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Bridgett Gavin

Female 1844 - Bef 1910  (65 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Bridgett Gavin was born in Nov 1844 in Ireland; died before 1910.

    Other Events:

    • Immigration: 1879

    Bridgett married Austin Gorman in 1887. Austin was born on 12 Mar 1845 in County Clare, Ireland; died on 28 Sep 1922 in Titusville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; was buried on 30 Sep 1922 in Saint Catherines Cemetery, Titusville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Rebecca Gorman  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Sep 1877 in Titusville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; died in Jan 1949 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Resurrection Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Rebecca Gorman Descendancy chart to this point (1.Bridgett1) was born on 11 Sep 1877 in Titusville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; died in Jan 1949 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Resurrection Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Dangerously Ill.
    Ed Gritton, pressman for The Press company, yesterday received a telegram from his brother, Al Gritton, pressman for the Champaign News, stating that the latter's wife is dangerously ill in that city. Their mother, Mrs. M.L. Gritton, of South Danville, Left for Champaign yesterday afternoon to attend the bedside of her daughter-in-law.

    Newspaper clipping from Cora (Gritton) Hedges. Commercial News, Danville, Illinois. No date available.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72002721/rebecca-g_-gritton

    St. Patrick's Cemetery is also known as Resurrection Cemetery.

    Rebecca married Allen L. Gritton on 28 Sep 1894 in Indiana. Allen (son of Merriman Loy Gritton and Elizabeth Ann Moudy) was born on 1 Apr 1871 in Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 17 Dec 1950 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Resurrection Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Austin Bernard Gritton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Aug 1894 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 29 Apr 1954 in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana; was buried on 1 May 1954 in Saint John Saint Josephs Cemetery, Hammond, Lake County, Indiana.
    2. 4. Josephine Gritton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Jul 1896 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died in Dec 1984.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Austin Bernard Gritton Descendancy chart to this point (2.Rebecca2, 1.Bridgett1) was born on 19 Aug 1894 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 29 Apr 1954 in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana; was buried on 1 May 1954 in Saint John Saint Josephs Cemetery, Hammond, Lake County, Indiana.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: locomotive engineer, steel manufacturing
    • Census: 1930, West Creek, Lake County, Indiana

    Notes:

    WWI draft registration card
    Austin B. Gritton
    b. 19 Aug 1895
    height: medium
    build: medium
    eyes: gray
    hair: light brown
    nearest relative: Mr. Allen Gritton, Danville, Illinois
    note: received after 31 Dec 1918, present occupation: in hospital (stamped D.S.Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas)


    Austin B. Gritton
    Austin B. Gritton, 59, of 4334 Ivy St., Indiana Harbor, died Wednesday in St. Margaret Hospital, Hammond.
    He was an employe of the transportation department of Inland Steel Co.
    Services will be held at 8:30 a.m. Saturday in the McGuan Funeral Home, 3438 Fir St., Indiana Harbor, and at 9 a.m. in St. Patrick Church, the Rev. Matthew Lange officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph Cemetery, Hammond.
    Surviving are his widow, Dorothy; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Mauck of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mrs. Paul Cox of Hammond; one sister, Mrs. Josephine Harper of Danville, Ill.; one nephew, George Alan Lowe of Chicago, and five grandchildren.

    The Times. Thursday, 29 April 1954


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156867613/austin-b-gritton

    Family/Spouse: Vernice Bell Harris. Vernice was born on 21 May 1888 in Lowell, Lake County, Indiana; died on 11 Dec 1956 in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana; was buried in Sanders Cemetery, Lowell, Lake County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 4.  Josephine Gritton Descendancy chart to this point (2.Rebecca2, 1.Bridgett1) was born on 21 Jul 1896 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died in Dec 1984.

    Family/Spouse: George E. Lowe. George was born about 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. George Alan Lowe  Descendancy chart to this point

    Josephine married Reginald Holden Harper on 22 Dec 1922 in Allen County, Indiana. Reginald (son of James Harper and Elizabeth Holden) was born on 6 Jan 1901 in New Town, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 5.  George Alan Lowe Descendancy chart to this point (4.Josephine3, 2.Rebecca2, 1.Bridgett1)


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