Died
at age 85
in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States
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Biography
Grover Wertz has German Roots.
Grover, son of Wilson Wertz and Lillie Muck, was born 15 August 1893 in Mount Gilead, Morrow County, Ohio.[1]
Residence (1900) Elba Township, Knox County, Illinois[2]
Before 1910 the family relocated to Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois. The household on Market Street encompassed
Wilson (age 44), his second wife
Verna Wertz (34), -
Florence M. (17),
Grover W. (16),
Forrest H. (11, b. Illinois),
Gladys Nellie Wertz (8, b. Ohio).[3]
↑United States Social Security Death Index, database, FamilySearch (19 May 2014), Grover Wertz, Dec 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSWP-HRX : accessed 21 June 2020), Grover Wm Wertz in household of Wilson Wertz, Elba & Galesburg Townships, Knox, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34, sheet 2A, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,313.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKD5-RX9 : accessed 21 June 2020), Grover W Wertz in household of Wilson Wertz, Knoxville Ward 2, Knox, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 173, sheet 4B, family 105, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 298; FHL microfilm 1,374,311.
↑Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, database with images, FamilySearch (4 November 2017), Grover W. Wertz and Bernice E. Truett, 09 Sep 1914; citing Knox, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,412,068.
↑Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, database with images, FamilySearch (17 October 2017), Grover W Wertz and Bernice E Truitt, 09 Sep 1914; citing Knox, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,404,971.
↑United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, database with images, FamilySearch (25 August 2019), Grover William Wertz, 1917-1918.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ4P-KTN : accessed 21 June 2020), Grover W Wertz, Haw Creek, Knox, Illinois, United States; citing ED 176, sheet 8A, line 28, family 104, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 380; FHL microfilm 1,820,380.
↑United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 21 June 2020), Grover Wertz, Elba, Knox, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 3A, line 24, family 57, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 527; FHL microfilm 2,340,262.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWTN-8GM : 21 December 2019), Grover Wertz, Ward 5, Peoria, Peoria City Township, Peoria, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 104-44, sheet 62B, line 71, family 323, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 918.
↑United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, database with images, FamilySearch (13 March 2020), Grover William Wertz, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 June 2020), memorial page for Grover W. Wertz (15 Aug 1893–Dec 1978), Find A Grave: Memorial #92243171, citing Yates City Cemetery, Yates City, Knox County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Robert Myers (contributor 47214161).
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