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.
Fess definition, an ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal band across the middle of an escutcheon. See more.
cuirass definition, cuirass meaning | English dictionary. Search also in: Web News Encyclopedia Images. cuirass. n. 1 a piece of armour, of leather or metal covering the chest and back. 2 a hard outer protective covering of some animals, consisting of shell, plate, or scales. 3 any similar protective covering, as on a ship. vb.