George Bott GRONVOLD

1901 - 1970  (68 years)

• Name	George Bott GRONVOLD
  Birth	10 Jun 1901	Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 Mar 1970	Oregon
  Notes	He was of King County, Washington, at the time of his marriage to Marie Eidal. In the 1940 census, he was divorced and living in Portland where he was an operating supervisor for a tanker operation. By comparing signatures on the marriage certificate and on this attestation paper, we know that he is the George Bott Gronvold, born in Montreal on June 10, 1899, who was a Canadian soldier in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in World War I. That George gave as his next-of-kin his father, Mr. Charles Henry Gronvold of Yakima, Washington. His present address at the time of his attestation paper (August 29, 1918) was the St. Regis Hotel in Seattle and his occupation was student. In that attestation paper, he swore allegiance to King George the Fifth. That George Bot Gronvold died 31 March 1970 in Portland, Washington County, Oregon. According to the Oregon death record, that George’s wife was named Lin. The SSDI entry gives the birth date for that George Gronvold as 10 June 1901. (Thus, it is likely that George misstated his age so that he could fight in World War I.) Lin Blake Gronvold of Multnomah County, Oregon, married Howard D Long, of Washington County, Oregon, in Clark County, Washington, on 24 December 1970. Howard had been born on March 23, 1922, and Lin on May 13, 1922. (Still as Lin Blake Gronvold, she later married Clifford B Westran -- twice --; on 10 October 1974 in Clark County and on 15 Dec 1975 in Clark County, Washington. He may be the George B. Gronvold, b. ca 1902 in Alaska, who was living with his widowed mother in Yakima, Washington, at the time of the 1920 census. He may be the George B Gronvold, b. ca 1901, who was part of the crew, a purser, of the Aleutian Native that sailed between Seattle and Vancouver in the 1930s. He was not a U.S. citizen, being reported variously as Scandinavian and Canadian. He was described in one manifest as 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 190 lbs. A small obit in The Oregonian’s April 3, 1970, edition said that he was the husband of Lin B. Gronvold and the father of C. Edwin Gronvold and Mrs. Ann Gronvold Farrell. Services would be Saturday, April 4th, at St. Marks Episcopal Church. Private commitment in Yakima.
  Person ID	I9299	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2015

  
  

  Family	Marie Geneva EIDAL,   b. 22 Apr 1904, Washington d. 9 Sep 1987, Seattle, King County, Washington (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	10 Mar 1928	Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2009