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Leslie Lynch King Sr. (July 25, 1884 – February 18, 1941) was the biological father of U.S. President Gerald Ford. Because of his alcoholism and abusive behavior, his wife, Dorothy Gardner, left him sixteen days after Ford's birth.
Leslie Lynch King Sr. (July 25, 1884 – February 18, 1941) was the biological father of U.S. President Gerald Ford. Because of his alcoholism and abusive behavior, his wife, Dorothy Gardner, left him sixteen days after Ford's birth.
GERALD R. FORD, the 38th President of the United States, was born LESLIE LYNCH KING, JR., the son of Leslie Lynch King and Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, NE. His parents separated 2 weeks after his birth, and his mother moved with him to Grand Rapids, MI, to live with her parents. On February 1, 1916, approximately 2 ...
Leslie Lynch King Sr. Born about 25 Jul 1880 in Chadron, Dawes, Nebraska, United States. Ancestors. Son of Charles Henry King and Martha Alice (Porter) King. [sibling (s) unknown] Husband of Dorothy Ayer (Gardner) Ford — married 7 Sep 1912 in Harvard, Illinois, USA. Husband of Margaret (Atwood) King — married about 1919 in Reno, Washoe ...
Dorothy King’s divorce from Leslie King is finalized in an Omaha court. February 1, 1917 Dorothy King marries Gerald R. Ford, Sr., a Grand Rapids businessman and, although not formally adopted, Leslie Lynch King, Jr. is renamed Gerald R. Ford, Jr. 1918-1925 Young Ford attends elementary school at Madison Elementary in Grand Rapids, MI.
Gerald Ford: Life Before the Presidency. The only President in the history of the United States not elected by American voters was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., in Omaha, Nebraska, on July 14, 1913. His mother, Dorothy Ayer Gardner, soon divorced the boy's father—a wife-beating alcoholic—and moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan.
He was working as a paint salesman at the Grand Rapids Wood Finishing Company when he met Dorothy Ayer Gardner King. Dorothy had fled to Michigan from Omaha, Nebraska, in 1913, 16 days after the birth of her son, after her husband (and her son's birth father), Leslie Lynch King Sr., had physically abused her.
