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Henry Ford lahir pada tanggal 30 Jui 1863, di sebuah pertanian di wilayah [[Greenfield Township, Michigan]].<ref>[http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/hf/default.asp www.hfmgv.org The Henry Ford Museum: ''The Life of Henry Ford'']</ref> Ayahnya, [[William Ford (pebisnis)|William Ford]] (1826–1905) berasal dari [[County Cork]], [[Irlandia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The history of Ford in Ireland Family Crest and Name History|url=http://www.ford.ie/AboutFord/CompanyInformation/HistoryOfFord}}</ref> Ibunya, Mary Ford (1839–1876) lahir di Michigan dan merupakan anak bungsu dari sebuah keluarga imigran asal Belgia. Henry Ford memiliki tiga orang saudara, yaitu Margaret Ford (1867–1938); Jane Ford (1868–1945); William Ford (1871–1917) dan Robert Ford (1873–1934).
HisAyahnya fathermemberikan gaveia himjam akantong pocketdi watchmasa inremajanya. hisPada earlyumur teens.15 At 15tahun, Ford dismantledbelajar andmembongkar reassembleddan thememperbaiki timepiecesjam oftersebut friendsdan andmulai neighborsmenunjukkan dozenskemampuannya ofke timeslingkungan sekitar, gainingsehingga theia reputationmendapatkan ofreputasi asebagai watchahli repairmanmemperbaiki jam.<ref>Ford, ''My Life and Work'', 22–24; Nevins and Hill, ''Ford TMC'', 58.</ref> At twenty, Ford walked four miles to their [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal]] church every Sunday.<ref>Evans, Harold "They Made America" Little, Brown and Company. New York</ref>
Ford was devastated when his mother died in 1876. His father expected him to eventually take over the family farm, but he despised farm work. He later wrote, "I never had any particular love for the farm—it was the mother on the farm I loved."<ref>Ford, ''My Life and Work'', 24; Edward A. Guest "Henry Ford Talks About His Mother," ''American Magazine'', July 1923, 11–15, 116–120.</ref>
In 1879, Ford left home to work as an apprentice [[machinist]] in [[Detroit]], first with James F. Flower & Bros., and later with the [[Detroit Dry Dock]] Co. In 1882, he returned to Dearborn to work on the family farm, where he became adept at operating the Westinghouse portable [[steam engine]]. He was later hired by [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] to service their steam engines. During this period Ford also studied bookkeeping at [[Goldsmith, Bryant & Stratton Business College]] in Detroit.<ref>Steven Watts, The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century (Random House, Inc., 2006), pg. 28 http://books.google.com/books?id=LIDyU91YMHAC&source=gbs_navlinks_s</ref>
[[File:Henry Ford 1888.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Henry Ford in 1888, aged 25.]]
Pada tahun 1879, Ford meninggalkan rumah untuk bekerja sebagai ahli mesin di Detroit, pada perusahaan James F. Flower & Bros., kemudian pindah ke Detroit Dry Dock Co. Ia kemudian memutuskan untuk kembali ke Dearborn untuk bekerja di pertanuan keluarga, di mana ia menguasai cara mengoperasikan mesin uap portable Westinghouse. Ia kemudian dipekerjakan oleh Westinghouse untuk memperbaiki mesin uap mereka. Pada periode ini, Ford juga mempelajari akuntansi di Goldsmith, Bryant & Stratton Business College di Detroit.<ref>Evans, Harold "They Made America" Little, Brown and Company. New York</ref>
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