
William Ford, Who Crossed the Atlantic From Ireland by Steerage, Marries Fellow Country Woman Mary O'Hern.
April 25, 1861
William Ford, who emigrated from Ireland to the United States by steerage, marries fellow Irish immigrant Mary O’Hern. The couple would go on to have a son, Henry Ford, who would revolutionize transportation and industry by pioneering the mass production of the automobile through the moving assembly line.