Peter Tobiasen Grue

  Research Notes:

see email note from Nancy Grue (father Marvin), 10 Oct 2017; 2018
[actually most contact through 'ancestry messages']

Peter Grue dispersed his kids when his wife died at age 36 - Mabel Hetland Grue. Peter also died young due to alcoholism and heart attack. My dad [Marvin] was "adopted" by Fred and Olive Gast of Fergus. They had no children and Olive was a Thoresen and said my dad was a cousin. Fred was the game warden so my dad had a wonderful life with them - he was 15. Though the kids got separated, they remained a family and connected.




1. 1910 US Census listed in Glenwood Twp, Pope Co, MN; listed as an
Inspector, Railway; Mabel listed as born in Illinois, (father born in Iowa; Mabel's last name may be Hettland

2. 1920 US Census listed in 4-Ward, Fergus Falls, MN [ancestry.com, page 12]

- 1920 census listed as a mechanic, garage, works as a wage earner

3. 1930 US Census, Ward 1, Fergus Falls, MN

- listed as a widower; boarder in hotel
- occupation as a painter

b. 1940 US Census, Ward 1, Fergus Falls

- recorded as a Lodger, household of James H Lakin; #305 Washington Ave E
- age 73 born in MN; Widower; grade 7; did not work the wk of Mar 24 - was not working or assigned to 'public works'; wasn't seeking work, but did have a job or business; usual occupation as a painter in the industry 'painter'; worked 40 wks in 1939 earning $400 [?] no other income other than wages/salary; class of worker - OA, working on own account
- residence in 1935 - Fargo, ND



4. birthdate for Marvin listed in the MN Death Certificate with death date as 29 April 1976; last residence as Minneapolis, Hennepin Co (US SSDI)

5. Lyle V and Reuben E listed/lived with Theodore Grue and listed as nephews to Theodore; living in Tumili Twp, Otter Tail Co, MN (1930 US Census)

6. US SSDI lists Lyle V Grue with last residence of Moline, Rock Island, Illinois; birth date also given

7. MN death cert lists Reuben Grue, with last residence in Hennepin Co. with death date as 19 June 1966; birth date also given; mother's maiden name as Hetland
US SSDI lists birth as 10 Aug 1919

. source: MN Birth Index [www.mhns.org] CERTID # 1915 - 23387

- indicates name as Arly Truman; birth 24 Nov 1915; mother's maiden name as Hetland; birth place as Otter Tail Co

8. MN Death cert lists Mabel Grue, 18 Oct 1926, Otter Tail

9. source: MN Birth Index [www.mhns.org] CERTID # 1926 - 21738

- indicates name as Grue child; birth 10 March 1926; mother's maiden name as Hetland; birth place as Otter Tail Co

10. Source: Peter T Grue
obit - FFDJ, 3 Sept 1940

- age 55 <1885>
- well known painter (house)
- long time resident of Otter Tail Co; resident of city for many years
- death due to heart attack - apparently found on the platform at the back of Drews grocery - found by Noble Peterson
- wife died several years ago
- children - Pearl (Mrs Martin Langren of Minneapolis), Lyle of East Moline, Illnois, Arly of Dalton, Reuben of Fergus Falls


11. Ancestry.com; Public Member Tree 'Sevland Family Tree owner rnygaard_1' (Ronnie Sevland Nygaard) [ last log in 17 Apr 2012 ]

- has some information (dates etc) on Peter Grue's family, but not a lot of source information ^2330,2331

  Noted events in his life were:

1. US World War I Draft Registration: 1917-1918: Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States. ²³²⁸

2. Residence - 1910, 15 Apr 1910, Glewood Village, Pope Co, Minnesota, United States. ²³²⁷

3. Residence - 1920, 1 Jan 1920, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States. ²³³²

4. Residence - 1930, 1 Apr 1930, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States. ²³³³ Peter T Grue, age 45, WD, Boarder (Conrad Charlson, Hotel Proprietor), works as a House Painter

5. Residence - 1935, 1 Apr 1935, Fargo, Cass Co, North Dakota, United States. ²³³⁴

6. Residence - 1940, 1 Apr 1940, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States. ²³³⁴ Address in 1940, 305 Washington Ave East. Peter T Grue, age 73 born in MN, Widower, works as a Painter. Residence in Apr 1935, Fargo, ND.

Peter married Mabel Eldora Hetland.²³²⁷ (Mabel Eldora Hetland was born in 1891 in Illinois, United States and died on 18 Oct 1926 in Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States ^2335,2336.)