On This Day in Family History - April 15

 Katherine Louise Ford Adams was born 15 April 1861

"Aunt Kate" was a daughter of William Ford

William Ford married Isadore Halsted and they had six children - Alice, Charles, Nancy, Kate, Stephen, and Effie.

Photo: Stephen, Alice, Nancy Ford

Alice Ford married Dale Miller

Charles Ford married Effie Harvey

Nancy Ford married Charles Thomas (my great-grandfather)

Kate Ford married George Adams

Stephen Ford married Dora Carpenter

Effie Ford married Frank Smith

The Ford family is connected to the Thomas family by the marriage of Nancy Ford to Charles Thomas

Photo: Charlie and Nancy Ford Thomas

Nancy's sister, Alice, married Dale Miller, which made the connection between the Miller and Thomas families. Alice's grandson, Allan Miller, was raised by Nancy's daughter Effie Thomas Wieland, when his mother died shortly after his birth.

Effie Thomas and Harry Wieland, with Allan Miller

Nancy and Alice Ford's sister Kate married George Adams

Aunt Kate and Uncle George didn't have any children. They lived with Aunt Effie and Uncle Harry Wieland for a while. (Effie and Harry also had no children of their own.)

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Here are some group pictures with the intermingling of the Thomas, Ford, and Miller families.

Photo: Aunt Kate, Audrey Cushman, Aunt Effie (Audrey was a granddaughter of Aunt Kate's sister Alice Ford Miller)

Photo: Uncle George, Chris and Bill and Richard Thomas, Uncle Harry Wieland (back), Aunt Kate (front). I'm not sure of the young couple -- the back of the photo says "Bill S. and Mabel"

L-R: Renue Thomas, Charles Thomas, Aunt Kate and Uncle George, Uncle Harry and Aunt Effie, unknown, Nancy Ford Thomas.