 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. Grace Hazel Dyer Middaugh (former
wife of Lee Roy Middaugh)
b. 25 March 1890 Red Oak, Montgomery Co., Iowa
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 arrrowto 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.
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.
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. The 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]
After retirement George continued building and often did roofing as a
retirement activity.
Source:
George Grubb's brothers and sisters
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