John C Grue

  Research Notes:

1. Source: 1930 US Census , Pine Lake Twp, Clearwater Co, MN

- lists dwelling visited as #69, family 74 -- brother Einar as #70, family 75 -- father, Claus J as #71, family 76;
- 1930 listed as single, owns dairy farm
- 1930 US Census also lists, brother-in-law, Alfred Iverson, age 29 <1901>, born in MN and sister-in-law, Bertina, age 33 <1897>

b. 1940 US Census - Pine Lake Twp, Clearwater Co

- John, age 53 born in MN, single; grade 4; worked 60 hrs wk of Mar 24; 52 wks in 1939; worked 'on own account (OA)'; farm schedule 114; same house on 1 Apr 1935; value of house $600


2 Source: MN Death Certificate Index (Mother's maiden name: Grue); 1965-MN-002935

- lists Birth and Death dates

3. Source: Cemetery Visit, Rueben Grue, May 2008

- MN PVT 2 Det Prov Regt Engr, WW I

- Myrtle Grue, Wife

4. WW 1 Draft Registration Card, from Ancestry

- working as a Car Inspector with M. St. P. & Sit. Ste. M. Ry. at Harvey, ND
- listed as short in height, medium build, grey eyes, brown hair, slightly bald
- registered 31 May 1917

-- from ????? [ Rueben D Grue - hand written notes recorded 23 Dec 2004; but source is not provided ? ]
- inducted at Fessenden, 22 July 1918
- sent to Camp Custer Mich
- served with the 2nd Detachment, 2nd Provisional Regiment engineers and Military Police
- discharged as a Private, at Fort Benjamin, Harrison, IN on 18 Dec 1918

5. The Brainerd Daily Dispatch, 15 Oct 1948, Page 2, col 3 - article

- John Grue, 44 <1904> of Moorehead was struck by a hit and run driver; in hospital not serious, facial cuts

6. MOMS - Minnesota Official Marriage System

- John Grue and Myrtle Dalholen marriage 1940

7. The Bemidji Pioneer, 1968
- notes the death of Mrs Emily Dalholen, born 14 Apr 1885 and died 13 Mar 1968; married to Hans Dalholen in 1902; survived by her children Clara (Stenseng), Myrtle (Grue) of Bagley, and Lillian


8. MN Birth Index

- no children listed for John and Myrtle

NOTE that DJ Molden family tree (ancestry.com) records a child, Josephine M Iverson, born 1905 -- no source
But, no record of any children born MN birth or Myrtle's obit.
- this family tree has a photo posted for Myrtle


9. Findagrave, Bethelem Cemetery: obit post for wife Myrtle

Birth: Mar. 28, 1897
Death: 1987

Myrtle Grue 1897-1987

Myrtle Grue, 90, formerly of Bagley, died Thursday at the Good Samaritan Home in Clearbrook.
Funeral services were Monday in the Chapel at Good Samaritan Center in Clearbrook, with the Rev. Richard Lafer officiaitng. Interment was in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, rural Gonvick.
Mrs. Grue was born March 28, 1897, at St. Paul, the daughter of Hans and Pauline Dalholen. She married John Grue October 23, 1940, at Clearbrook. She lived in Pine Lake Township of Clearwater County for many years and moved to Bagley in 1964. Since 1980, she had lived at the Good Samaritan Center.
She is survived by several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1965 and by two sisters. ²⁴⁴⁵

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence 1917, 31 May 1917, Harvey, Wells Co, North Dakota, United States. ²⁴⁴⁵ WW I Draft Registration records that John is a "Car Inspector" with the M.St.P and Sit Ste M. Ry (Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie [?] Railway). Residence in Harvey, ND

2. Residence - 1930, 1 Apr 1930, Pine Lake Twp, Clearwater Co, Minnesota, United States. ²⁴⁴⁸

3. Residence - 1940, 1 Apr 1940, Pine Lake Twp, Clearwater Co, Minnesota, United States. ²⁴⁴⁹ Enumeration on 22 Apr 1940

John married Myrtle Nora Dalholen on 23 Oct 1940 in Clearwater Co, Minnesota, United States.²⁴⁴³ (Myrtle Nora Dalholen was born on 28 Mar 1897 in Minnesota, United States,²⁴⁵⁰ died on 3 Sep 1987 in Clearbrook, Clearwater Co, Minnesota, United States ²⁴⁵⁰ and was buried on 7 Sep 1987 in Bethelem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Queen Twp, Polk Co, Minnesota, USA ^2451,2452.)