 George,
Hazel and Bill Grubb
about 1942
|
Virginia, Tennessee, Iowa, Washington State |
| George,
Hazel and Bill Grubb
about 1942
|
Virginia, Tennessee, Iowa, Washington State |
George Claiborne Grubb
b. 10 March 1893 Chilehowie, Smyth Co., VA
d. 26 Dec 1967 Seattle, King Co., WA
m. Hazel Grace Dyer Middaugh (former wife of
Lee Roy Middaugh)
b. 28 March 1890 Red Oak, Montgomery Co., Iowa [Iowa Births and
Christenings]
d. 26 June 1968 Seattle, King Co., WA
her father: Asa Theodore Dyer
mother: Mary Willis Henry
her first marriage: Lee Roy Middaugh 27
January 1910 St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri
his father - J. C.
Middaugh mother:
Mary Puttoff
his father: William Nichols Grubb
his mother: Sara Francis Freelove Doyle
| Only child | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| William Theodore Grubb | b. 10 Dec 1920 King Co., WA | d. 21 Aug 2003 at home, King Co., Seattle, WA | m. Marlene M. Marshall |
Only recently did we discover through the help of Cheryl Kirkpatrick that Hazel had lived in Creston Township, Iowa and had apparently married to Roy Middaugh. We had believed that Hazel had given birth to another child but we have no proof. This early marriage gives us some hope that we may find out what happened. He was under age 21 and had to have his father sign whereas she was twenty and above the age of consent, which was 18 for women. We believe that she may have had a still-birth since William T. Grubb was born by ceassarian section about ten years after the 1910 census and no living child existed during this later marriage. The forboding of the earlier birth may have prepared her for a successful birth with a new husband, George Grubb.
1910 Iowa Census, Page 13b 1st ward Creston Township, Union County. households 229-331
Dyer, Theodore head age 53 mar 28years IL IN IN bricklayer owns home1914 - According to Bill Grubb his father went to Iowa around 1914 primarily because there were so many children at home that needed support that new land and opportunities were looked for by the children. World War I was underway when George and his younger brother, Robert, went to Grinnell, Iowa where his oldest brother, James, already had a job. According to his Draft Registration in 1917 he is here working in the Republican Steel Mill.
Dyer, Mary wife 45 mar 28 years 5 children/4 living KY KY KY
Middaugh, Roy son in law 19 mar 0years IO IL KY house painter
Middaugh, Hazel daughter 20 mar 0years IO IL KY
Henry, Martha mother in law 93 widow 10 children/6 living KY US US
Dyer, Charles son 17 IL IL KY works for railroad
George and Hazel met while working for different restaurants in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He was cook ahd she was a waitress. Hazel was only 4 feet 9.5 inches. George was 5 feet 10 inches. She naturally made him look quite tall.
1914-16 - During WWI George was a cook in the Iowa National Guard, First Separate Company Infantry. He enlisted 3 Aug. 1914 for three years and was Honorably discharged on Sept. 30, 1916.
1917- US Draft Registration, Grennell, Powesheik Co., IA.
number 587 or 66
1917 - George and Hazel moved to Seattle WA in 1917. George worked
as a stone mason. Then he worked for a steel mill and shipyards
before .
1920 - US Census, Seattle, King Co., WA. west Manning St. enum.
dist. 331, sheet 6a
Grubb, Hazel G. (is placed out of order with an arrrow to indicate
the wife of George) I've placed them in the correct placement for
easy interpretation. This also indicates that the birth
record is scrambled for Hazel and George.
Grubb,
Hazel
wife rent
m w 26
mar
Virginia Tenn.
Virginia
holder Shipyard (this should be with George' birth)
Grubb, George head
rent m w 24 mar
Iowa
Illinois
Kentucky
(Hazel's
birth
was
in
Iowa)
Dyer, Theodore father-in-law m
w 63
wd
Virginia Tenn.
Virginia
none
Grubb, Robert
brother
m w 23
wd
Virginia Tenn.
Virginia
machinist Shipyard
1921 - He joined the Seattle Fire Department about 1921. He
was well known among the other units for his cooking.
George was particularly strong for his size. He was often
challenged and had such a muscular neck that no one could get
their hands around his neck to choke him. He could hold his wife
out sitting on his arm and people could hit him in the stomach
with no effect. He was quite skilled with his hands and built
several houses in West Seattle in his off hours. He lived in each
of these before moving onto the next house. He retired in 1946
from the Seattle Fire Department after 25 years' service.
George Grubb is one of the fireman
posed here in Seattle(far left).
[photo collection of Cheryl Christenson]
1925 - Iowa Census. Page County, Shanandoah, Iowa roll
IA-34 #10925
1930- US Census, Seattle, King Co., Washington. Enum. dist.
17-415 , sheet 28a. page 255.
They're living on Fauntleroy Way. S. W.
Hazel stays busy and apparently takes classes in drawing and
painting at the YMCA in the 1940's. She does several
paintings as copies of master works. This particular one was
taken from a pretty good reproduction of Léon Bonnat, a
French painter (1833-1922), "Roman Girl at the Fountain" 1875,
which hangs in the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York. She
initialed the painting in the lower right corner with HGG.
(Hazel Grace Grubb) The back said "For Bill" meaning that we
believe she designated this as to go to Bill, her son, on her
death. It was not in the Bill Grubb household until that
time.
1941. August 23 - A long article is published on the food activities and the cooking of the fire departments in Seattle in a full page article. George, at station #2 at Fourth Ave and Battery St. is in three photos on page 14. "With a folded newspaper as a chef's cap. Grubb puts anything from a Dutch lunch to four-course dinner on the table for firemen. They praise his cooking, but he counters with 'they just aren't fussy.'"
about 1959-60 - George buys a lot on which to build a
house. One thing that he found demeaning was having to ask
for his son's help in obtaining a loan to build. His son
qualified for government loan but George had always bought
everything with cash so he had no credit history. Once the
first house was remodeled and sold he had enough cash to continue
his building campaign and in his off hours from the fire
department he either worked on his own or on his son's
houses. He finally built one in which he expected to retire
and customized the kitchen for Hazel who was only 4 feet 10
inches. Everything was designed around her height.
[story related by Marlene Grubb]
Else Marshall and Hazel Grubb visiting on Mother's Day in
1955. Hazel was rather short as seen here. Her
grand-daughter took her family looks.
After retirement George continued building and often did roofing
as a retirement activity.
Source:
George Grubb's brothers and sisters
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