Ford family tree

Henry Ford's family tree

The following is the family tree of Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company.

Paternal Great-Grandfather: William Ford (1775 - ?)
Paternal Great-Grandmother: Rebecca Jennings Ford (1776–1851)

Paternal Grandfather: John Ford (c 1799 - 1842)

Paternal Grandmother: Thomasine Smith Ford (1803 - 1847)

Father: William Ford (1826-1905)

Mother: Mary Litogot (O'Hern) Ford (c1839-1876)

Himself: Henry Ford (1863-1947) - Founder of Ford Motor Co.

Wife: Clara (Bryant) Ford (1866-1950) - Married Apr 11, 1888

Son: Edsel Bryant Ford (1893-1943) - President of FoMoCo 1919-43

Daughter In-Law: Eleanor Lowthian Clay (1896-1976) - Married Nov 1, 1916

Grandson: Henry Ford II (1917-1987) - CEO of FoMoCo 1960-79

Grand-Daughter In-Law: Anne McDonnell (1919-1996) Married HFII in 1940, divorced 1964

Great-Granddaughter: Charlotte M. Ford (1941-

Great-Great-Granddaughter: Elena Anne Ford (1966-) - Director, Marketing

Great-Granddaughter: Anne Ford (1943-

Great-Great-Grandson: Alessandro Ford Uzielli (1966-

Great-Great-Granddaughter: Allegra Charlotte Ford (1972-

Great-Grandson: Edsel B. Ford II (1948-) Board of Directors member, FoMoCo

Great-Great-Grandson: Henry Ford III (1980-

Great-Great-Grandson: Calvin Robert Ford (1983-

Great-Great-Grandson: Stewart Spencer Ford (1986-

Great-Great-Grandson: Albert Bishop Ford (1992-

Grandson: Benson Ford, Sr. (1919-1978) - Married Edith McNaughton

Great-Grandson: Benson Ford, Jr. (1949-) Ford Marketing 1986-1995

Great-Granddaughter: Lynn Ford Alandt (1951-)

Granddaughter: Josephine Clay Ford (1923-2005) - Married Walter Buhl Ford II (no relation to Ford family) 1943

Great-Grandson: Walter Buhl Ford III (1943-2010)

Great-Granddaughter: Eleanor Clay Ford Sullivan (1946-)

Great-Granddaughter: Josephine Clay Ford Ingle (1949-)

Great-Grandson: Alfred Brush Ford (1950-) Active in Ford Charities

Grandson: William Clay Ford, Sr. (1925-) - Former FoMoCo Director

Granddaughter In-Law: Martha Parke Firestone (1925-) - Married 1947. Granddaughter of Harvey Firestone

Great-Granddaughter: Martha Parke "Muffy" Ford Morse (1948-)

Great-Granddaughter: Sheila Firestone Hamp (1951-) Active in Ford Corporate Charities

Great-Grandson: William Clay Ford, Jr. (1957-) - Executive Chairman of FoMoCo

Great-Granddaughter: Elizabeth Hudson Ford Kontulis (1961-)

Great-Great-Grandson: Kiff Hamp (1985-)

Sister: Margaret Ford (1867-1960)

Sister: Jane Ford (c1868-1945)

Brother: William Ford (1873-1934)

Brother: Robert Ford (1871-1875).

Primary sources

• Henry Ford II Biography on IMDB [1]
• Henry Ford Estate [2]
• Genealogy.com [3]
• The Ford Legacy [4]
• Henry Ford II Obituary [5]
• Rootsweb [6]
• Anne McDonnell obituary [7]

References and further reading

• A&E with Richard Guy Wilson, Ph.D.,(2000). America's Castles: The Auto Baron Estates, A&E Television Network.
• Bridenstine, James (1989). Edsel and Eleanor Ford House. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0814321615. 
• Lewis, David I. The Public Image of Henry Ford: An American Folk Hero and His Company Wayne State U Press (1976),

External links

• PDF of Ford Family Tree from The Detroit News