Iowa Family Groupsheet for John G. GROFF (Grafe in Germany) Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: MaryAnn (Hendrickson) Dunkin Email address: maryadunkin@yahoo.com Husband: John G. GROFF (Grafe in Germany) Birthdate: 10 Sep 1841 Birthplace: probably Hanover, Germany Death date: 13 Jul 1901 Place of death: Taylor Co., Iowa (bu Guss Cemetery) Father: Hienrick GRAFE Mother: Dorothea KLUSMANN Marriage date: ca 1872 Marriage place: Taylor Co., Iowa Wife: Catherine E. GURNEY Birthdate: 24 Mar 1852 Birthplace: Stark Co., Ohio Death date: 27 Sep 1913 Place of death: Taylor Co., Iowa (bu Guss Cemetery) Father: Peter GURNEY, b France Mother: Mary Jane NORET, b France CHILDREN Child No. 1: Henry GROFF Sex: M Birthdate: 30 Aug 1873 Birthplace: Taylor Co., Iowa Death date: 7 Aug 1883 Place of death: Taylor Co., Iowa (bu Guss Cemetery) Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 2: Joseph Franklin (Joe) GROFF Sex: M Birthdate: 27 Sep 1874 Birthplace: Taylor Co., Iowa Death date: 11 Jun 1953 Place of death: Nodaway, Adams Co., Iowa (bu Guss Cemetery) Marriage date: 4 Jan 1899 Marriage place: Corning, Adams Co., Iowa Spouse's name: Lena Elizabeth SPRING, four children: John Franklin, Violet Marie, Grace Esther and Clifton Oliver GROFF. Child No. 3: Mary J. GROFF Sex: F Birthdate: 4 Feb 1876 Birthplace: Taylor Co., Iowa Death date: 6 Nov 1895 Place of death: Taylor Co., Iowa (bu Guss Cemetery) Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 4: Emma Margaret GROFF Sex: F Birthdate: 16 Apr 1877 Birthplace: Taylor Co., Iowa Death date: 24 Jul 1959 Place of death: Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana (bu Highland Cemetery) Marriage date: ca 1900 Marriage place: Taylor Co., Iowa Spouse's name: Edward IMBODEN, four sons: Eugene Fred, Edward Leon, Orval Orlando and Loyd Oliver IMBODEN. Child No. 5: Minnie GROFF Sex: Birthdate: 7 Dec 1879 Birthplace: Taylor Co., Iowa Death date: 22 Feb 1968 Place of death: Lenox, Taylor Co., Iowa, bu Prairie Rose Cemetery Marriage date: 3 Jul 1900 Marriage place: Taylor Co., Iowa Spouse's name: George Franklin BYCROFT, two children: Infant and Henry George BYCROFT. Child No. 6: John Peter GROFF Sex: M Birthdate: 29 Mar 1881 Birthplace: Taylor Co., Iowa Death date: 7 Jun 1965 Place of death: Villisca, Montgomery Co., Iowa, bu Guss Cemtery Marriage date: 1/m, 30 Sep 1904, 2/m, 20 Oct 1909 Marriage place: probably Corning, Adams Co., Iowa Spouse's name: 1/m to Edith OLESON, one son: Harold Clifford GROFF, 2/m to Vonnie OLSON (sisters), two dau: Eva Marie and Hazel Pauline GROFF. Child No. 7: Charles W. GROFF Sex: M Birthdate: 13 Mar 1883 Birthplace: Taylor Co., Iowa Death date: 15 Mar 1883 Place of death: Taylor Co., Iowa, bu Guss Cemetery Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 8: Dolly M. GROFF Sex: F Birthdate: 30 Jul 1887 Birthplace: Taylor Co., Iowa Death date: 3 Aug 1887 Place of death: Taylor Co., Iowa, bu Guss Cemetery Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 9: Cora Hulse GROFF Sex: F Birthdate: 1891 Birthplace: Taylor Co., Iowa Death date: 1919 Place of death: Taylor Co., Iowa Marriage date: ca 1904 Marriage place: Taylor Co., Iowa Spouse's name: Fred FROST, four dau: Letha, twins Neva and Nova and infant Dau FROST. Documentation: Family Group Sheets, word of mouth via various family members, tombstone inscriptions, Federal Census Records, Groff, Spring, Imboden, Noret and Gurney family histories.