Family Group Sheet


Name George W. Grisso, GG Uncle
Birth Feb 1845, German twp, Clark Co., Ohio
Death 13 Dec 1919, Goshen, Elkhart Co., Indiana
Burial Oak Ridge, Goshen, Elkhart Co., Indiana
Father Benjamin Grisso (1821-1889)
Mother Catharine Sellers (1824-1910)
Marriage 20 Dec 1866, Wabash Co., Indiana
Spouse Martha J. Place
Birth Sep 1845, Indiana
Death aft 1919
Father Isaac Place (~1819-)
Mother Miriam [Place] (~1823-)
Children
1 M Francis M. ("Frank") Grisso, 1C2R
Birth abt 1870, Wabash Co., Indiana
Death aft 1919
Spouse Eunice Ruse
2 M William Edward Grisso, 1C2R
Birth Mar 1872, Wabash Co., Indiana
Death aft 1919
Spouse Ida M. [Grisso]
3 F Ann Grisso, 1C2R
Birth abt 1878, Wabash Co., Indiana
Death aft 1919
Spouse Arthur Sherwin
4 F Bertha M. Grisso, 1C2R
Birth Jun 1883, Wabash Co., Indiana
Death aft 1919
Notes for George W. Grisso
Wabash Co. Marriage License Bk 6, p. 489, license issued to George Grisso & Martha J. Place on 17 Dec 1866, returned 20 Dec.

George and Martha moved to Goshen from Milford, Kosciusko Co., in 1894.

Obituary in The Goshen Daily News-Times, 15 Dec 1919, p. 5, and burial notice in The Goshen Daily News-Times, 16 Dec 1919, p. 5.
Census
1880 census of Chester twp, Wabash Co., Ind., page 47, records family:
Grisso, George, 36; Martha J., 35; Francis M., 10; William E., 8; Annie A., 2; Alice Place, 25, sister-in-law. George born in Ohio, all others in Indiana.

1900 census of Goshen, Elkhart twp, Elkhart Co., Ind., records on p. 14, living at 219 Queen St., family:
Gresso, George, b. Feb 1845, Ohio, 55; Martha J., b. Sep 1845, Ind., 54; Bertha M., b. Jun 1883, Ind., 16; boarder Clyde Strayer, b. Oct 1876, Ind., 24.
Last Modified 31 May 1997 Created 7 Jan 2002 by Reunion for Macintosh