Re: [CHASE] Gerald R. Ford > Chase connection
by Littlefield Brothers, Inc.
For Gerald Ford, I have:
Aquila, John, Jacob, Ezra, William, Polly m Samuel Ayer, John V. Ayer,
George Manney Ayer, Adele Augusta Ayer, Dorothy Ayer Gardner m Leslie Lynch
King, Leslie Lynch King Jr. aka Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
Tom Chase
----- Original Message -----
From: "S Edwards" <suze2300(a)yahoo.com>
To: <Chase-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 9:15 AM
Subject: [CHASE] Gerald R. Ford > Chase connection
>I was just reading through the genealogical information on Gerald Ford on
> the Ford Museum site:
>
> www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/grf/genealog.asp
>
> Apparently, Gerald R. Fords maternal grandmother - Adele Augusta Ayer -
> had Chase connections. Anyone know what line?
>
> From the site:
>
> Levi Addison Gardner, President Ford's grandfather, was a son of Alexander
> Gardner, a Scottish immigrant, and Sarah (or Sally) Miller. He was born on
> April 24, 1861 at Solon Mills, McHenry County, Illinois; married Adele
> Augusta Ayer on October 23, 1884 at Harvard, Illinois; and died on May 9,
> 1916 at Grand Rapids, Michigan. Adele Ayer, a daughter of George Manney
> Ayer and Amy Gridley Butler, was born on July 2, 1867 at either Harvard,
> Illinois or Youngstown, Ohio and died on August 10, 1938 at Los Angeles,
> California. Levi and Adele Gardner had two daughters, Dorothy and
> Tannisse.
>
> Most of Adele Augusta Ayer Gardner's ancestors were of English origin and
> she descended from several families which settled in New England in the
> seventeenth century. Among the families in her ancestry are: Adams, Ayer,
> Butler, Chase, Collins, Comstock, Ely, Gove, Gridley, Manney, Rickettson,
> and Selden. Her daughter Dorothy belonged to the Daughters of the American
> Revolution and her grandson, President Gerald R. Ford, is a member of the
> Sons of the American Revolution.
>
> SueEd
> (Aquilla, Thomas, Thomas, Roger, Ezekiel, Abel, Abel, Oscar, Clara Blanche
>> g-grandmother)
> NY
>
>
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