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    Dorothy Ayer Gardner Ford

    Mother of U.S. President Gerald Ford

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  1. Dorothy Ayer Gardner King Ford (February 27, 1892 – September 17, 1967) was the mother of U.S. President Gerald Ford . Early life and marriage. Dorothy Ayer Gardner as a child. Dorothy Ayer Gardner was born in the small town of Harvard, Illinois to Levi Addison Gardner, a businessman and one-time mayor, and Adele Augusta (Ayer) Gardner.

  2. Dorothy Ayer Gardner Ford. Birth. 27 Feb 1892. Harvard, McHenry County, Illinois, USA. Death. 17 Sep 1967 (aged 75) Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA. Burial. Woodlawn Cemetery. Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA Add to Map. Plot. Block 5, Lot 453. Memorial ID. 9029193. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 9. Flowers 78.

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  4. Aug 30, 2019 · Dorothy Ayer Ford formerly Gardner aka King. Born 27 Feb 1892 in Harvard, McHenry, Illinois, United States. Ancestors. Daughter of Levi Addison Gardner and Adele Augusta (Ayer) Gardner. Sister of Tannisse Ayer (Gardner) James. Wife of Leslie Lynch King Sr — married 7 Sep 1912 in Harvard, Illinois, USA.

    • Female
    • February 27, 1892
    • Leslie Lynch King Sr, Gerald Rudolff Ford Sr
    • September 17, 1967
  5. Mar 21, 2021 · That would be Dorothy Ayer Gardner, the younger Ford's mother, who ended her abusive relationship with the cruel and violent Leslie King shortly after she married him in the 1910s, and...

  6. Feb 27, 2015 · Dorothy Ayer Gardner King Ford was the mother of U.S. President Gerald Ford. Dorothy Ayer Gardner was born in the small town of Harvard, Illinois to Levi Addison Gardner, a businessman and one-time mayor, and Adele Augusta (Ayer) Gardner. There she married her first husband, wool trader Leslie Lynch King of Omaha, Nebraska, on September 7, 1912.

  7. His mother, Dorothy Ayer Gardner, soon divorced the boy's father—a wife-beating alcoholic—and moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan. There she met Gerald Rudolph Ford, the owner of a paint store, and married him in 1916.

  8. President Gerald R. Ford was the son of Leslie Lynch King and his wife Dorothy Ayer Gardner, who divorced soon after the birth of their only child. Their son was known as Leslie Lynch King, Jr., until his mother married Gerald R. Ford, Sr. in 1916, after which he went by the name Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Please click on photographs below to see ...