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William Fordi1826|1905jCfather of Henry FordCimmigrated to the United States from Ireland in 1847EHe was thirty-seven years old and operating a Profitable farm in southeastern Michigan when Henry was born sixteen years later. Although William did not always understand his son's devotion to mechanical thingsChe lived to appreciate his son's success in the founding of the Ford Motor Company Mary Litogot(1839|1876),mother of Henry FordCwas orphaned at age three and raised by William Ford's Dearborn neighborsCPatrick and Margaret OfHern. When William Ford and Mary were married on April 25C1861CWilliam was thirty-four and Mary twenty-two. Henry remembered her as a devoted mother with common senseCa sense of humor, and a@solid work ethicDAlthough she died when Henry was Just thirteenChe always felt her values influenced his successD
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