Betty Ford

Betty Ford (born April 8, 1918), a First Lady of the United States, was born Elizabeth Ann Bloomer in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of William Stephenson Bloomer, an industrial supply salesman, and his wife Hortense Neahr.

Marriage

In 1942 she married her first husband, William G. Warren, a furniture salesman. They divorced in 1947.

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1942 - 1947

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On October 15, 1948 she married Gerald Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr), at Grace Episcopal Church, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was then in his first Congressional election campaign, and would eventually become the 40th Vice President of the United States and the 38th President of the United States.

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October 15 - 1948 - Gerald Ford, Jr. - Episcopal Church - Grand Rapids, Michigan - Vice President of the United States - President of the United States

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