Ancestry of
Gerald Ford

38th U.S. President

Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford Jr.

View famous kin of Gerald Rudolph Ford

• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Leslie Lynch King 
  • Mother:
  • Dorothy Ayer Gardner   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Jul 1913 
  • Birth Location:
  • Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 26 Dec 2006 
  • Death Location:
  • Rancho Mirage, Riverside, California 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Gerald Ford Presidential Museum, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan 
  • Notes: 

  • 38th United States President

    Gerald was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. Although never formally adopted, he changed his name legally to be that of his step-father in 1935.

• Marriages for Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford Jr.

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  • Spouse:
  • Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Bloomer
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Oct 1948
  • Marriage Location:
  • Grace Episcopal Church, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan

• Sources for Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford Jr.

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/05/2012).
  • ² The American Genealogist, 1977, Vol. 53, pp. 56-57.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 609.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 331, 571.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 156, 443, 447-449, 453, 461, 475-476, 494, 510, 532, 538, 588, 664.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Gerald Ford", (accessed 08/11/2011).