Henry Ford's siblings were Margaret Ford (1867–1938); Jane Ford (c. 1868–1945); William Ford (1871–1917) and Robert Ford (1873–1934). With this success, Murphy and other stockholders in the Detroit Automobile Company formed the Henry Ford Company on November 30, 1901, with Ford as chief engineer. Henry Ford turned the presidency of Ford Motor Company over to his son Edsel Ford in December 1918. Ford grave, Ford CemeteryIn ill health, Ford ceded the presidency to his grandson Henry Ford II in September 1945 and went into retirement. Henry Ford II provided strong leadership for Ford Motor Company from the postwar era into the 1980s.