Rob Ford's ancestor landed in Canada for being 'unruly'
TORONTO - Turns out the rebellious streak may run deep in Mayor Rob Ford’s family.
According to Ancestry.ca, the Toronto mayor’s first ancestor in Canada may have been sent here at age 11 because he was “unruly.”
The site traced out the history of Ford’s paternal grandfather, Ernest Ford.
Turns out, Ernest Ford came to Canada from England as part of the child immigration scheme and, according to Ancestry.ca, Ford may have been sent to Canada “because he was unruly.”
According to the genealogy website, Ernest Ford’s mother died in 1900 and he was listed in the 1901 British Census as living with his widowed father and grandmother in Warwickshire, England.
“Despite having next-of-kin with whom he could have lived, Ernest was shortly after sent to Middlemore Homes, an institution known for taking in children who were either truants, disorderly or orphans for the purpose of being sent to Canada,” Ancestry.ca stated in a press release Tuesday.
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