Origin
- Country
- England
- Meaning
- One who lives near a ford or river crossing — from Old English ford
- Arrival Era
- Colonial America
Known Family Members
- Ruby Irene FordKey ancestor — primary line through Chuck's maternal ancestry
The Ford surname is of English origin, a topographic name for someone who lived near a ford — a shallow crossing point in a river or stream. Ruby Irene Ford is the key ancestor through whom this entire line of Chuck's ancestry flows. The Ford family likely arrived in America during the colonial period, settling in the mid-Atlantic or southern states.