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1919-1928 Sussex, Paris, New York, published 1965 in Letters of Ford Madox Ford (edited by Richard M. Ludwig, pp.93-182, Princeton University Press)

Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) was a novelist who lived for a time with his lover Stella Bowen at Red Ford, in Hurston, Pulborough

Fathoming William Ford's Death, by Judith A. Kinnison, published March 1982 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 1, article, pp.5-10) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9174] & The Keep [LIB/501257] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

One hundred and twenty-one years ago my ancestor William Ford emigrated from England in hopeful expectation of arriving in due course in Australia - he never did.

Hounsells, Foords and Boys, by Keith Foord, published September 2011 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 7, article, pp.320-325) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508848] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

For the last two years Rosalie Raftis of Perth, Australia and the author have been extensively researching our families by email collaboration. We had found that we had common ancestors named HOUNSELL. HOUNSELL is a rare name (except in Dorset - with a large website: www.hounsell.org.uk), but there is a separate focus originating from Rye. From this two distinct HOUNSELL lines exist in New Zealand. There are also many descendants in Australia related to a single Sussex HOUNSELL, Anne Eleanor of Battle. Descendants in both Australia and New Zealand considerably outnumber Sussex HOUNSELLs. It was noted that only one Sussex HOUNSELL immigrated to North America and he returned a year later, but that the emigration pattern of the Dorset HOUNSELLs was mainly to North America, particularly to Newfoundland, Canada.
HOUNSELLs have several ancestral links with the BOYS via marriages, in the author's case a double link via the FOORD family.

A Twist of Fate, by E. Patricia Gutteridge, published September 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 7, article, pp.293-294) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508978] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Eliza Bumstead PLUMLEY married Stephen FOORD on 9th March 1854 in Pevensey Parish Church. Both of their families lived in the village. Their first born were twin boys, followed by five more children. In 1867 Stephen's mother died from typhoid fever closely followed by his step-father and step-sister. Another set of twin boys were born in 1869, baptised on 16th May and named Thomas John and John Thomas. In about 1870 the family moved to Brighton where two more children were born, and where Stephen was now working as a potato merchant.
Catastrophe struck in 1876 when Stephen, aged 47, was found hanging in the garden shed by one of his daughters; an inquest was held on 18th April. Eliza was suddenly left alone. The older children were away from home, but she was left with three girls, aged 9, 3 and 2 and the twin boys aged 7. She had no alternative but to find work. In the 1881 census the two youngest girls were in the Brighton Industrial School, Warren Farm, Rottingdean. John Thomas, one twin, was in the Boys Home, Upper Lewes Road, Brighton, but where was Thomas John FOORD, the other twin?