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Definition: One who lived near a ford or river crossing, from the Old English ford, meaning "pass or crossing."
Surname Origin:
English
Alternate Surname Spellings:
FORDE, FFORDE, FOARD, FOORD
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English Genealogy FORD Family Genealogy Forum FamilySearch - FORD Genealogy FORD Surname Mailing List Surname Finder - FORD Genealogy & Family Resources Cousin Connect - FORD Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - FORD Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - FORD Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997. Looking for the meaning of a given name? Check out
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
