Editing George Ord (section)

== Early life ==
Ord was born and died at the same residence, 784 Front St., in [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Burns |first=Frank L. |date=1909 |title=Alexander Wilson. V: The Completion of the American Ornithology |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4154224 |journal=The Wilson Bulletin |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=16–35 |jstor=4154224 |issn=0043-5643}}</ref> His mother was Swedish,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rhoads |first1=Samuel N. |date=1908 |title=George Ord |url=https://dvoc.org/CassiniaOnLine/Cassinia12/C12_1_8.pdf |journal=Cassinia |volume=XII |page=2 |access-date=2024-02-04}}</ref> and his father, [[Captain George Ord, Sr.]] (1741–1806), a celebrated naval captain during the American Revolution,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Division |first=United States Naval History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GCwYAQAAMAAJ&dq=George+Ord+%22Lady+Catherine%22&pg=PA92 |title=Naval Documents of the American Revolution: American theatre: Sept. 3, 1775-Oct. 31, 1775. European theatre: Aug. 11, 1775-Oct. 31, 1775. American theatre: Nov. 1, 1775-Dec. 7, 1775 |date=1966 |publisher=Naval History Division, Department of the Navy |isbn=978-0-16-045286-4 |language=en}}</ref> was the proprietor of a rope-making business and served as Warden of the [[Port of Philadelphia]]. Ord joined the family business and continued it after his father's death.<ref name="Rhoads" />