Oscar (Johnson) Grue ³⁹⁵

  Research Notes:

1. source: MN Birth Index [www.mhns.org] CERTID # DC - 20662

- indicates name as Oscar; birth 5 Aug 1901 ; mother's maiden name as Moe; birth place as Grant Co

BUT Death Cert 1986-MN-001766
says born 8 May 1901 and died 3 Jan 1986, mother maiden name as Moen

2. Ancestry.com - Fergus Falls Daily Journal

- 28 Nov 1955 - lived at 428 W Spruce, Fergus Falls (admission to hospital)
- 7 Nov 1973 - same address (building permit for a garage)


3. Residence - Fergus Falls, MN; Keiter Directories for 1935-1942; R L Polk for 1948-1960

- 1935-1938, at 423 Concord; laborer with GNRR (Great Northern Railroad)
- 1939-1942, at 505 Vernon Ave East, occupation as above
- 1948-1953, at 423 Concord, listed as forman with GNRR
- 1956-1960, at 428 Spruce, as above
** Esther is lists starting in 1939; in 1960 she is listed as a helper, Park Region Bky

4. He may have been married twice -- Inger - see MN Death Cert: [ PDF - Otter Tail Co Historical - received 27 Aug 2008 ]

-- SD Marriage Record -- indicates that Oscar - widower

Obit - 15 Dec 1927 FFDJ - Bride of 3 Weeks is Dead - - Mrs. Oscar Grue of Dalton ....
- doesn't give her first name, but says that she died at her parent's home, Mr and Mrs Swensrude, 2 miles SE of Dalton
- Oscar and her were going to make their residence Fergus Falls where he is employed with a railroad company.

[ 9 July 2011 ] - not listed in MN Official Marriage Records - also looked specifically in Otter Tail, Douglas, Grant, Clay, Clearwater, Polk, but nothing


5. 1930 US Census , Pelican Lake Twp, Grant Co, MN

- Lodger
- age 28 <1902>, born in MN, parents in Norway; occupation - Laborer with Steam Railroad

6. 1940 US Census, Fergus Falls, ward 1, Otter Co, MN

- Oscar, age 38 born in MN married; grade 8; worked 48 hours the wk of Mar 24; usual occ - Section Man, GN depot (Great Northern); worked 47 wks in 1939 earning $880; class of worker - PW, wages/salary worker in private work
- Esther, wife, age 31, 2 yrs high school; did not work in 1939; engaged in Home/Housework
- same place in 1935 (Fergus Falls, but different address - see point 3) ²⁴³⁰

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence - 1930, 1 Apr 1930, Pelican Lake Twp, Grant Co, Minnesota, United States. ²⁴³¹ Asby Village; Enumeration 7 Apr 1930

2. Residence - 1935-1960, 1935-1960, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States. ^2432,2433

3. Residence - 1940, 1 Apr 1940, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States. ²⁴³⁴ 505 East Vernon Ave, Fergus Falls; Enumeration on 20 Apr 1940

Oscar married Esther Dorothy Katherine Peterson on 2 Nov 1935 in Milbank, Grant Co, South Dakota, USA.²⁴²⁸ (Esther Dorothy Katherine Peterson was born on 13 Aug 1908 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States, died on 26 Dec 2003 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States ²⁴³⁵ and was buried on 30 Dec 2003 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, USA.)

Oscar next married Inger Svensrud in Aug 1927. (Inger Svensrud was born in 1903 and died on 15 Sep 1927 in Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States ^2436,2437.)