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Elizabeth Parke Firestone

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Full Name
  
Elizabeth Parke

Name
  
Elizabeth Firestone

Children
  
Martha Firestone Ford



Role
  
Martha Firestone Ford's mother

Died
  
1990, Rhode Island, United States

Spouse
  
Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. (m. 1921)

Grandchildren
  
William Clay Ford, Jr., Elizabeth Hudson Ford, Martha Parke Morse, Sheila Firestone Hamp

Great grandchildren
  
Eleanor Ford, Alexandra Ford, Will Ford, Nicholas Ford

Similar People
  
Harvey S Firestone - Jr, Harvey Samuel Firestone, Martha Firestone Ford, William Clay Ford - Jr, William Clay Ford - Sr

Elizabeth Parke Firestone (1897–1990) was the mother of Martha Firestone, who wed William Clay Ford Sr., grandson of Henry Ford. She is the daughter of Guy James Parke and Gertrude Chambers, and daughter-in-law of Harvey Firestone. Between 1915 and 1975, she acquired extraordinary clothes which today are on display at the Benson Ford Research Center. Her grandson William Clay Ford Jr., is the current Chairman of the Board of Directors for Ford Motor Company. He had previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Ford.

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