George Wesly GRAHAM

1901 - 1983  (81 years)

• Name	George Wesly GRAHAM
  Birth	14 May 1901	Hibbing, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  MN Birth Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Birth Certificate	1901-22025
  Social Security Number	336-07-3925 issued in Illinois before 1951.
  Death	22 Mar 1983	Sarasota County, Florida
  	he died in a hospital in Sarasota during his winter stay in Florida
  Notes	Middle name as spelled in MHS index of birth certificates. Graduated from Hibbing High School in 1920. In the 1930 census, George W. Graham, 28, was living in an apartment at 209 Washington Boulevard in Oak Park, Illinois with his sister Grenith, 25, a school teacher, Fred W. Little, 28, his cousin, and George Browning, 30, a boarder. They are renting the apartment, at a rent of $90/month, and their household has a radio. All four are single. George W., Grenith, and Fred were all born in Minnesota although their fathers were born in English Canada. George W.’s and Grenith’s mother was born in Minnesota; Fred’s mother was also born in English Canada. George Browning was born in Utah, as was his father. His mother was born in England. George W. is a mechanical engineer in the “automatic stoker” industry, Grenith is a school teacher in the public schools, Fred is a civil engineer in the paint and lead industry. George Browning is a chemical engineer in the lead industry. All four are employed. None of them are veterans. In the 1940 census, he was G.W. Graham (indexed as “Greham”), 38, living with his family in Park Ridge at 1033 Hamlin. This was not the same house that the family had lived in in 1935. He was the proprietor of a stoker company. He owned his house and it was worth $18000. George and Lillian both had four years of college. Living with the family was a servant, 26 year-old Milda Mueller from Wisconsin. She worked 60 hours per week and had earned $416 in 1939. May have worked as the engineer for the Garland Building in Chicago in the late 1920s. Eddy Stoker Corp. was incorporated in 1931. In 1941, he purchased the stoker business of the Whiting Corporation. In 1944, Eddy Stoker Corporation, 4711-21 W. North Avenue, Chicago 39. George commissioned John S. Van Bergen, once an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright, to design his house in Park Ridge. Besides the Graham home, Van Bergen designed several others in the Chicago area. Van Bergen was also the architect behind a home that Sears sold from its “Book of Modern Homes and Building Plans” catalog. That home was called #3000, “The Aurora.” Only one Aurora was ever built: 6416 Grand Vista Avenue in Cincinnati.
  Person ID	I116	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	David GRAHAM,   b. 12 Jan 1875, England d. 28 Sep 1963, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Minnie Augusta HERRMEYER,   b. 2 Aug 1874, Washington County, Minnesota d. 6 Mar 1962, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	14 Aug 1900	St. Louis County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lillian Mildred EVERSON,   b. 2 Dec 1904, Crow Wing County, Minnesota d. 10 May 1988, Park Ridge, Cook County, Illinois (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	2 Aug 1932	Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois
  	apparently not in Cook County
  Family ID	F38	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 May 2015

  
  

• Photos		Grahams From John Everson's slides. George Graham is second from the left, then Lil Everson Graham and John Everson. Probably taken in the mid 1970s at George and Lil's Arizona home.
  		George Graham