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Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. and Elizabeth Anne Bloomer

The New Netherland Ancestors of

GERALD RUDOLPH FORD, JR.,

and his wife

ELIZABETH ANNE BLOOMER



- for Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.

Author, House of Representatives, President, Presidential also-ran, Vice President


- for Elizabeth Bloomer

Author, First Lady, Institution Founder





       __Leslie Lynch King2
      |
GERALD RUDOLPH FORD, JR.1,2
the husband of ELIZABETH ANNE BLOOMER
      |
      |     __Levi Addison Gardner2
      |    |
      |__Dorothy Ayer Gardner2
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	   |          __John Varnum Ayer2
	   |         |
	   |     __George Manney Ayer2
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	   |    |    |          __Wines Manney2
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	   |    |    |     __John Manney2
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	   |    |    |    |    |                    __Lucas Dirckszen Vanderburgh3
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	   |    |    |    |    |               __Dirck Lucaszen Vanderburgh3
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	   |    |    |    |    |              |    |__Annetie Cornelis3
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	   |    |    |    |    |          __Hendrick Vanderburgh2
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	   |    |    |    |    |         |    |          __Hans Janszen Nostrand9
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	   |    |    |    |    |         |    |__Reymerig Jans3,9
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	   |    |    |    |    |         |         |__Marrietje Adriaense9
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	   |    |    |    |    |     __Henry Vanderburgh, Jr.2
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	   |    |    |    |    |    |    |__Magdalena Knight2
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	   |    |    |    |    |__Aeltje Vanderburgh2
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	   |    |    |    |         |               __Barent Baltus Van Kleeck4
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	   |    |    |    |         |          __Baltus Barentszen Van Kleeck4,5
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	   |    |    |    |         |     __Johannes Van Kleeck4
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	   |    |    |    |         |    |    |     __Jan Corneliszen Buys4,5,8
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	   |    |    |    |         |    |    |__Tryntje Janszen Buys4,5
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	   |    |    |    |         |    |         |     __Lubbert Gysbertszen Van Blarcom5,8
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	   |    |    |    |         |    |         |__Eybetje Lubberts Van Blarcom5,8
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	   |    |    |    |         |    |              |__Divertje Cornelis8
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	   |    |    |    |         |__Sarah Van Kleeck2
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	   |    |    |    |              |          __Jan ter Bosch6,7
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	   |    |    |    |              |     __Johannes Terbosch6
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	   |    |    |    |              |    |    |     __Isaac Vermeille7
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	   |    |    |    |              |    |    |__Rachel Vermilye6,7
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	   |    |    |    |              |    |         |__Jacomina Jacobs7
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	   |    |    |    |              |__Aeltje Terbosch6
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	   |    |    |    |                   |__Lysbeth Hendrickszen6
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	   |    |    |__Elida Vanderburgh Manney2
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	   |    |         |__Elizabeth Collins2
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	   |__Adele Augusta Ayer2
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		|__Amy Gridley Butler2



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Biography of GERALD RUDOLPH FORD, JR.

 
GERALD RUDOLPH FORD, was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr, on 14 July 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was adopted by his stepfather on 3 December 1935, who changed his name to Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. He was educated at South High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and received his AB in 1935 from Michigan University. He received his LLB from Yale Law School in 1941. On 15 October 1948 at Grace Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan he married as her second husband Elizabeth Ann Bloomer, the divorced wife William G. Warren, who was born 8 April 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, a daughter of William Stephenson Bloomer and Hortense Nehr. 
The professional career of Gerald Ford:

     1935-1941  Assistant Football Coach, Yale Athletics Department.
     1941       admitted to the Michigan Bar.
     1942-1943, Partner of Ford and Buchen, attorneys.
     1942-1946  Lieutenant Commander in the United States Naval Reserve in
		the Pacific.
     1945-1946  Vice-President of the Independent Veterans Association.
     1947-1949  associate with the law firm of Butterfield, Keeny & Amberg
		(subsequently with Ambert, Law & Buchen to 1953).
     1949-1973  Member of the United States House of Representatives from
		the Michigan 5th District.
     1949-1950  Member of the Public Works Committee
     1951-1965  Member of the Appropriations Committee
     1965-1973  Minority Leader of the Defense Sub-Committee.)
     1963       Chairman of the Republican Conference.
     1963-1964  Member of the Warren Commission investigating President
		Kennedy's assassination.
     1968       Chairman of the Republican National Convention
     1972       Chairman of the Republican National Convention.
     1973       from 6 December to 9 August 1974 Vice President of the United
		States.
     1974-1977  from 9 August 1974, 38th President of the United States; the
		first president not directly elected by the people.

Awards won by Gerald R. Ford:

American Political Science Association's Distinguished Congressional
Service Award, 1961.

Gerald R. Ford received the following Honorary Degrees:

Honorary LLD from Michigan State University, 1965
		  Albion College (Michigan), 1965
		  Aquinas College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1965
		  Spring Arbor College (Michigan), 1965

Gerald R. Ford was also the author of the following works:

Portrait of an Assassin (with John R. Stiles) (published in 1965).
A Time to Heal (published in 1979)
Humor and the Presidency (published in 1987)


 

 


Biography of ELIZABETH ANNE BLOOMER

 
bio in preparation
 

 


Notes and Sources


   1.  Gerald Ford's birth name is LESLIE LYNCH KING.
   2.  Roberts, Gary Boyd, Ancestors of the American Presidents, First
       Authoritative Edition.  Santa Clarita:  Carl Boyer, 3rd, 1995.  107-113.
   3.  Riker, David M., Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons
       in New Netherland from 1613 to 1674.  CD-ROM. Cambridge: The
       Learning Company, 1999.  1517.
   4.  Ibid., p. 1604.
   5.  Ibid., p. 222.
   6.  Ibid., p. 1403.
   7.  Ibid., p. 1712.
   8.  Ibid., p. 1478.
   9.  Ibid., p. 1070.

 

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