Searching for any information on my great-grandmother, Theresa Ruddock or Ruddick born in England. On the 1850 census of Rapides Parish, we find Theresa Ruddock (Ruddick), age 18,of England, listed under the household of William Prince Ford. William Prince Ford was born in Henry Co., Ky. on January 5, 1803. He was a son of Jesse Ford and Dulla Barry Prince, and came to Rapides Parish with his parents about 1816. He married, in 1828, one Martha P. Tanner, the 11th child of Robert Tanner and Providence Robert, natives of Beaufort District, SC and early settlers of Rapides Parish. Mrs. Ford died in Rapides Parish on January 11, 1849, leaving four children. This fact may directly relate to Theresa being listed under the household in 1850. However, by the 1850 census, Ford had married Mary B. Dawson, widow of William H. Cureton. One could assume, that Theresa had been hired to help with the children, or perhaps there was a connection between Theresa and the Spring Creek Academy at Hurricane Creek which Ford had been instrumental in founding. Theresa married Charles Edward Jouett in 1852 and their first child, Ella McConnell Jouett was born in 1853. Ella married Walter Lodowick Tanner in 1874. Theresa, supposedly, had an uncle, Frank Bailey, that lived in the area but the only Bailey's I have found that she may have had a connection to was Walter Bailey from Bath, England. Theresa was born about 1832 and died Feb. 21, 1876. If anyone has any information about Theresa Ruddock can you please let me know. Any help will be appreciated Thanks Nancy Meaux