Nels Thoresen Grue

  Research Notes:

1. ancestry.com; Border Crosssings - Winnipeg (viewed 21 Dec 2008)

- Dec 1915, age 18, farmer, Camrose, AB, father T S Grue, destination as Hawley, MN
- Dec 1921, age 21, farmer, Camrose, Sask, father Thore Grue, destination as Minneapolis, MN

2. from; http://obits.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi
GRUE, Sophia Tonetta ( ); 99; Surrey BC; Vanc Sun; 2000-1-20; mumtaz



3. see folder for "900 yr anniversary ..... " Wetaskiwin Times, 7 Aug 1930, page 8
-- Camrose, July 31 ............ July 29 considered the date of the arrival of Christianity in Norway

-- Camrose Canadian, ---- the first page of Aug 4 or 5, 1930 is not scanned



4. Obiturary, 1986 --- likely published in the Camrose Canadian, but the top part of the page had been cut off

- Nels in 1915 sold his horse and buggy and left for college at St Olaf College in Northfield MN
- in 1916 he attended Augsburg College in Minneapolis
- drafted by the Canadian Army in the spring of 1918 (15 May) - stationed in Calgary
- married in 1919 and farmed until 1921 when both went to attend Alberta College in Edmonton; Nels took a telegraphy course, but there were no jobs at the end of the schooling and so he went back to farming until 1973
- survived by wife, daughter Jean (Don Miller) of New Westminster; Grace (Harold Snipstead) of Richmound, BC; Verneal (Don Kallevig) of Delta, BC; Lillian (Rod Larson) of Stanly, WI
- predeceased by father, mother, sister Bella and Jospehine, and brothers, Simon, Lars, Theodore, and Oscar; grandsons Danny Snipstead in 1974 and Rodney Jr Larson


5. World War I complete file - Lib and Archives Canada (see PDF file folder, Nels Grue; Downloaded from Lib and Archives Canada, 4 Jun 2016. Direct link, http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=431112
Notes: on the right side of the page, click on "download, PDF", "Digitized Service File"

note - some pages blank (ie, back side of a page) and pages are not in order of date, etc

- address, Camrose ;; 15 May 1918 "particulars of recruit" (p1)
- 5 ft 9 and 1/2 inches; fair complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair

- p 5-9 - admission [to hospital ]12 Jun 1918, discharged from hospital 18 Jun 1918 to his unit; Calgary;
inflammation of joints ; page 15-16 - medical cert, "synovis of left knee", "improved but still unalbe to use it properly for drill"

- p 13 - "Form of Will" ; bequeath to Mr Thore Grue, Father, PO Box Camrose, dated 16 May 1918

- p 17-18 - discharged "Being Physically unfit ..." dated 15 Jul 1918; conduct and character - "good"; civilian life - farmer

- p 21-25 - Medical History; "... Arthritis of Left Knee .. " "... A healthy looking man who makes no complaint of ill health apart from condition of left knee. Physical Examination shows his heart lung and other systems to present no sign of disease. Left knee is swollen and there is riding of the patella and swelling of the inner side of the patella ..."
" .... slight conjuctivities and diminuation of vision .... " [page 22, under History, " ... Was kicked by horse 3 years ago and was left with stiff knee. Further injury in spring 1918 due to fall from plough ..." ... aggravated by enlistment " No "
.... likely duration " permanent "
.... Medical Board "Class E" ; some dates; 24 Jun 1918 and then 5 July 1918 "Director General of Medical Services"


Summary: noted by Rueben D Grue, 22 Jun 2016

Nels was 'drafted' for service in WWI. He was admitted to service on 15 May 1918 at Calgary. However, it appears that within a month he was admitted to hospital with inflamation of left knee. With medical examination, the Armed Forces Medical Board declared Nels was Physically Unfit and was discharged with the final date of 15 Jul 1918. This record notes that Nels was kicked by a horse (about 1915) and hurt his knee. This was further aggravated by a fall from a plow in the spring of 1918.

Although, Nels was a drafted and admitted to the WWI Army, he served only a couple of months at Calgary and was discharged due to the condition of his left knee and was determined to be physically unfit for service.


6. 1931 Canada Census, Alberta, Camrose; ED 66 [sub-dis]; Lloyd George Municipality 457; page 8; dw/fam 82/83
Sec 8 - 48-20-4
Nels Grue, age 34 b in AB; own home, wood, 6 rooms, value $1800; general farm; farmer
Wife Sophia, age 31 b in US; em in 1911, na 1919

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62640/images/1931_217-e011749995?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=5951798
** same page - Ole Skaret 81/82
** smae page, dad's farm; Halmer Hendrickson, age 29, wife and 2 kids ^{308,311,312,313}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Military Service: ; Canadian World War I Overseas Expeditionary Force; Enlisted 15 May 1918: Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Canada. ³¹⁴

Nels married Sophia Tonetta Rasmusson on 27 Nov 1919.³⁰⁸ (Sophia Tonetta Rasmusson was born on 20 Jan 1900, died on 17 Jan 2000 in Camrose, Alberta, Canada and was buried in Scandia Lutheran Cemetery, Armena, Alberta, Canada ³¹⁵.)