Eleanor Clay Ford

E162483

Eleanor Clay Ford was an American heiress and prominent Detroit philanthropist, best known as the wife of Edsel Ford and a key figure in the Ford family legacy.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Eleanor Clay Ford canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf heiress
human
philanthropist
affiliatedWith Ford Motor Company (family association)
birthName Eleanor Lowthian Clay
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, United States
causeOfDeath natural causes
child Benson Ford
Henry Ford II
Josephine Clay Ford
William Clay Ford Sr.
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1896-06-06
dateOfDeath 1976-10-19
educatedAt Detroit University School
Miss Bennett’s School, New York
ethnicGroup European American
familyName Ford
gender female
genreOfActivity charitable giving
givenName Eleanor
heritage American
knownFor charitable work in health and education
support of arts and cultural institutions in Detroit
languageSpoken English
memberOf Ford family
name Eleanor Clay Ford
notableFor philanthropy in the Detroit area
role in the Ford family legacy
numberOfChildren 4
occupation philanthropist
owned Gaukler Point residence (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House)
philanthropicFocus Detroit-area institutions
placeOfBirth Detroit, Michigan, United States
placeOfDeath Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, United States
relative Henry Ford
religion Episcopalian
residence Detroit, Michigan, United States
linked to: Detroit

Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, United States
sibling Harold Clay
spouse Edsel Ford
Eleanor Clay Ford
uncle J. L. Hudson

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Clay Ford Sr. childOf Eleanor Clay Ford
Eleanor Clay Ford name Eleanor Clay Ford
Edsel Ford spouse Eleanor Clay Ford
subject linked to: Eleanor Clay Ford
Edsel and Eleanor Ford House namedAfter Eleanor Clay Ford