User:Feoffer/sandbox Origin and fate of W. D. Fard

Wallie Dodd Ford (February 25, 1891 or February 26, 1893[Uncertain] - 1934 [Uncertain])

Birth and origin
While there is a scholarly "consensus that Ford was born outside the United States", little is known about his origins. He was 'racially ambiguous", looking "exotic", and was variously described as White, Mediterranean, Latin, Arabian, or East Indian. He was described as speaking English "without any noticeable foreign accent".

Autobiographical claims
Fard told his African-American follows that he had been born on February 26, 1877 in the city of Mecca, the son of a black man and a white woman. He claimed to have degrees from Oxford and UCLA, and reported having attended London university to prepare him for a career as a diplomat for the "Kingdom of Hijaz". To other African-Americans, he identified as "mulatto" or light-skinned Negro.

When interacting with whites, he consistently identified as white or Caucasian, claiming to have had a white British father and a Polynesian mother. At times, he listed his parents as Zarid and Beatrice Ford who had been born in Hawaii. He could speak English "without any noticeable foreign accent".

White America
A marriage certificate dated June 5, 1924, was issued to Wallie Dodd Ford and Carmen Frevino,Trevino (or Treviño) in Santa Ana, California. Ford reported that he was a cook, age 26, born in Oregon and living in Los Angeles.

No foreign accent

New Zealand
In the 1920 United States Census his race was reported as white, his occupation as a proprietor of a restaurant, and his place of birth as New Zealand.

Though some have speculated Fard might have been tied to New Zealand, the nation's vital statistic agency reported having no had no record of Fard or his supposed parents Zared and Beatrice Fard.

Saudi Arabia
Nation of Islam teaches Fard was born in Mecca to a black father and white woman.

Spain
1924 marriage certificate to Carmen Trevino claimed Ford was born in Oregon to Spanish immigrants. Worked as a Tamale vendor.

Ottoman Empire
Called "Fred the Turk" in Eugene, Oregon

Greece
Called "Fred the Greek" as a Tamale vendor in Eugene Oregon

Afghanistan
A World War I draft registration card for Wallie Dodd Fard[citation needed] from 1917 indicated he was living in Los Angeles, unmarried, as a restaurant owner, and reported that he was born in Shinka, Afghanistan on February 26, 1893. He further reported that he was a resident alien and citizen of Afghanistan. Chameleon argues for this origin.

British India
(i.e. India-Pakistan)

Black America
No foreign accent

1932 arrest in Detroit



 * Photo with Eugan Ali

Fred Dodd the Tamale Man in Oregon
From 1908-09, Fred Dadd was a Tamale vendor in Eugene, Oregon; Alternate names included Wali Fired Dad and Fred Wali Dad, he was also known as "Fred the Turk" or "Fred the Greek",  From 1910-1915, Fred Dadd (or Dodd) resided in Salem, Oregon.

1914 rape trial and marriage to Pearl Allen
Ford, using the name Fred Dodd, married Pearl Allen, a native American teenager, in Multnomah County, Oregon, on May 9, 1914. with their first child, a son, born the next year. The following day, Fred Dodd was acquitted of a "statutory crime" involving "a girl who wantonly separated from her Husband."

On November 14, 1914, he was arrest for larceny after allegedly stealing from his wife Pearl who he was suing for divorce.

Wallie Dodd Ford the Los Angeles restaurateur
From 1916-1925, Wallace Dodd Fard (Ford) resided in Los Angeles. Dodd left his family in 1916 and moved to Los Angeles, using the name Wallie Dodd Ford. A World War I draft registration card for Wallie Dodd Fard from 1917 indicated he was living in Los Angeles, unmarried, as a restaurant owner, and reported that he was born in Shinka, Afghanistan on February 26, 1893. He further reported that he was a resident alien and citizen of Afghanistan. He was described as of medium height and build with brown eyes and black hair. On the draft card, "Ford" is written in parentheses in a different hand. At the bottom of the card, he signed his name as "Wallie Dodd Ford".

1918 Arrest for assault
On November 17, 1918, Wallie D. Ford of California was arrested by Los Angeles police on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon.

Relationship with Hazel Barton
In 1920, Ford was still living in Los Angeles as 26-year-old Wallie D. Ford, with his 25-year-old wife, Hazel E. Ford (nee Barton, aka Osborne). In the 1920 United States Census his race was reported as white, his occupation as a proprietor of a restaurant, and his place of birth as New Zealand. He provided no known place of birth for his parents nor his date of immigration.

In the 1920 United States Census his race was reported as white, his occupation as a proprietor of a restaurant, and his place of birth as New Zealand. On September 1, 1920, Hazel gave birth to a son, Wallace Dodd Ford.

On October 17, 1957, the FBI located and interviewed Hazel Barton-Ford, Wallie Ford's common-law wife, with whom he had a son named Wallace Dodd Ford, born September 1, 1920. Barton-Ford gave a description of Wallie Ford, and described him as a Caucasian New Zealander.

Marriage to Carmen in Santa Ana
A marriage certificate dated June 5, 1924, was issued to Wallie Dodd Ford and Carmen Frevino,Trevino (or Treviño) in Santa Ana, California. Ford reported that he was a cook, age 26, born in Oregon and living in Los Angeles. Trevino was a 22-year-old native of Mexico also living in Los Angeles. Both provided their race as "Spanish"; Ford claimed that his parents, "Zaradodd" and "Babbjie", were natives of Madrid, Spain.

Alcohol and narcotics arrests and imprisonment
Ford operated a cafe in Los Angeles and was associated with a "man who was half Chinese". Ford was arrested again on January 20, 1926, for violation of the California Woolwine Possession Act, and on February 15, 1926, for selling narcotics in violation of the State Poison Act, for which he was sentenced to six months to six years at San Quentin State Prison on June 12, 1926. According to San Quentin records, Wallie D. Ford was born in Portland, Oregon on February 25, 1891, the white son of Zared and Beatrice Ford, who were both born in Hawaii. From 1926-29, Wallie D. Ford was a prisoner in San Quentin.

Fingerprints and photographs taken from San Quentin Prison matched those involved with Fard during the 1930s in Detroit.

Ford was released from San Quentin on May 27, 1929. Thereafter, William D. Ford appeared in Chicago, followed by Wallace D. Fard's arrival in Detroit.

Identification with Wallace Fard Muhammad
In July 1963, the FBI told the Los Angeles Evening Herald-Examiner that Fard was actually Wallace Dodd Ford.

George Farr of San Francisco?
Evanzzz suggests Fard was also "George Farr", an "agitator" and Universal Negro Improvement Association in San Francisco in the early 1920s.

David Ford-El and the Moorish Science Temple in Chicago?
Noble Drew Ali found was found dead on July 20, 1929, raising questions of successorship. A prominent member of the Moorish Science Temple of America called David Ford-El claimed to be the Prophet reincarnated and attempted to lead the group. Scholars have argued that David-El may have been W.D. Fard, and that when his leadership was largely rejected, he broke away from the Moorish Science Temple, left Chicago for Detroit, and founded the Nation of Islam.

Uncertain origin and fate

 * Los Angeles Imam Muhammad Abdullah? (Elijah Muhammad, 1953?)
 * Ahmadiyya muslim who sailed from Fiji?   (Fatima Fanusie, 2008)
 * Khan Alam/Khanialam Khan, who comes from Hong Kong to Port Townsend, WA in 1904 aboard SS Tremont. (A.K. Arian, 2017)
 * "Wallace Elija Ford" (b. February 19, 1894 Colmesneil,Texas, married Naomi, d. Houston, Texas January 6, 1839), son of Wallace Ford (b. Jasper County, Texas) and Nancy Conner (b. Newton County, Texas), listed in 1910 census as "Wallace Fard Jr"? ("Resume Byron" on Youtube, 2023) [Seems to contradict documented presence in Oregon]