Early Life. Gerald R. Ford Jr. was born Leslie Lynch King Jr. on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska, but kept neither his name nor his hometown for long. In just weeks, he was whisked away by his mother, Dorothy Ayer Gardner, to her parents' home in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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âShe's the sort of contentious cuss who would be flipping the bird to the courts no matter what the circumstances.â âKing is also said to be a moody, irascible, and emotional cuss.â âIn the face of modernity, there's a thrill in watching an ornery cuss who clings to the old ways.â