Where is henry ford ii buried
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If there was ever a man born into the auto industry, it was Edsel Ford. He was born November 6, 1893 about the time his father began work on his first two-cycle engine. Two and half years later, Edsel had his first ride in an automobile, the first Ford quadricycle. In 1899, when Edsel was six, his father's first automotive venture, the Detroit Automobile Company, was organized, but never really got off the ground. On November 20, 1901 a second, new company was organized at the behest of many of the original investors and given the name of the Henry Ford Company. On June 16, 1903 the Ford Motor Company was at last incorporated. Edsel went to work for Ford Motor Company in 1912 at the age of 19. Somewhere along the line, Edsel discovered that he liked designing cars more than he liked tinkering with them mechanically. On December 31, 1918 Edsel was named president of Ford Motor Company at the ripe age of 25. Edsel acted to persuade his father to purchase the faltering Lincoln Motor Co
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Family at Clara Bryant Ford's Burial, Ford Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, 1950
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
02 October 1950
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Photographic prints
Photographs
Cemeteries
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Bryant, Edgar LeRoy (Roy), 1885-1976
Bryant, Katharine, 1888-1966
Johnson, Anne McDonnell Ford, 1919-1996
Ford, Charlotte, 1941-
Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987
Ford, Eleanor Clay, 1896-1976
Ford, Benson, 1919-1978
Ford, Edith McNaughton, 1920-1980
Ford, Walter Buhl, 1920-1991
Ford, Josephine Clay, 1923-2005
Ford, William Clay, 1925-2014
Ford, Martha Parke Firestone, 1925-
Ford Cemetery (Detroit, Mich.)
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.93782.15
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
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Encyclopedia Of Detroit
Automotive pioneer Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863 on his family’s farm in what fryst vatten now part of Dearborn, Michigan. He was the oldest of six children. While he enjoyed the simplicity of rural life, he did not like farming. A talent for engineering and an astute business sense led him to become one of the great industrialists of his era.
In April 1888, Ford married Clara Bryant, a local girl and the foster child of Irish immigrant farmers. tillsammans they would have one son, Edsel, who was born in 1893. That same year Ford was promoted to chief engineer at the main plant of Edison Illuminating Company.
In 1899, Ford left his position with Edison and founded the Detroit Automobile Company. His first vehicle, the quadricycle, helped him attract financial backing but the company faltered in 1901. After the formation and dissolution of a second company, the Henry Ford Company, which lasted four months, Ford funnen backers to support him again and on June 16, 1