| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Ford and White Family |
| Title: | Ford and White Family Photographs |
| Dates: | 1860-1950 |
| Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) |
| Abstract: | The families of Thomas White and Andrew Ford resided in Massachusetts in the mid-1600s. Their descendants migrated to Cleveland, Ohio, where Ella White married Horatio Ford in 1908. The collection consists of individual and group portraits, and views, including tintypes, porcelain prints, carte de visites, and other types of photographic media, depicting the White, Ford, Moulton, and Thorp families of Cleveland, Ohio. |
| PG Number | PG 155 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Ella Almira White Ford Family traces its American lineage to Colonial Massachusetts. In subsequent years, various members of the family migrated to the Western Reserve of Ohio where they and their descendants became prominent in various businesses and civic enterprises in the City of Cleveland. One of these descendants, Mrs. Ella White Ford (1883-1952), became interested in the family's history and spent her lifetime compiling genealogical data relating to the Horatio Ford Family and its various branches. In 1952, her data on the White Family was gathered into book form by Emma Boutelle Hawley and published under the title Descendants of Thomas White, Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1638.
the earliest record of the White Family in America dates to 1638 when Thomas White was residing in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Later, he was one of the founders of Sudbury, Massachusetts.
Several members of the White Family performed military service in both the colonial Indian wars and the Revolutionary War. John White (1699-?) served in the French and Indian War. Thomas White (1742-1827) was a lieutenant in the Continental Army.
It was in the American Civil War period that Mrs. Ford's father, Thomas H. White (1836-1914), began the manufacture of sewing machines in Orange, Massachusetts. In 1866 he moved to Cleveland, and in 1876 he founded the White Sewing Machine Company.
An outgrowth of the White Sewing Machine Company was the White Motor Company which was organized in 1915. Rollin H. White, a son of Thomas White, was also involved in the early automotive industry with his own company, the Rolling Motor Company.
The Ford family also traces its American lineage back to early colonial times. Andrew Ford arrived in Weymouth, Massachusetts in 1642 or 1644. Hezekiah Ford (1734-1826) fought in the French and Indian War. Another Hezekiah Ford (1759-1848) fought in the American Revolution.
Cyrus Ford (1790-1864) came to Granville, Ohio, in 1837 and moved to Cleveland in 1841. He served as an elder in the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church from 1843 to 1860. Horatio Clark Ford (1853-1915), a grandson of Cyrus, was President of the Cleveland City Council, founder of the Cleveland Trust Company, builder of the Williamson Building (the city's first skyscraper), and a member and chairman of the board of the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church.
Horatio Ford (1881-1952), the son of Horatio Clark Ford, was raised on the family homestead located at Euclid Avenue and Adelbert Road, the present site of the Allen Memorial Library of Case Western Reserve University. He married Ella White in 1908. They lived in their home, "Whitford," which was located at the corner of Mayfield and Richmond Roads in the village of Lyndhurst, east of Cleveland.
In 1968, Elizabeth Cobb Stewart used this collection for her book The Descendants of Andrew Ford, 1642/44 of Weymouth, Massachusetts.
The Ford and White Family Photographs, ca. 1860-1950, consist of individual and group portraits, and views, including tintypes, porcelain prints, carte de visites, and other types of photographic media, depicting the White, Ford, Moulton, and Thorp families of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection includes approximately 500 black and white and color photographs measuring 10 x 12 inches and smaller. It also includes approximately 60 black and white negatives measuring 6 x 3.5 inches and smaller.
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Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS 3666 Ford and White Family Papers; and PG 471 Thomas H. White Family Photographs.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 155 Ford and White Family Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
These photographs were removed from MS 3666 Ford and White Family Papers. Bequeathed by Mrs. Ella White Ford in 1952.
Ford and White Family Photographs ca. 1860-1950 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Carte de visite portraits of members of the Ford family dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Carte de visite portraits of members of the Moulton family dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Carte de visite portraits of members of the Thorp family dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Carte de visite portraits of members of the White family dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Cabinet card portraits of members of the Ford family dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Cabinet card portraits of members of the White family dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Cabinet card portraits of members of the Thorp family dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Portraits of members of the Moulton family dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Portraits of members of the Thorp family dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Portraits of members of the White family dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Portraits of members of the Ford family dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Oval portrait of John H. Thorp dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 13-16 | Geographic views and views of residences dates vary | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Carte de visite portraits of unidentified people dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Cabinet card portraits of unidentified people dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Portraits of unidentified people dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 4-5 | Portraits of unidentified people (oversize) dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Postcards, mostly from Butternut Creek, Gilbertsville, New york dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 7 | Views of grave stones taken at an unknown cemetery dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | Oval portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Camis C. Cobb dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Lithograph view of Deliverance Parkman's house dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Tintype portraits of unidentified people dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Paper negatives of grave stones dates vary | |||||||||