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John Michael McGrew, Sr.

Male 1887 - 1966  (78 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Michael McGrew, Sr. was born on 18 Dec 1887 in Mobile County, Alabama; died on 25 Nov 1966 in Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama.

    Notes:

    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.

    (Research):

    Census Listings:

    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]

    Children:
    1. 2. John M. McGrew, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1912 in Mobile County, Alabama; and died.
    2. 3. Warren F. McGrew  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Dec 1917 in Mobile County, Alabama; died on 1 Jun 1991 in Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama.
    3. 4. Margaret L. McGrew  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1919 in Mobile County, Alabama; and died.
    4. 5. Kenneth Joseph McGrew  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Nov 1921 in Mobile County, Alabama; died on 14 Jul 2002; was buried in Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John M. McGrew, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born about 1912 in Mobile County, Alabama; and died.

    Notes:

    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.


  2. 3.  Warren F. McGrew Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 24 Dec 1917 in Mobile County, Alabama; died on 1 Jun 1991 in Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama.

  3. 4.  Margaret L. McGrew Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born about 1919 in Mobile County, Alabama; and died.

    Notes:

    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.


  4. 5.  Kenneth Joseph McGrew Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 4 Nov 1921 in Mobile County, Alabama; died on 14 Jul 2002; was buried in Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama.

    Notes:

    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