Ford/Forde/Reiley/Riley/Ireland

FORDE, FORD, REILEY, RILEY, STERLING

Posted By: Darlene Poppe (email)
Date: 8/19/2012 at 21:00:52

I am looking for any family or information of....
James Francis FORD/FORDE
b 1821 Ireland
d 3 Apr 1873
buried: Oak Grove Catholic Cemetery,
Grinnell, Poweshiek Co., Iowa.
m: Catheryn Reiley/Riley
b 14 Jun 1835 Ireland
d 12 July 1884 from an accident with a horse and
buggy.
buried: next to husband.
Several of the children are also buried in the same cemetery.
I have the following;
1870 United States Federal Census about Catherine Ford

Name: Catherine Ford
Age in 1870: 34
Birth Year: abt 1836
Birthplace: Ireland
Home in 1870: Washington, Poweshiek, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Montezuma

Household Members: Name Age
James Ford…
Ireland....52

Catherine Ford…Ireland....34
Jane Ford…Iowa.... 1854...16
Martha Ford…Iowa 1856...14
Julia Ford…Iowa 1858....12
Thomas Ford…
9 Oct 1859 Iowa
d 19 Dec 1881 Iowa 10 on 1870 census
William Ford…Iowa 1861.....9
Ellen Ford…Iowa 1863....7
Catharine Ford…Iowa 1865.....5
James Ford…Iowa 1867...3
Joseph Ford…Iowa 1869....1
Turney Eugene Ford was b May 1870 Iowa
d 1913 of T.B.
m: Helen May Sterling
b May 1878 Illinois
She is a widow in Iowa 1925 census.

Looking for ship records, immigration records, parents of James and Catheryn or where they may have come from in Ireland. Any obituaries or newspaper articles.
Appreciate any help or suggestions.
Please e-mail me at darlene.poppe@gmail.com
Thanks so much and take care,
Darlene