Ancestry of
Gerald Ford

38th U.S. President

Alexander Gardner Jr.

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• • Great-grandfather of Gerald Ford — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • Alexander Gardner 
  • Mother:
  • Marie Brodie   
  • Birth Date:
  • 31 Jan 1812 
  • Birth Location:
  • Burnbrae, Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 Jun 1875 
  • Death Location:
  • Woodstock, McHenry, Illinois 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Oakland Cemetery, Woodstock, McHenry, Illinois 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sally Miller
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1839 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Lake Barrington, Lake, Illinois 
  • Child:

  Levi Addison Gardner (Ahnentafel No:6 )

  • Notes: 

  • Some sources give the death date for Alexander Gardner Jr. as 05 JUN 1875. His tombstone has the date 06 JUN 1875 on it.

• Sources for Alexander Gardner Jr.

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/06/2013).
  • ² Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, Marriage record for son Levi A Garder and Adele A Ayer.
  • ³ The American Genealogist, 1979, Vol. 55, p. 51.
  • ⁴ Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 717.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 156, 461.