Ancestry of
Gerald Ford

38th U.S. President

Dorothy Ayer Gardner

View famous kin of Dorothy Ayer Gardner

• • Mother of Gerald Ford — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • Levi Addison Gardner 
  • Mother:
  • Adele Augusta Ayer   
  • Birth Date:
  • 27 Feb 1892 
  • Birth Location:
  • Harvard, McHenry, Illinois 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 17 Sep 1967 
  • Death Location:
  • Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Leslie Lynch King
  • Marriage Date:
  • 7 Sep 1912 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Harvard, McHenry, Illinois 
  • Child:

  Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford Jr. (Ahnentafel No:1 )

• Additional marriages for Dorothy Ayer Gardner

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  • Spouse:
  • Gerald Rudolf Ford
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Feb 1917
  • Marriage Location:
  • Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan

• Sources for Dorothy Ayer Gardner

  • ¹ Federal Census, IL, McHenry County, 1900, Harvard City, ED #150, Ward 2, Image 14 of 54.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/11/2011).
  • ³ Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, Marriage record for Gerald R Ford and Dorothy G King.
  • ⁴ The American Genealogist, 1977, Vol. 53, pp. 56-57.
  • ⁵ 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.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 330, 571.
  • ⁷ 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, 556, 538, 588, 664.
  • ⁸ Wikipedia, "Dorothy Ayer Gardner Ford", (accessed 08/11/2011).