Ronald Wilson Ford [26562]

   FamilySearch ID: L615-QWM.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Registration: Birth, 1902, Canterbury District, New South Wales, Australia. ¹ 2058/1902
FORD, RONALD W
JOHN W
MILDRED S
CANTERBURY

• Newspaper: The Brisbane Courier, 1920 Apr 19, Brisbane, , Queensland, Australia. ALLEGED INTENT TO COMMIT A CRIME. (1920, April 19). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864-1933), p. 6. Retrieved January 15, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20417437

ALLEGED INTENT TO COMMIT A

CRIME.

TOOWOOMBA, April l8.

In the Toowoomba Police Court jester day, before Mr. T. H. Boddington, PM, Frederick Irving Steele (24), George Brown (22), Ronald Wilson Ford (19), and Robert Charles Warren (22), on remand, who were all said to belong to New South Wales, were charged with having on or about April 14 entered the premises

of M'Leod and Co. at Warwick with intent to commit a crime. Evidence of arrest was given by Plain clothes Constable Donnelly, who stated that he had seen a motor car, with a New South Wales number on it, and answering to the de- scription of a car which he had received, pass him late on Thursday night. He followed on a bicycle, and eventually the car stopped at Herries-street Constable Donnelly then detained the men in the car until other police arrived Investiga- tions were made, and subsequently the four men were conveyed to the police station and placed under arrest At the police station the accused said they had not been in Warvick, and defendant Steele stated that he and the others had left Sydney about 10 days ago on a tour- ing trip. The four accused were re- manded to Warwick.

• Registration: Death, 1948, Wagga Wagga District, New South Wales, Australia. 21917/1948 FORD RONALD WILSON JOHN WILSON MILDRED SARAH WAGGA WAGGA

• Newspaper: Sydney Morning Herald, 1948 Jul 5, Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia. ² FORDRonald WilsonDeath notice04JUL1948Death46 at WaggaSydney Morning Herald05JUL1948

• Newspaper: The Argus, 1948 Jul 5, Melbourne, , Victoria, Australia. CAR HITS BRIDGE IN FOG; VICTIM DIES. (1948, July 5). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954), p. 5. Retrieved January 15, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22679414

CAR HITS BRIDGE

IN FOG;

VICTIM DIES

When a car in which he was a passenger crashed into a bridge on Lake Albert rd, near Wagga, in a heavy fog on Saturday night, Ronald Wilson Ford, 46, shop fitter of Macleay st, Wagga, was fatallyin-jured.

He died in Wagga Base Hospital yesterday.

The rails of the bridge tore through the car and struck Ford on the side of the head. The car fell 10ft into the creek, landing in shallow water.

The driver, Arthur Blamey, Wagga merchant, was allowed to leave hos- pital after treatment.

Ronald married Dorothy Alice Nicholls [33900] [L615-QWN] [MRIN: 12673], daughter of Alfred Nicholls [33901] and Jane Ann [33902], on 1926 Sep 13 in Chatswood, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia. The marriage ended in divorce on 1931 Apr 13. (Dorothy Alice Nicholls [33900] [L615-QWN] was born in 1906 in Burwood District, New South Wales, Australia and died on 1997 Apr 26 in New South Wales, Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Registration: Marriage, 1926, Chatswood District, New South Wales, Australia. 11713/1926 FORD RONALD W NICHOLLS DOROTHY A CHATSWOOD

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1930 Sep 18, Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia. IN DIVORCE. (1930, September 18). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 6. Retrieved January 15, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16702900

FORD V FORD

Alleging desertion, Dorothy Alice Ford (for- merly Nicholls) petitioned for divorce from Ronald Wilson Ford The marriage was cele- brated at Chatswood on September 13, 1926 The petitioner was granted a decree nisi, returnable in six months

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1931 Jul 22, Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia. IN DIVORCE. (1931, July 22). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 5. Retrieved January 15, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16794966

IN DIVORCE.

(Before Mr. Justice Davidson.)

DECREES ABSOLUTE

Decrees nisi which had been granted in the following suits were made absolute -Dorothy Alice Ford v Ronald Wilson Ford, ...