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Ira Lee FORD
Elvira GODFREY
Elizabeth STROUP
Husband:  Ira Lee FORD
Birth:  1823/4, CAN
Death:  Oct 1908, Sparks, Lincoln Co., OK
Occupation:  farmer
Father:  David Lewis FORD
Mother:  Lucretia SERVICE
Marriage-1:
Wife-1:  Elvira / Alvira GODFREY
Birth:  31 Mar 1833, CAN
Death:  22 Apr 1859, Vergennes Twp., Kent Co., MI
Father:  Elijah GODFREY (1810-1855) of NY
Mother:  Nancy __?__ (1811-1874) of CAN
Marriage-2:
Wife-2:  Elizabeth STROUP
Father:  Peter K. STRAUB / STRAUP / STROUP
Mother:  Martha WISLIN
Child with Elvira GODFREY:
1.  Henryetta / Henrietta FORD, b. Aug 1849
Children with Elizabeth STROUP:
-
Keywords for search engines:  genealogy; Canada; USA, US, United States, Michigan, New York

Sources:

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 16):  Grattan, Kent Co., MI, Roll M432_353, p. 302A/603, 178/178, enumerated 18 Oct 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
Ira Ford 26 M   Farmer 200 Canada
Elvira Ford 16 F       Canada
Henryetta Ford 9/12 F       Mich

5.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 5):  Big Rapids P.O., Town of Green, Mecosta Co., MI, Roll M653_554, p. 113, PN 11, 94/89, enumerated 15 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
David Ford 59 M   Farmer 700 100 Vermont
Lucretia do 54 F         New York
Amanda   do 25 F         Canada West
Sylvanus do 19 M   Farm Laborer     Mich
Alfred   do 12 M         do
Gilbert  do  9 M         do
Henrietta do  7 F         do
Dennis    do  2 M         do
Ira       do 32 M   Farm Laborer     Canada West
Samuel Garrow? 30 M   Hunter     Milan Italy
Henrietta is Ira's child, although she should be 9 years old, not seven.  Lucretia is much too old to have a two-year old child, so Dennis may also be Ira's child.

6.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 16):  Big Rapids P.O., Town of Green, Mecosta Co., MI, Roll M593_690, p. 59B, PN 6, enumerated 15 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1870:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 15 19
50 51 Ford Ira 42 M W Farmer 3000 750 Canada       /
    ____ Elizabeth 35 F W Keeping House     Pennsylvania        
    Bellows James P 13 M W Attending School     Indiana     /  
    Ford Walter  4 M W At home     Michigan /      
    ____ Charles  1 M W At Home     Michigan /      
50 52 Kirk Emma 20 F W Keeping House     Pennsylvnia        
    ____ Frank 8/12 M W At Home     Michigan   Sep    
Emma (STRAUB) KIRK is Elizabeth's widowed sister.

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