Born Ann Lois Davies in
Detroit on April 16, 1949, she was raised in
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, She has two brothers. was a self-made businessman who in 1946 co-founded Jered Industries, a maker of heavy machinery for marine use located in
Troy, Michigan. He had also held the part-time position of Mayor of Bloomfield Hills. although on her request the family very occasionally attended church, and she nominally identified as an
Episcopalian. At times, she helped out at her father's plant. Ann Davies knew of Mitt Romney since
elementary school. which was the sister school to the all-boys
Cranbrook School that he attended. He talked of the marriage taking place in the near future, but she insisted that he go on
Mormon missionary duty on the grounds that he would regret it later if he did not. In the conversion process she accepted the guidance of Mitt's father
George Romney, the
Governor of Michigan. She spent the second semester of her freshman year abroad, at the
University of Grenoble in France, and was there during the
1968 Winter Olympics and met athletes such as skiing star
Jean-Claude Killy. Mitt sent letters back imploring her to wait for him. == Marriage and children ==