Benjamin Grue

   Another name for Benjamin was Ben Grue.

  Research Notes:

1. WW 1 Draft Registration

- employer and nearest relative - Mrs Baret Grue, Dalton, MN
- medium height and build, grey eyes, light hair not balding


2. 1920 US Census, Tumuli Twp, Otter Tail

- living with mother

3. 1930 US Census, East Moline, Rock Island Co, IL

- works a Care taker, Golf "lucka" (?) Course
- wife, and son, age 6
- address: 1926 3rd St; rents
** in 1931 his address is recorded as 611½ 17 Ave, Moline City (US Cities Directories at Ancestry, image 278 for 1931 Moline City Directory


4. Obit - Friday, 25 Oct 1946

- died of a heart attack
- lived in Moline IL for 20 years
- employed as a greenskeeper at a golf course
- wife, Ingrid and one son Wallace
- funeral services in Moline on Saturday
- survived by his wife and son, sisters, Bella Grue of Fergus Falls and Mrs Harry Moiby of Malta, MT, and Theo Grue of Fergus Falls



5. Misc

The Decatur Herald (Decatur, IA), 24 Oct 1946, page 13, col 5

"Golf Course Manager Dies", Moline, Oct 23 (AP). "Ben Grue, 49, manager of Oakwood Country club golf course, died suddenly today while at work on the course. He came to Moline in 1929 from Dalton, Minn. His wife, Ingrid, who survives, is a portrait painter."


The Daily Times (Davenport, IA), 23 Oct 1946, page 24, col 7 and then on page 25, col 1

Death notices: Grue

"Ben Grue, Caretaker at Oakwood Country club died of a heart attack at 1 p.m. today at the club. The body was taken to Esterdahl mortuary."

- birth in Dalton; marriage in 1920
- survived by wife, son Wallace M Grue of Moline, 2 sisters (Mrs Harry Hoiby of Malta, MT, and Miss Belle Grue of Fergus Falls, MN) and one brother, Ted of Fergus Falls



The Daily Times (Davenport, IA), 28 Oct 1946, page 17, col 7; funeral (very little info - no mention of wife or son)
- see computer file


Illinois State Journal (Springfield, IL) 24 Oct 1946, page 20 col 2

"Moline Golf Pro Dies" - same as the first one from Decatur


6. Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths

NameBennie Grue
Event Date23 Oct 1946
Event PlaceSouth Moline Twp, Rock Island, Illinois
GenderMale
RaceW
Age49
Birth Year (Estimated)1897
Birth Date30 Apr 1897
BirthplaceDalton, Minnesota
Father's NameTabas Grue [Tobias]
Father's BirthplaceNorway
Mother's NameBeret Serkan Beret Sorken]
Mother's BirthplaceNorway
OccupationGolf Course Caretaker
Residence PlaceSo. Moline Twp., Rock Island, Illinois
Spouse's NameIngrid Grue
Burial Date26 Oct 1946
Burial PlaceSo. Moline Twp., Rock Island, Illinois
CemeteryRock River View
Citing this Record
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQVV-Q43 : 27 December 2014), Bennie Grue, 23 Oct 1946; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,991,352.


** Note: This record, as well as the obit from the newspaper, record his burial in Rock View Cemetery (South Moline Twp Cemetery) in Rock Island Co, IL. However, findagrave has a link to "Rosehills Memorial Park" in Whittier, Los Angeles County, CA. This post has "unknown" birth, but death as 23 Oct 1946. It is not clear, but I suspect that a "memorial" note or plaque of sometype was placed here, by either Wallace M Grue or his mother Ingrid.


7. California Death Index

NameIngrid Grue
Event TypeDeath
Event Date07 Mar 1971
Event PlaceSan Diego, California, United States
Birth Date05 Aug 1896
BirthplaceNorway
GenderFemale
Citing this Record
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGR1-2QQ : 26 November 2014), Ingrid Grue, 07 Mar 1971; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. US World War I Draft Registration, 1917, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States. ²³⁴²

2. Residence - 1930, 1 Apr 1930, East Moline, Illinois, USA. ²³⁴⁰

3. Residence - 1933, Nov 1933, Moline, Rock Island Co, Illinois, United States. ²²⁸³

4. Residence - 1920, 1 Apr 1920, Tumuli Twp, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States. ²³²⁵

5. Residence, 1940, 1 Apr 1940, South Moline, Rock Island Co, Illinois, United States. ²³⁴⁶ Ben Grue, age 42 born MN, grade 7, worked 60 hrs last wk of Mar as a Greens Caretaker, Golf Club, worked 52 wks in 1939, earned $1523, rents. Wife, Ingrid, age 43 born in Nor, grade 7. Son, Wallace age 16 born in MN, first yr high school. Residence for all in Apr 1935, East Moline, IL.

Benjamin married Ingrid Akern on 3 Nov 1920 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States ²³⁴⁰.^,2341 (Ingrid Akern was born on 5 Aug 1896 in Norway ^2340,2347 and died on 7 Mar 1971 in San Diego Co, California, United States ^2347,2348.)