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- Cottage Near Crohane, Ireland, Possibly Home to Henry Ford's Ancestors, circa 1920 - Henry Ford had Irish roots. This stone cottage near Crohane, in southwest Ireland, is thought to have been the home of William and Rebecca Ford, Henry's great-grandparents. When the Great Famine struck Ireland in 1847, Henry's father, William Ford, migrated to the United States and settled near Dearborn, Michigan, where Henry was born in 1863.
- circa 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Cottage Near Crohane, Ireland, Possibly Home to Henry Ford's Ancestors, circa 1920
Henry Ford had Irish roots. This stone cottage near Crohane, in southwest Ireland, is thought to have been the home of William and Rebecca Ford, Henry's great-grandparents. When the Great Famine struck Ireland in 1847, Henry's father, William Ford, migrated to the United States and settled near Dearborn, Michigan, where Henry was born in 1863.