Kingston Wesleyan Chapel was the scene recently of a pretty wedding, the parties being Miss Ida Burton, second daughter of Mr and Mrs J. H. Burton, of Brindley-street, East Park, and Lieut. E. Ford, R.N.R., the second son of Capt. and Mrs W. Ford, of Cottingham-road. The Rev R. A. Loten officiated. The bride looked charming in a gown of ivory silk, with an over dress of Brussels silk and taffeta, ... »
The wedding took place at St. Matthew’s Church, Anlaby-road, Hull, to-day of Mr James Clifford Gowland, youngest son of Mrs and the late Mr F. Gowland, of Hull, and Miss Doris Ford, younger daughter of Mrs and the late Capt. W. Ford. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr Walter Ford, and was attended by Miss Jean Noreen Ford (her niece), Miss Kitty Hepton (her cousin), and Miss Edith Sellars... »
FORD.—May 21st, at 78, Cottingham-road, Capt. Walter Ford, of s.s. Hull, the dearly-beloved husband of Adelaide Ford, aged 53. Deeply mourned. Interred Western Cemetery, Friday 2.30 p.m. Friends please accept this (the only) intimation. »
A quiet wedding was solemnised at the Hessle-road Congregational Church yesterday afternoon, the parties being Mr Walter Ford, eldest son of Captain and Mrs Ford, and Dorothy Capes, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Capes. The bridegroom’s father is at present interned in Hamburg, having been there since the commencement of the war. The bride’s father is a well-known fish merchant. The ... »
SIR,—Having spent a weekend in Belgium, I have just arrived home. I went out in the N.E.R. Wilson liner s.s. Hull, Capt. Ford, who is one of our most experienced continental traders, and a navigator you feel safe to take a sea trip with. During our passage back to Hull, Captain W. Ford told me that he and all his crew were made prisoners of war along with the ship, and he and the crew spent four y... »
WIVES OF WILSON LINE OFFICERS ARRIVE SAFE. NEWS OF DETAINED CREWS. Definite news of two Wilson liners and their captains and crews, detained in Hamburg now for seven weeks, has been brought to Hull by the wives of two of the officers, who have pluckily succeeded in getting through to their homes at Hull. The two ladies are Mrs Duncan, wife of the second officer of the liner York. They bring the ne... »
Robert Ford of Hull, born 1866 and eight years old, nursed an overriding ambition. Steam. His father, another Robert, sailing his own brig coastwise out of the Humber, argued that steam was a passing fad. “Stands to reason, son. Who’d charter a vessel half full of mucky coal before a ton of cargo can be put aboard? The cost of coal alone would send freight charges sky high. Owners will... »
Robert Ford was born on 23 January 1826 in Beverley, Yorkshire – the fourth son of John Ford and Mary Hamilton of Hull. In 1834, he went to sea as a cabin boy and received his merchant seamen ticket 11 years later. According to this document, he was living in Hull, was 5′ 7″ tall, had dark brown hair, dark complexion and hazel eyes. In 1849, aged 23, Robert married 18-year-old Sarah An... »