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Dorothy Ayer Gardner Ford (February 27, 1892-September 17, 1967) was the mother of President Gerald R. Ford. Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ...
She was born in Harvard, Illinois and married Leslie Lynch King on September 7, 1912. The couple moved into the Victorian mansion of King's parents Charles Henry King and Martha Alicia Porter King at 3202 Woolworth in central Omaha, Nebraska. Harvard is a city in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. ...
Nickname: Gateway to the West Location in Nebraska Coordinates: Country United States State Nebraska County Douglas Founded 1854 Incorporated 1857 Mayor Michael Fahey Area - City 307. ...
Ford was born on July 14, 1913 at 12:43 AM CST. Ford's birth name was Leslie Lynch King, Jr., a name he was to legally keep until 1935 when he legally changed it to Gerald Rudolph Ford in honor of his step-father. CST or UTC-6 The Central Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time (UTC-6) and five hours during daylight saving time (UTC-5). ...
According to Associated Press reports, Leslie King, Sr. was abusive and had a drinking problem. Ford later described his father as having frequently hit his mother.[1] James M. Cannon, the executive director of the domestic council during the Ford administration, has written that the future president's father threatened Dorothy Gardner King with a butcher knife a few days after their son's birth and announced his intention to kill her, their son, and the baby's nursemaid.[2] The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ...
Spousal abuse is a specific form of domestic violence where physical or sexual abuse is perpetuated by one spouse upon another. ...
Alcoholism is the consumption of, or preoccupation with, alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the drinkers normal personal, family, social, or work life, and may lead to physical or mental harm. ...
16 days after the birth, Ford's mother took him to the Oak Park, Illinois home of her sister Tannisse Ayer Gardner James and her husband Clarence Haskins James. From there she moved to the home of her parents Levi Addison Gardner and Adele Augusta Ayer Gardner in Grand Rapids.[3] Wrights home in Oak Park, Illinois Lake Theater and shops along Lake Street. ...
On December 19, 1913, an Omaha court granted the divorce of Ford's birth parents. His mother married Grand Rapids businessman Gerald Rudolff Ford on February 1, 1916. They were to call their child Gerald Ford Jr. although he was not formally adopted and did not legally change his name until 1935 when he changed it to the Americanized version of Gerald Rudolph Ford.
She bore three children with Ford -- Thomas Gardner Ford (July 15, 1918-August 28, 1995); Richard Addison Ford (born June 3, 1924); and James Francis Ford (August 11, 1927-January 23, 2001).[4]
She and Gerald Ford Sr. are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Grand Rapids.
References
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Ford-Nebraska.html
- ^ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/character/essays/ford.html
- ^ Gerald R. Ford Genealogical Information - University of Texas
- ^ University of Texas Ford Geneology
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