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Dora Ford

Also Known As: "Deborah"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Indiana, United States
Death: July 1978 (94)
New York, Queens County, New York, United States (old age)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John William Ford and Miriam "Mary" (Landau) Ford
Wife of Gustave Schirmer and Edward Emerson McQuaid
Partner of N.N.
Mother of Private and Roy Benson
Sister of Max Ford; John W. Ford; Mabel Curtis and Edwin Ford

Occupation: Vaudevillian/ Dancer
Managed by: Private User
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About Dora Ford

From IMDB:

Dora Ford was sister to Mabel Ford. Dora made up 1/4 of the famous Vaudeville dance team The Four Fords. She was the mother of magician, Roy Benson, who was born in France in 1914 as Edward Emerson Ford McQuaid. Dora was married to Edward Emerson Mcquaid of the Juggling Team Emerson and Baldwin, Roy's father. She later married Gustave Schirmer whom she divorced in 1925. Original Copies of the marriage license and divorce decree are with Liane Curtis, her Grand Neice, in Los Angeles, California. Gus gave her $100,000, a $37,000 apartment and stocks in Schirmer Music. Not too shabby. Dora was born in October of 1985 and died in July of 1978 in Queens, New York.

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Dora Ford's Timeline

1883
October 1883
Indiana, United States
1978
July 1978
Age 94
New York, Queens County, New York, United States
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