: Havant Road, Warblington, Hampshire

Sources:

Margaret Emily Louisa (Ford) Low

Emily Risley 80th birthday
Margaret Emily Louisa Ford - "Peggy" - is third from left in the back row at the 80th birthday of her grandmother, Emily (Risley) Ford at Kingston Lodge in November 1932.
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 23 December 1913, in Chase Valley, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

Baptism: 25 January 1914, in St Peters, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
The baptism was sponsored by Flora Louisa Potter

Father: Edward William Ford

Mother: Laura Elizabeth (Scarlett) Ford

Married: Trevor William Low on 18 July 1942 in St Peters, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Trevor William Low is recorded as a bachelor, aged 28, born in East Griqualand. He is a joiner, resident at 36 Holmsdale Rd, Rossburgh. Margaret Emily Louise Ford is recorded as a spinster, aged 28, born in Natal. She is a teacher, resident at 99 Boshoff St, Pietermaritzburg. The marriage was performed by Henry Skelton, and witnessed by L. E. Ford and W. H. Low.

Trevor was born on 21 January 1914, in East Griqualand, Cape Province, South Africa. He died on 10 March 2004.
The Mercury 12 March 2005
MEMORIAM;
LOW Trevor 1914--2004 van Pegs pa van Steph,Brian, Kevin ,Delys en Mark. Ook van Judy, Norman, Garth, Belinda,Janine en fam.


The Mercury 10 March 2008
MEMORIAL
:-
LOW Trevor William 21/01/1914 ----10/03/2004. Onthou deur Norman, Judy , Garth, Belinda, Janine en familie


The Sunday Tribune 5 June 2011
12/03/2005
MEMORIAM:-
LOW Trevor + 10 Maart 2004 LOW Peggy + 26 Mei 2005


Occupation: Teacher

Notes: Known as "Peggy"

Death: 26 May 2005

Addresses:
1942: 99 Boshoff St, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (marriage certificate)

Sources:

Mary (_____) Ford

Birth: 1779/80, in Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, England

Married: John Ford

Children:
Census:
1851: 18 Alfred Terrace, Mile End Old Town, Middlesex

Sources:

Mary Ann (Ford) Andrews

Mary Ann (Ford) Andrews
Mary Ann (Ford) Andrews
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Mary Ann (Ford) Andrews
Mary Ann (Ford) Andrews
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 7 September 1834, in Emsworth, Hampshire, England

Baptism: 22 October 1834, at St Peter's Chapel, Daniel Street and Green Row, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Mary Ann is recorded as the daughter of Edward Ford, whitesmith of Emsworth, parish of Warblington, Hampshire and of Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Funnell.

Father: Edward Ford

Mother: Elizabeth (Funnell) Ford

Mary Ann (Ford) Andrews and George Andrews
Mary Ann (Ford) Andrews and George Andrews
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Married: George Andrews on 22 October 1855 in the parish church, Durban, Natal
George Andrews is recorded as a bachelor, of full age. He is a grocer, resident in Durban. Mary Ann Ford is recorded as a spinster, of full age, resident in Durban. The marriage was performed by C. J. Mackenzie and witnessed by Thos. A. Payne and H. M. Payne.

(Thomas Ashbourne Payne and Hannah Maria Payne were brother and sister, and fellow passengers of Mary Ann's on the Lady of the Lake.)

In the marriage license application, George Andrews is recorded as a bachelor, aged 23, resident in D'Urban. Mary Ann Ford is recorded as a spinster, aged 21, resident in D'Urban.

Mary Ann and George celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary at their home at 10th Avenue, Lower Morningside, Durban.

Children:
Notes: Mary Ann emigrated to Natal before the rest of her family. She sailed aboard the Lady of the Lake, leaving London on 12 July 1855 and arriving in Durban on 20 October 1855, then was married two days later to George Andrews. In 1858 George Andrews sponsored Mary Ann's parents and most of her siblings to emigrate to Natal.

Death: 13 October 1917, at 127 Seventh Avenue, Durban, Natal, South Africa, aged 83
Mary Ann Andrews died on 13 October 1917 at 127 Seventh Avenue. She was aged 83, born in England and the widow of George Andrews. The cause of death is listed as cancer of stomach and exhaustion.
Natal Witness 13 October 1922
IN MEMORIAM
ANDREWS. – In ever loving memory of dear mother, M.A. ANDREWS, who passed away in Durban, on the 13th October, 1917.
Inserted by her son, Charlie.


Gravestone of Mary Ann (Ford) Andrews
Gravestone of Mary Ann (Ford) Andrews in West Street cemetery, Durban
photo by GGSA Kwazulu-Natal at eGGSA
Buried: West Street cemetery, Durban. Natal, South Africa
The gravestone reads:
In Loving Memory of Mary Ann Andrews who died 13th October 1917, aged 83 years. "Faith's journey ends in welcome to the weary."

Will: Mary Ann and George had a joint will dated 28 September 1906 (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files GS film 001295293 images 00593-4) which specified that "the survivor of us be permitted to remain in full possession of the whole of our Joint Estate" and that "Upon the decease of the survivor of us we will and bequeath the whole of said joint estate unto our children male and female in equal shares"
 
Census & Addresses:
1841: West Street, Warblington, Hampshire
1851: High Street, Marylebone, Middlesex (Mary is listed as an apprentice, in the home of her grandfather, Thomas Funnell)
1911: 127 Seventh Avenue, Durban, Natal   (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files GS film 001295293 image 00591)
1917: 127 7th Avenue, Durban, Natal   (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files GS film 001295108 image 00953)

Sources:

Miriam Ford

Birth: 11 October 1832

Baptism: 2 December 1832, at Middle Street Wesleyan, Alverstoke Gosport, Hampshire, England
Miriam is recorded as born on Oct 11, baptized Dec. 2 1832, the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Ford. Edward is a whitesmith, resident at Wickham, in the parish of Wickham

Father: Edward Ford

Mother: Elizabeth (Funnell) Ford

Burial: 18 March 1835, in Warblington, Hampshire, England, aged 2

Sources:

Rupert Sydney Ford

Rupert and Wilfred Ford
Rupert Sydney Ford (left) and his twin Wilfred Risley Ford (right)
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Ford family group with bicycle
Rupert Sydney Ford is seated second from right in this Ford family grouping, probably at Kingston Lodge
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Tennis party at Kingston Lodge
Rupert Sydney Ford is front left in this photograph of a tennis party at Kingston Lodge
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Ford family tennis
Ford family at Kingston Lodge circa 1900
Rupert is seated left chair in the centre row
photograph courtesy of Ann Meier
Birth: 18 December 1889, at Kingston Lodge, Chase Valley, Townlands, Pietermaritzburg, Natal

Baptism: 20 February 1890, in St Peters, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
The baptism was sponsored by Harriet Dyer and Elizabeth Wills.

Father: Edward Funnell Ford

Mother: Emily (Risley) Ford

Notes: Twin brother of Wilfred Risley Ford

Occupation: Company secretary
Rupert was bookkeeper to Todd's Pharmacy in Red Hill, Durban North.

Death: 17 April 1960, at Entabeni Hospital, Durban, Natal, South Africa, aged 70
The cause of death is listed as uraemia, renal failure, haemorrhage from varices, hepatic cirrhosis of duration 3 weeks.

Headstone of Rupert Sydney Ford
Grave of Rupert Sydney Ford in the Commercial Road cemetery, Pietermaritzburg
photograph by Robert King
Buried: Commercial Road cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. The grave is located in Block A Row C Plot 31.
The inscription on the headstone reads:
In treasured memory of
RUPERT SYDNEY FORD,
younger son of E. F. Ford and E. Ford
called to higher service
17th April 1960,
aged 70 years

Addresses:
1932: Durban, Natal   (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1934 #21169 film 007867948 image 1133)
1934: Durban, Natal   (Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1934 #21169 film 007867948 image 1134)
1960: Wyham Mansions, Gillespie Street, Durban   (death registration)

Sources:

Sarah (Ford) Gannaway

Sarah (Ford) Gannaway
Sarah (Ford) Gannaway
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 14 November 1836, in Emsworth, Hampshire, England

Baptism: 11 December 1836, at St Peter's Chapel, Daniel Street and Green Row, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Sarah is recorded as the daughter of Edward Ford, whitesmith of Emsworth, parish of Warblington, Hampshire and of Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Funnell. Sarah was born on 14 November 1836 and baptized on 11 December 1836.

Father: Edward Ford

Mother: Elizabeth (Funnell) Ford

Married: Alfred Joseph Gannaway on 27 October 1861, in Portsea St Mary, Portsea, Hampshire, England
Alfred Joseph Gannaway is recorded as single, aged 21, the son of William Gannaway, a gardener. Alfred is a carpenter, resident in Harfisle Road. Sarah Ford is recorded as single, aged 24, the daughter of Edward Ford, a whitesmith. Sarah is resident at Marine Terrace. The marriage was witnessed by Caroline Gannaway and William Gannaway.

Alfred was born in 1840, in Warblington, Hampshire, the son of William and Mary Gannaway. His occupation is described as "Carpenter and Joiner" in 1861, and "Printer's Traveller" in 1871.
Census & Addresses:
1841: Warblington Lodge, Warblington, Hampshire
1851: South Street, Havant, Hampshire
1861: Somers Road, Portsea, Hampshire
1861: Harfisle Road, Portsea, Hampshire   (marriage record)
1871: St Marylebone, Middlesex

Children: Occupation: Servant (1861); Lodging House Keeper (1891)

Notes: Sarah emigrated to Natal aboard the Phantom, arriving in Durban on 10 July 1858. She is recorded as aged 21, and surety was stood by George Andrews, her brother-in-law. Accompanying Sarah on the Phantom were her parents, Edward (49) and Elizabeth (50) and siblings Lucy (19), Ellen (15), Edward (13), Selina (11), Alfred (10), Emily (8) and George (6). Sarah did not stay long in the colony - she returned to England where she was married in 1861.

Death: 1906, in Christchurch district, Hampshire, England, aged 70

Census:
1841: West Street, Warblington, Hampshire
1851: Havant Road, Warblington, Hampshire
1861: Marine Terrace, Portsea, Hampshire
1861: Marine Terrace, Portsea, Hampshire   (marriage record)
1871: St Marylebone, Middlesex
1881: 50 Nicholay Road, Islington, Middlesex
1891: Drummond Road, Christchurch, Hampshire
1901: Sea Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire

Sources:

Selina (Ford, Byerley) Bales

Selina (Ford, Byerley) Bales
Selina (Ford, Byerley) Bales
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Selina (Ford, Byerley) Bales
Selina (Ford, Byerley) Bales
taken about 1895 in Barberton by her son, Edward Worsely Byerley
photograph scan courtesy of Alan Fitz-Patrick
Birth: 16 January 1846, in Emsworth, Hampshire, England

Father: Edward Ford

Mother: Elizabeth (Funnell) Ford

George Byerley and Selina (Ford) Byerley
George Byerley and Selina Ford
taken in Verulam, Natal, 1867 - thought to be taken on their wedding day
photograph scan courtesy of Alan Fitz-Patrick
Married (1st): George Alexander Byerley on 18 February 1867, in Mission House, Verulam, Natal
George Byerley is recorded as a bachelor, aged 23. He is a clerk, resident in Pietermaritzburg. Selina Ford is recorded as a spinster, aged 21, resident in Riverton. The wedding was performed by Thomas Kirkby and witnessed by G. Andrews and M. A. Andrews.

George and Mary Ann Andrews were Selina's elder sister and brother-in-law.

Children: Married (2nd): William Bales on 1 July 1896 at Mr. Allsopp's residence, Barberton, South African Republic.
William Bales is recorded as a bachelor, aged 44. He is chemist, resident in Barberton. Selina Byerley is recorded as a widow, aged 47, resident in Barberton. The marriage was witnessed by C. Urquhart and J. W. Winter.

William was born in 1850/1, in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, the son of George William Bales and Lucretia Holden. He was a chemist. William was a sponsor at the baptism of one of Selina's daughters from her first marriage, Nellie Caroline Byerley, in Pretoria in 1883. William died on 20 October 1906, at his residence in Barberton, Transvaal Colony.
Census & Addresses:
1851: Cornhill, Ipswich St Mary at the Tower, Suffolk
1861: Cornhill, Ipswich St Mary at the Tower, Suffolk
1906: Barberton, Transvaal Colony   (Transvaal Probate Records 1906 #9790 DGS 007805928 image 361)

Notes: Selina emigrated to Natal aboard the Phantom, arriving in Durban on 10 July 1858. She is recorded as aged 11, and surety was stood by George Andrews, her brother-in-law. Accompanying Selina on the Phantom were her parents, Edward (49) and Elizabeth (50) and siblings Sarah (21), Lucy (19), Ellen (15), Edward (13), Alfred (10), Emily (8) and George (6).
In 1877 George and Selina were operating a canteen at Sptitzkop in the eastern Transvaal. They were encountered there by Rowland Atcherley, an Englishman on a year-long adventure in Natal and the Transvaal who describes Selina as "a delicate young Englishwoman, little fitted for the rough life of the gold-diggings" (A Trip to Böerland p127)
After the death of her first husband in 1893, Selina took in boarders in Barberton for a while and remarried in 1896 to William Bales. After that, they moved to Lourenço Marques, Mozambique.

Death: 7 April 1934, in South Africa

Census:
1851: Havant Road, Warblington, Hampshire

Sources:

Wilfred Risley Ford

Rupert and Wilfred Ford
Rupert Sydney Ford (left) and his twin Wilfred Risley Ford (right)
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 18 December 1889, at Kingston Lodge, Chase Valley, Townlands, Pietermaritzburg, Natal

Baptism: 20 February 1890, in St Peters, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
The baptism was sponsored by Harriet Dyer and Alfred Edmondson.

Father: Edward Funnell Ford

Mother: Emily (Risley) Ford

Married: Mona Elizabeth Goldsmith Borain on 5 June 1919 in the Wesleyan Church, Boshoff Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
Wilfred Risley Ford is recorded as a bachelor, aged 29. He is an engineer, resident in Pietermaritzburg. Mona Elizabeth Goldsmith Borain is recorded as a spinster, aged 23, resident in Pietermaritzburg. The marriage was performed by J. Henry Roberts and witnessed by Rupert Sydney Ford, M. E. Currie and Lulu I. Ford.

The wedding of George Herbert Ford and Lulu Iris Borain
Wilfred and Mona are seated left and second left in the wedding photograph of their of their brother and sister, respectively, George Herbert Ford and Lulu Iris Borain on 26 March 1919
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Mona was born on 17 July 1895 at West Street, Pietermaritzburg, the daughter of James Borain, a plate layer, and Louisa Cecilia Currie, and baptised on 14 June 1900, in Durban. Mona was the sister of Lulu Iris Borain who married George Herbert Ford in March 1919 and also the sister of Nella Louise Borain who married John Bartle Ford in 1926. Mona died on 17 July 1969, in Grey's Hospital, Pietermaritzburg. The cause of death is listed as myocardial infarction, of duration 1 day and acute hypertension of duration many years.

Occupation: Engineer, machinist

Notes: Wilfred was the twin brother of Rupert Sydney Ford

Death: 1 September 1965 in Bishopstowe, Natal, South Africa
The cause of death is listed as carcinoma of prostate, of duration over 1 year, abdominal obstruction, of duration 4 months and hepeptezia(?), of duration 2 weeks.

Cremation: Mountain Rise crematorium, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

Addresses:
1919: Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (marriage register)
1950: 510 Prince Alfred Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (Braby's Natal Directory 1950 p1542)
1965: 510 Prince Alfred Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (death registration)

Photographs:

Ford family group with bicycle   Tennis party at Kingston Lodge   Ford family at Kingston Lodge   Ford family at Kingston Lodge   Emily (Risley) Ford's 80th birthday with family  

Wilfred Risley Ford is sitting front right in this Ford family grouping, probably at Kingston Lodge
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Wilfred Risley Ford is front centre in this photograph of a tennis party at Kingston Lodge
photograph courtesy of Ann Meier

Ford family at Kingston Lodge circa 1900
Wilfred is seated right chair in the centre row
photograph courtesy of Ann Meier

Fords at Kingston Lodge
L to R. Back: Alfred, Winifred, Joseph, George. Front: Edward Funnell, Emily née Risley, John, Edward William. Very front: Wilfred
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Wilfred Risley Ford is second from left left in the back row at the 80th birthday of his mother, Emily (Risley) Ford at Kingston Lodge in November 1932. Wilfred's wife, Mona Elizabeth Goldsmith (Borain) Ford is seventh from the left in the back row.
photograph courtesy of Robert King

Left Arrrow scroll with your mouse to see more pictures; click on an image for enlargement Right Arrrow
Sources:

William Alan Ford

Emily Risley 80th birthday
William Alan Ford is rightmost in the back row at the 80th birthday of his grandmother, Emily (Risley) Ford at Kingston Lodge in November 1932.
photograph courtesy of Robert King
Birth: 22 June 1917, in Town Bush Valley, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

Baptism: 2 August 1917, in All Saints, Allerton, Natal, South Africa
The baptism was sponsored by A. Vyvyan Edmondson, Dorothy Mary Potter and 'Father'

Father: Edward William Ford

Mother: Laura Elizabeth (Scarlett) Ford

Occupation: Draughtsman

Notes: Known as "Alan"

Addresses:
1947: 99 Boshoff Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal   (marriage certificate)

Sources:

Unnamed "Baby Girl" Ford

Birth: 8 August 1881

Father: Edward Funnell Ford

Mother: Emily (Risley) Ford

Death: 8 August 1881

Sources:
Return to Chris Gosnell's Home Page

If you have any comments, additions or modifications to the information on this page, please feel free to email me.
Created and maintained by: chris@ocotilloroad.com