President Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.

1913 - 2006  (93 years)

• Name	Gerald Rudolph Ford
  Prefix	President
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	14 Jul 1913	Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
  Gender	Male
  Name	Leslie Lynch King
  Group	Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
  	DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran
  Group	Famous Historical Figure
  	Famous People
  Group	Researched Descendant
  	Any individual in this study whose ancestry has been specifically researched
  Group	Veteran of World War II
  	Person who served in World War II
  Name Change From	1935	Michigan
  	Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
  	His parents separated when he was just two weeks old. His mother divorced his father the following year after he was born, and they moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan where she remarried in 1917 to Gerald R. Ford, a Grand Rapids, MI paint salesman. The Fords began calling her son Gerald R. Ford, Jr., although his name was not legally changed until 1935. Gerald R. Ford, Sr., never formally adopted the future President, although some media refer to him as the President's adoptive father.
  FamilySearch ID	L7BZ-71C
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7BZ-71C
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	4243
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4243
  Died	26 Dec 2006	Rancho Mirage, Riverside County, California
  Buried	Jan 2007	Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
  Person ID	I103853	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Gerald Rudolff Ford, Sr.,   b. 9 Dec 1890, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan ,   d. 26 Jan 1962, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan  (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	Stepchild
  Mother	Dorothy Ayer Gardner,   b. 27 Feb 1892, Harvard, McHenry County, Illinois ,   d. 17 Sep 1967, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan  (Age 75 years)
  Married	1 Feb 1917	Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
  Family ID	F38813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Leslie Lynch King, Sr,   b. 25 Jul 1884, Chadron, Dawes County, Nebraska ,   d. 18 Feb 1941, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Dorothy Ayer Gardner,   b. 27 Feb 1892, Harvard, McHenry County, Illinois ,   d. 17 Sep 1967, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan  (Age 75 years)
  Married	7 Sep 1912	Harvard, McHenry County, Illinois
  Divorced	1915
  Marriage Status	Divorced
  Family ID	F38812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	First Lady Elizabeth Anne "Betty" Bloomer,   b. 8 Apr 1918, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois ,   d. 8 Jul 2011, Rancho Mirage, Riverside County, California  (Age 93 years)
  Married	15 Oct 1948	Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2021
  Family ID	F38814	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Jul 1913 - Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska Name Change From - Leslie Lynch King, Jr. - 1935 - Michigan Married - 15 Oct 1948 - Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan Died - 26 Dec 2006 - Rancho Mirage, Riverside County, California Buried - Jan 2007 - Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Badges		Revolutionary War Patriot or Soldier Descendant
  		Veteran of World War II The Greatest Generation

  
  

• Notes

  From FindaGrave: 38th United States President, 40th United States Vice President, US Congressman. Born as Leslie Lynch King, Jr. in Omaha, Nebraska, his mother divorced his father the following year and moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan where she remarried to Gerald R. Ford. The young boy's name was then changed to Gerald R. Ford, Jr. He graduated from the University of Michigan and Yale Law School, and served in United States Navy during World War II. In 1948 he married Elizabeth (Betty) Bloomer, and was elected as a Republican to represent Michigan's 5th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1949 to 1973. He became House Minority leader in 1965, and was a member of the Warren Commission that investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Appointed Vice President by President Richard M. Nixon in 1973 after the resignation of Spiro Agnew, he became President of the United States when Nixon resigned in 1974 as a result of the Watergate scandal. He sought election to a full term in 1976 but was defeated by Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter in a close election. He passed away at his home in Rancho Mirage, California. Inscription Lives committed to God, Country and Love.