Frederick FORD 1825-1912 & Kate Mary McKENZIE 1834-1899

Frederick FORD b. 1825, Co Cork, Ireland, son of Benjamin FORD and Mary LEAHY was married in 1855 in Victoria to Kate Mary McKENZIE, b. 1834 Isle of Skye, Inverness, Scotland, dau of Kenneth McKENZIE and Ann ROBERTSON.

Frederick FORD was the first postmaster in Merino and also operated a store in the main street.

Frederick FORD was a recorded as a member of the Digby Ancient Order of Foresters in 1862-1863.

Frederick FORD died in 1912 and his wife Kate in 1899 and they are buried in the Merino Cemetery.

Frederick FORD & Kate Mary McKENZIE had the following known family:

1. Charles FORD b. 1855, Vic d. ..........?, m. ............?;

2. Mary Kate "Minnie" FORD b. 1857, Merino, Vic d. 1930, Sandringham, Vic, m. 1877 to William Denton CLARKE 1853-1941;

3. Benjamin FORD b. 1858, Merino, Vic d. 1935, Portland, Vic, m. 1889, Merino, Vic to Susan PRIME 1862-1932. Ben FORD was a Merino Storekeeper and they had the following known family...;
   1. Edith Louisa FORD b. 1890, Merino, Vic, d. 1904, Merino, Vic.
   2. Annie Kate FORD b. 1891, Merino, Vic, d. 1976, Casterton, Vic, m. John Daniel MORRISON 1880-1928.
   3. Ellen Constance "Nellie" FORD b. 1893, Merino, Vic, d. 1943, Melbourne, Vic.
   4. Florence Hayden FORD b. 1895, Merino, Vic, d. 1977, Geelong, Vic.
   5. Winifred May FORD b. 1896, Merino, Vic, d. 1976, m. Reginald Lewis PAYNE 1898-1946
   6. Frederick William FORD b. 1900, Merino, Vic, d. 1964, Coleraine, Vic. m. Elizabeth Martha POWNALL
   7. Benjamin Hayden "Binx" FORD b. 1905, Merino, Vic, d. 1975, Casterton, Vic. m. Margaret Olive WESTACOTT 1909-1990 and he was a farmer of Carapook, Vic.

4. Christina Ann FORD b. 1861, Merino, Vic d. 1948, Brighton, Vic.;

5. Louisa Julia FORD b. 1863, Merino, Vic d. 1944, Williamstown, Vic, m. 1896 to Gabriel SILCOCK 1860-1941;

6. female FORD b. 1866, d. 1866 Merino, Vic. ;

7. Jane Atkins FORD b. 1868, Merino, Vic d. 1954, Traralgon, Vic. ;