John G. McGrew

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John G. McGrew was a resident of Mobile, Alabama, living on Spring Hill Road between Broad and Pine in 1875, as per the 1875 City Directory, and was employed by Washington Fire and Marine Insurance as a runner.

Per "The Southern McGrews Grew", John was an insurance employee for 18 years with Washington Fire. He was listed as a bookkeeper. He died of tuberculosis. Middle name shown by some as Gregory, and by others as Gabriel.

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1880 Census
Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile
Enumerated 8 Jun 1880
Page 37 SD 3 ED 142
Kennedy Street
282-367
McGrew, John W M 25 Bookkeeper Miss Miss Miss
McGrew, Julia W F 21 Wife Keeps House Miss England Ireland
McGrew, Margaret W F 4/12 Feb Dtr Miss Miss Miss
Wainwright, May T W F 50 Mother-in-law At Home Ireland Ireland Ireland

John married Julia Margaret Wainwright on 1 May 1879 in Mobile County, Alabama. Julia was born in Jun 1862 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Said to have married Leon HALL/HALLE around 1910.

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He registered for the draft during World War I in Mobile, Alabama. He was a merchant, with a wife and one child. He was described as of medium heighth and slender, with blue eyes and dark brown hair.

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1920 Census
Alabama, Mobile County, Pr 1, Citronelle Village
Enumerated January 1920
SD 1 ED 73 Sheet 4B
Fourth Street
95-99
McGrew, John M Head M W 42 M Ala Ala Ala Merchant Genl Store
McGrew, Eunice Wf F W 31 M Ill Mo Ill
McGrew, John M Son M W 8 S Ala Ala Ill
McGrew, Warren F Son M W 2 8/12 S Ala Ala Ala Ill
McGrew, Margaret Dtr F W 3/12 S Ala Ala Ill
Wilson, Anna B Servant F W 19 S Ala Ala Ala

1930 Census
Alabama, Mobile County, Pr 1, Citronelle Village
Enumerated April 3, 1930
ED 49-1 SD 9 Sheet 1B
20-22
McGrew, John M Head 5000 F M W 40 M 20M Ala Ala Ala Salesman Automobile
McGrew, Eunice V Wf F W 38 M 18 Ill Mo Ill
McGrew, Warren F Son M W 12 S Ala Ala Ala Ill
McGrew, Margaret L Dtr F W 10 S Ala Ala Ill
McGrew, Kenneth J SOn M W 9 S Ala Ala Ill

John married Eunice Veronica Smith about 1909. Eunice was born between 1889 and 1892 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also shown as Minnie Downey McGrew?

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name: Julia Minnie Craft
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Collection: Julia Minnie Craft, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"

Julie married Gilbert Joseph Craft on 5 Jan 1910. Gilbert was born on 7 Oct 1887 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama; died on 2 Apr 1960 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama; was buried in Pine Crest Cemetery, Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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At the time of the 1930 federal census, 19 year old John M. McGrew, single and born in Alabama, was a lodger at the Hyde Park YMCA in Chicago, and working as a telephone installer. His father was born in Alabama, and mother in Illinois, so this appears to be the same John M. McGrew that was a son of John Michael McGrew Sr and Eunice Smith.

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She married Cronwell Green, born ca 1917, and they are living with her parents as of the 1940 census. He was born in Texas, and living in Panama circa 1935. His occupation was listed as Road Construction.

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FindAGrave indicates that he has a military marker EM3 US NAVY WORLD WAR II
This matches the info at the Ancestry.com, US Veterans Gravesites database

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name: Gilbert Joseph Craft
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death date: 22 Jun 1968
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Collection: Gilbert Joseph Craft, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"

Family/Spouse: Margaret Perry. Margaret was born on 10 Apr 1910; died on 27 Mar 2000; was buried in Pine Crest Cemetery, Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]