Edwin “Ed” Gerald Grant Sr. (111)

Born: 9/14/1910 English, Crawford County, Indiana

Died: 5/22/1999 Pontiac, Livingston County, Illinois

Parents: William Curtis Grant and Cora Merle Nee. Hanselman

Spouse: Marjorie Elizabeth Jenkins (1/8/1936 - Livingston County, Illinois)

Children:

Bio:

In 1920, Ed is a grain farmer’s kid and attending school at the age of 9. He is already in Long Point and will only attend school up to the 8th grade. He is the only child living at home, as it seems brother William, born in 1919, is no longer alive at this time of the census. It is assumed that Ed helped work on the farm. By the time 1930 comes, nobody in the household has been to war, which stands out on the census.

In 1940, he has a family in reading, IL. He has two boys and a girl, while working 72-hour weeks for 52 weeks a year. By 1950, he is working maintenance at a brick yard in Reading with 4 kids. Ed died age 88 in Pontiac, IL.

Ed’s Draft Card

Self employed and age 30. The R.F.D. in place of address stands for “Rural Free Delivery”, indicating that they did not have a house number or live on a named street.

Ed’s Birth Certificate

Edwin Gerald Grant, Legitimate, Delivered by Dr. Guido B. Hammond on Sept. 14th, 1910 at 10:50 pm