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Dorothy Ayer Gardner King Ford (February 27, 1892 – September 17, 1967) was the mother of U.S. President Gerald Ford. Early life and marriage [ edit ] Dorothy Ayer Gardner as a child.
Dorothy (Gardner) Ford has English ancestors. A wonderful biography of Dorothy and details of her family can be found at Wikipedia. "Gerald Ford, Sr., married Dorothy King nee Gardner, the President's mother, after her divorce from Leslie L King, the President's biological father.
- Female
- February 27, 1892
- Leslie Lynch King Sr, Gerald Rudolff Ford Sr
- September 17, 1967
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 got...
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.
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.
- February 27, 1892
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.
When Dorothy Ayer Gardner was born on 27 February 1892, in Harvard, McHenry, Illinois, United States, her father, Levi Addison Gardner, was 31 and her mother, Adele Augusta Ayer, was 24. She married Leslie Lynch King Sr on 7 September 1912, in Harvard, McHenry, Illinois, United States.
