I am trying to make some history from ford Argentina

[verrece]

I'm studying the history of Ford in Argentina.
In 1913 Ford appointed Mr. Ellis Houston Hampton as responsible for the first branch of Ford in South America and second in the world after that of Manchester in England.
Its first products were Model T, in 1917 the vehicle was assembled from Complete Knock Down (CKD) kits provided by Ford Motor Company in 1917.
In 1918, almost 48 Ford T were assembled by day.
In 1922 after an investment of 240,000 dollars for the construction, the first large industrial plant of Ford in Argentina was inaugurated. A few month later Ford already had a network of 285 dealers and employed 400 people. After that, and due to the rising demand, the plant was enlarged, coming its staff to 1,500 people.
In 1928 the first model A assembled in that plant was launched as "the 100,000th Ford built in Argentina".


Now, I am looking for the Mr Hampton life history. It will very helpful for me, if some of the fordbarn colleagues knows about their life. What happened with him? , what he did when he finished working in Ford?, where an when he worked after?, where he died?.
In fact, everything about his life
As I know, he was born in Galax Virginia in 1885 and his wife was Esther Wintz

[SeaSlugs]

http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/re...mpton_16390628

I have an account on ancestry if youd like me to go farther tomorrow night, could possibly get in contact with some long lost relative who may know more.

from that link i think its the guy your looking for, parents were born in Galax Virgina, he was born in 1885(doesnt show where but im assuming Galax where parents were from), married Esther Wortz, died in Buenos Aries Argentina(no date on death)...

according to ancestory he was 1 of 11 children, doesn't show him and Esther had any kids...

now remember ancestory is purely made up from family trees people have made or older generations what they remember so take what you find with a grain of salt. The census records are a GREAT deal of wealth and may lead to other paths of interest

[verrece]

Dear "SeaSlugs"
Thanks for your response. I'll be very grateful if you could investigate further. Today I learned that he died in 1953

[SeaSlugs]

I will see what i can do. Does any of old ford archives have anything on its people? Maybe article about him going to Argentina or something?

[verrece]

Thanks for your help, could some of you look for me a picture or photo of Mr. Ellis Houston Hampton?

[mot]

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[Dave Mellor NJ]

I have a friend who has a T roadster 23 I believe, that bought from Argentina. when he needed freeze plugs he noticed that the old ones were made from Argentine coins.

[Mike V. Florida]

Some info here;

http://www.mtfca.com