This week's famous cousin is my 5th cousin 1x removed Gerald Rudolph Ford (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., 1913-2006), the 38th President of the United States.
Here is Gerald Ford's Family Search Family Tree short biography:
When President Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was born on 14 July 1913, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, his father, Leslie Lynch King Sr, was 28 and his mother, Dorothy Ayer Gardner, was 21. He married Elizabeth Anne Bloomer on 15 October 1948, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States. He lived in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States for about 10 years and East Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States for about 5 years. In 1974, his occupation is listed as 38th president of the United States in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. He died on 26 December 2006, in Rancho Mirage, Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Kent, Michigan, United States.
The Wikipedia profile for Gerald Rudolph Ford is here.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr., born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He previously served as the leader of the Republican Party in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1973, and as the 40th vice president under President Richard Nixon from 1973 to 1974. Ford succeeded to the presidency when Nixon resigned in 1974, but was defeated for election to a full term in 1976. Ford is the only person to serve as president without winning an election for president or vice president.
Ford was born in Omaha, Nebraska and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan, where he played for the school's football team, before eventually attending Yale Law School. Afterward, he served in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1946. Ford began his political career in 1949 as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 5th congressional district, serving in this capacity for nearly 25 years, the final nine of them as the House minority leader. In December 1973, two months after Spiro Agnew's resignation, Ford became the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment. After the subsequent resignation of Nixon in August 1974, Ford immediately assumed the presidency.
Here is the Relative Finder chart showing my relationship to Gerald R. Ford:
My most recent common ancestors with 5th cousin 1x removed Gerald R. Ford are my 5th great-grandparents Philip Jacob Konig (1738-1792) and Maria Barbara Wilhelm (1740-1779).
Are you related to Gerald R. ford? Check out his profile on the FamilySearch Family Tree and click the "View Relationship" link at the top of the page. Note that you have to have your profile connected to the FamilySearch Family Tree in order for this to work.
This shows that you never know to whom you might be related!!! I'm having lots of Genealogy Fun. Click here to see all of my famous cousins.
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