Lawrence Orville Gritton
1894 - 1971 (77 years)-
Name Lawrence Orville Gritton Born 30 Mar 1894 Le Roy, McLean County, Illinois [1, 2, 3] Gender Male Census 1920 New London, Waupaca County, Wisconsin [4] Census 1930 Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin Census 1940 Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin Died 4 Oct 1971 Los Angeles County, California [1] Person ID I302 Gritton Last Modified 12 Mar 2024
Father Charles Ismael Gritton, b. 5 Mar 1864, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 4 Jan 1932, Odell, Livingston County, Illinois (Age 67 years) Mother Myrtle L. Silvers, b. 9 Apr 1867, Le Roy, McLean County, Illinois , d. 14 Nov 1912, Le Roy, McLean County, Illinois (Age 45 years) Married 6 Apr 1887 Vermilion County, Illinois [5, 6] Family ID F156 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Charlotte Algier, b. 18 Aug 1898, Fremont, Waupaca County, Wisconsin , d. 24 May 1970, Santa Barbara County, California (Age 71 years) Married 2 Jun 1917 Menominee County, Michigan [7] Children 1. Naomi Claire Gritton, b. 6 May 1918, New London, Waupaca County, Wisconsin , d. 29 Sep 1977, Los Angeles County, California (Age 59 years) 2. Delaine Gritton, b. 28 Mar 1921, New London, Waupaca County, Wisconsin , d. 24 Jul 1995, Josephine County, Oregon (Age 74 years) 3. Charlotte Anna Gritton, b. 7 Nov 1926, Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin , d. 31 Aug 1996, Josephine County, Oregon (Age 69 years) 4. Carol Lee Gritton, b. 10 Feb 1934, Waukesha County, Wisconsin , d. 3 Jan 1998 (Age 63 years) Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F162 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - WWI draft registration card for Lawrence Orville Gritton
b. 30 Mar1894
occupation: Fishing
employer: himself
New London, Wisconsin
height: medium
build: medium
eyes: brown
hair: dark
bald: no
WWII draft registration card for Lawrence Orville Gritton
b. 30 Mar 1884
height: 5' 9 1/2"
weight: 149
eyes: brown
hair: gray
complexion: sallow
[2, 8] - Making beer for picnic, plea: Gets only $100 fine.
Milwaukee - (UP) - Because he told a straight forward story of how he was "making a little beer for a picnic" when federal officers raided his home, Lawrence Gritton, Waukesha, escaped with a $100 fine when he appeared before Federal Judge F.A. Guiger here Tuesday.
Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin, 14 November 1928.
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- WWI draft registration card for Lawrence Orville Gritton
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Sources - [S29] California Death Index, 1940-1997.
- [S14] US World War I draft registration cards.
- [S6] 1900 US census.
- [S23] Military registration card.
- [S49] Marriage license abstract, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1882 thru 1891, (Illiana Geneaological and Historical Society, 1996).
- [S75] The Family of Gritton, Don Claypool, (Don Claypool, 1997).
- [S31] Michigan Marriage Records.
- [S11] US World War II draft registration card.
- [S102] Newspaper article.
- [S29] California Death Index, 1940-1997.