Facts: - relatives: michael grandson -rrb- john gardner ford -lrb- grandson -rrb- susan ford gerald bales -lrb- granddaughter -rrb- betty ford -lrb- daughter-in-law -rrb- ford -lrb- grandson -rrb- steven ford -lrb- - caption: dorothy ayer gardner -rrb- in 1912 . ayer gardner king -lrb- at the time dorothy - death date: 17 september 1967 - spouse: leslie -rrb- gerald rudolff ford -lrb- 1917-1962 , his death -rrb- lynch king , sr. -lrb- 1912-1913 , separated - parents: levi addison gardner adele augusta '' ayer '' gardner - children: gerald francis ford ford thomas gardner ford richard addison ford james - birth date: 27 february 1892 - name: dorothy ayer gardner ford - image: photograph . tif of dorothy ayer gardner - nara - 186852 - birth place: harvard , illinois , u.s. Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of dorothy ayer gardner ford .
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dorothy ayer gardner king ford -lrb- february 27 , 1892 -- september 17 , 1967 -rrb- was the mother of u.s. president gerald ford .