Ancestry of
Dorothy Ayer Gardner

(1892–1967)

Adele Augusta Ayer

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• • Mother of Dorothy Ayer Gardner — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • George Manney Ayer 
  • Mother:
  • Amy Gridley Butler   
  • Birth Date:
  • 2 Jul 1867 
  • Birth Location:
  • Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 10 Aug 1938 
  • Death Location:
  • Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Mount Auburn Cemetery, Harvard, McHenry, Illinois 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Levi Addison Gardner
  • Marriage Date:
  • 21 Oct 1884 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Harvard, McHenry, Illinois 
  • Child:

  Dorothy Ayer Gardner (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • Some published sources give Adele Ayer's birth date as 22 October 1867. However, her tombstone has it as 02 JUL 1867.

• Sources for Adele Augusta Ayer

  • ¹ Federal Census, IL, McHenry County, 1900, Harvard City, ED #150, Ward 2, Image 14 of 54.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/25/2018).
  • ³ Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, Marriage record for Levi A. Gardner and Adele A. Ayer.
  • ⁴ Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, Marriage record for Levi A Garder and Adele A Ayer.
  • ⁵ Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, Marriage record for Gerald R Ford and daughter Dorothy G King.
  • ⁶ The American Genealogist, 1977, Vol. 53, pp. 56-57.
  • ⁷ Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 714, 717.
  • ⁸ Connecticut Society of Genealogists, The Connecticut Nutmegger, 2003, Vol. 36, p. 393.
  • ⁹ 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.
  • ¹⁰ 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.
  • ¹¹ 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, 556, 588, 664.
  • ¹² Wikipedia, "Dorothy Ayer Gardner Ford", (accessed 08/11/2011).