Theodore Thoresen Grue

  Research Notes:

1. Source: Sagitawah Saga - The Story of Whitecourt

- land location, page 15;
- page 26: Name is mentioned : "...other settlers arrived around 1911 who stayed and contributed to the town were ..... Theo Grue .... Adolph Moe"

From: http://www.whitecourtweb.com/seniors/history3.htm ;; years 1908-1912;;; acessed 24 Jul 2014

".... Other settlers who arrived and contributed to Whitecourt's development around 1911 were Billie Meere, William Ury, Cappy Gibbs, Theo Grue, D. Underwood, D.J. Wartman, Sam Haines, William B. Craig and Adolph Moe .... "


2. Western Land Grants ; AB homestead records

- NW Sec 31, Twp 59, Range 10, W 5th; Vol 710, Folio 448; Microfilm #C-6504
- NW¼ of Sec 31, Twp 59, Range 10 W5th; [Film #3012, File # 25-65-607, Accession 1970.313]
viewed, 15 Jul 2022

Theodore GrueNW¼ Section 31, Twp 59, Range 10, W5th; Reel 3012, images 744-751 [ancestry]

- entry received by Edmonton Land Office, 25 Nov 1911; 23 yrs old, b in MN, residence Edmonton, AB [?]
- T.T. Grue of Whitecourt; sworn to land agent, 15 Nov 1911 at Green Court
** this would mean Theodore was in Whitecourt, likely in the spring/summer of 1911

- image 749, statement - Homestead patent
age 22; built house 3 Feb 1912 and commenced residence; lived on homestead from;
3 Feb 1912 to 12 Jun 1912
24 Nov 1912 to 15 Sep 1913
24 Mar 1914 to 2 Aug 1914
25 Nov 1914 to 22 Feb 1915
otherwise at Camrose
single
19125 acres broke
19135.25 acres5.25 acres cropped
19147.2512.5
19151820
livestock: 2 horses, 1913, 1914, 1915
house: 16 by 18 log house, value of $270
log barn with lumber addition: 18 by 20, value of $250
well value $25
fencing; .75 miles; value of $75

above statement sworn at Whitecourt, 26 Jul 1915; and recommended for patent 14 Feb 1916
- in support of application, submitted by ... Underwood, NE¼ Sec 31 Twp 59, Range 11

letter - 14 Aug 1916, letter of patent


3. b. Whitecourt homestead land

- Theodore received the patent in Aug 1916. But it is not clear if continued to 'farm' the land after that,
See point 5 below. About 1918 Theodore had bought the land that Mom and Dad had farmed - likely the SE¼ of sec 18. Thus it is likely that he had sold the Whitecourt homestead land.



4. 1916 AB, SK, and MB census - Theodore, age 21, is recorded with his parents; so until 1 Jun 1916 he was back at the Armena area

5. 1921 Canada Census; Sec 18, Twp 48, Range 20; Armena

- Theo age 27 born in US; emigrated, 1895 [?]; father naturalized; Norwegian .. Lutheran; Farmer - 'own account'
- Nora, age 21 born in US; emigrated 1895; naturalized
- Geneva, age 1 <1920> born in AB

-- NOTE: this is mom and dads farm (Oliver and Mary Grue); Theo had lived in the old house - see mom's manuscript "This Old House" written about 1982 (handwritten, small red plaid hardcover notebook; pages not numbered but near the end),
- Theodore bought the farm from George E Hendrickson (1918 or 1919);
- Theodore farmed the land in 1919
- Theodore and Nora moved to the "old house" after their marriage 25 Mar 1920, until about 1927
- Mom had spoken to Nora and wrote some of Nora's response - the house had been used as a grainery; Ted (Theodore) had lifted the house up, put new wall log on the west side and put a window on the north room, dug a new well, built a grainery (the barns were in "good shape")
- after a number of years of poor crops, Theodore sold the the farm back to George Hendrickson around 1926 or 1927

from "Footprints ...." and they then moved to Camrose until about 1930 when they moved to Edmonton

[ it appears that the 3 oldest children, Geneva, Harland and Louis were born the Armena area and their initial years were in the 'our' old house; Eileen was born in Edmonton].



6. 1931 Canada Census, Alberta, Edmonton West, ED [sub-dis] 51, Edmonton City, page 20, dw/fam 189/243
[line 41] 10637- 93 Ave

Theodore T Grue, age 37 b in US; em 1895, na 1900; rent home, value $15; stone [foundation], wood 4 rooms
deliveryman for a Bakery, earned $520 since 1 Jun 1930; col 10 - no radio
wife Nora, age 31 b in US; em 1912, nat
dau Geneve, age 10 b in AB
son Harland, age 8 b in AB
dau Louise, age 5 b in AB
dau Eileen, age 1 b in AB
Gunhilda Hanson, mother in law, age 73 b in Nor; wid; em 1880 [to US?], nationality - American

** from Peels Prairie Provinces; Henderson's Directories

19309624-95 Avepage 439Three Roses Bakery
193110637-93 Avepage 415driver, Three Roses Bakery
193210637-93 Ave page 398Three Roses Bakery



7. Theodore's death and his wife - Nora Eleda - birth & death - see Ancestry family tree 'Jeffery Peterson family Tree' for data information; but note there is no information on Theodore's children on this tree nor on the tree below
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/58370684/person/38034050113?ssrc=&ml_rpos=4


- there is another Ancestry.com family tree, "Ostrem -DJ 2013-04-03, owner Kuhnke from Saanich, BC"
;;; unclear of the a family connection with the Ostrem's (Gus Ostrem), but this tree records Nora E Hanson's mother as Gunhilda Oline Ostrem with a date of death 1 Sept 1939 for Mrs Gunhilde Hanson, Bawlf, in the Camrose Canadian, 6 Sep 1939; she was born Utsire, Norway she was married to Hans C Hanson and they initially made there home in Newman Grove, NE (same as Gus Ostrem); she had 2 surving brothers, T G Ostrem and another in Norway; and of course daughter, Nora (Mrs T T Grue)


6. OBIT, Theodore Grue; Edmonton Journal, issue 15 Feb 1984, page 26
- died 11 Feb 1984 at age 90 years - lived at #102, 4420 106 Street
- survived by wife Nora; son Harland and his wife Vickie; daughters Geneva Chiswell and husband Albert of Edmonton;
Louise Griggs, and husband Harvey from Scarborough, ON; Eileen Leal and husban Keith in Pincher Creek ...
18 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren
- survived by one brother, Nels and Sophia of Camrose
- predeceased by 3 grandsons, Larry and Ronald Cowen, and Derek Gill
- Funeral at Emmanuel Lutheran Brethern Church





7. anscestry.com; Border Crosssing - Sumas, WA; Jan 1917 (viewed 21 Dec 2008)

- age 23, farmer, Camrose, AB, father T S Grue, destination as Everson, WA ^{282,301,304,305,306}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence - 1921, 1 Jun 1921, Armena, Alberta, Canada. ³⁰⁷ Farm - Sec 18, Twp 48, Range 20, W 4th (note - Oliver and Mary Grue's farm in 1940). Head of household: Theo Grue age 27 born in US; wife, Nora age 21 born in US; Geneva age 1 born in AB.

Theodore married Nora Hansen on 25 Mar 1920.³⁰¹ (Nora Hansen was born in Nov 1899 in Newman Grove, Madison Co, Nebraska, United States, died in 1998 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and was buried in Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Edmonton, Alberta Canada ³⁰³.)