Trying to verifiy Co. Leitrim connection: Per my Ford cousin, Doris Ford, who lives in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, my dad's family's surname was Forde in Ireland and that the E was dropped when they emigrated to England. She said that the family was from "Drumshanbo," Ireland. There are two "Drumshanbo" place names that I know of - one in Co. Leitrim and one in Co. Tyrone. Since my cousin also thought the family "was from Sligo," I have concentrated on the Drumshanbo in Co. Leitrim. I have lots of leads but nothing definite. Red-headed, Catholic Patrick Ford/e and son Michael (?M) Ford/e apparently lived in "Drumshanbo" area at the time Michael was born in late 1863/early 1864. I have no knowledge of another surname in Ireland, i.e. mother's name. At the time Michael was married in Liverpool, in 1892, his father, Patrick Ford, a farmer, was deceased. One of the witnesses at the wedding in the West Derby Register Office was L. Ann or E. Ann Hooley, who may have been a friend/relative? Michael Ford married Britisher Sarah Ann George (parents John George and Theresa Ann Hancox) in Liverpool and they lived at 50 New Road, Tue Brook, Liverpool for 30 years. Michael was a bricklayer/brick setter, slaterer, and jobber; he fell off a defective ladder in Liverpool in 1922 and broke his neck. Michael seems to have been a "nonpracticing Catholic," his wife Sarah, attended the Church of England; their oldest children went to Catholic schools, their younger children to non-Catholic schools. At the time of his marriage in 1892, Michael Ford gave his address as (?78) Saxony Road, Kensington, which is outside of Liverpool. Most of the Ford family emigrated from Liverpool, a few at a time (prior to, and post Michael's death) to initially join some George uncles who lived in Milwaukie/Oak Grove, OR, area just outside Portland. Son Albert Ford lived in Seattle, WA,. his wife and stepchildren's surname was Keenan. Two of Michael and Sarah Fords' sons stayed in England, Herbert F. in the London area and Alfred, in Tunbridge Wells. Alfred Ford married Ethel Saunders. The names of all of Michael Ford's children were Albert Edward, Alfred E., Bernard Michael, Harold Dennis, Charles Ernest (my dad), Herbert F., Winifred Rosita ("Pat"), Theresa May Harriet. Dennis was married/divorced (?to whom) and died in a mental hospital in Salem, OR. "Tessie" married a Lindeman and lived outside Portland. "Pat" (Winifred) was married to a Kelly and a Reed, lived much of her life in California. Bernard was a successful Portland, OR realtor, never married, lived in Milwaukie, OR with his aunt and uncle George. Charlie Ford married a Sweany. Herbert Ford who "died in London" may have been a bachelor. Their mother, Sarah (George) Ford was very close to her sister Harriet George who married Hugh Ernest Jones. Am also interested in learning more about Drumshanbo, have never been there. Jean