HENRY FORD On July 30, 1863 in Greenfield Township, Michigan, a baby boy was born. His name was Henry Ford. He was the first of six children. His parents were William and Mary Ford. Henry grew up on a farm in what is now Dearborn, Michigan. He went to school just like ...
Ford helped his father with the harvest and also attended school in a one-room schoolhouse. At age fifteen he left school to work on his father's farm full time. Ford disliked school and farm life, so at age 16, he walked to Detroit in search of employment. ... He chartered the ship Oskar II, and it sailed from Hoboken, New Jersey on the 4th of December in1915. ...
-Henry Ford Henry Ford's parents left Ireland during the potato famine and settled in the Detroit area in the 1840s. Henry Ford, born July 30, 1863, was the first of William and Mary Ford's six children. He grew up on a prosperous family farm in what is today Dearborn, Michigan. Henry enjoyed a chi...
