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Dorothy Ayer Gardner Ford
Mother of U.S. President Gerald Ford
Dorothy Ayer Gardner Ford | |
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Dorothy Ayer Gardner King (at the time Dorothy Ayer Gardner) in 1912. | |
| Born | Dorothy Ayer Gardner (1892-02-27)February 27, 1892 Harvard, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | September 17, 1967(1967-09-17) (aged 75) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. |
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Dorothy Ayer Gardner King Ford (February 27, 1892 – September 17, 1967) was the mother of U.S.
President Gerald Ford.
Early life and marriage
Dorothy Ayer Gardner was born in the small town of Harvard, Illinois in 1892 to Levi Addison Gardner, a businessman and one-time mayor, and Adele Augusta (Ayer) Gardner.
There she married her first husband, wool trader Leslie Lynch King Sr. of Omaha, Nebraska, on September 7, 1912. She met him while she was in college, as he was the charming brother of her roommate.[1]
The couple returned to Omaha, King's home.
They lived at first with his parents at