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< > Shriner
John Jacob Johnson
(1854-1929)
Bodil Marie Jensen
(1854-1937)
Grover Sidney Shriner
(1885-1968)
Hannah Johnson
(1887-1962)
George Washington Shriner
(1905-1986)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Florence Christine "Stevie" Stevenson

George Washington Shriner

  • Born: 22 Feb 1905, Rodman, Palo Alto, Iowa, United States
  • Marriage (1): Florence Christine "Stevie" Stevenson on 25 Jun 1942 in Bronson, Woodbury, Iowa, United States
  • Died: 11 Sep 1986, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States at age 81
  • Buried: 15 Sep 1986, Clinton-Garfield Cemetery, Rolfe, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States 1

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: U.S, 12 Apr 1910, Garfield, Kossuth, Iowa, United States. 2 Household:
John J. Johnson, head, M, W, 55, M1, 26, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark, imm. 1881, naturalized, farmer, general farm, employer
Mary Johnson, wife, F, W, 55, M1, 26, Denmark, Denmark, Denmark, 1881, none
William Johnson, son, M, W, 20, S, Nebraska, Denmark, Denmark, laborer, home farm, worker
Charlie Johnson, son, M, W, 18, S, Nebraska, Denmark, Denmark, none
Minnie Johnson, daughter, F, W, 15, S, Nebraska, Denmark, Denmark, none
George W. Shriner, grandson, M, W, 5, S, Iowa, Iowa, Nebraska, none

George W. Shriner was the son of J. J. Johnson's daughter Hannah and her husband, Grover S. Shriner.

• Moved: Farmed near Paton, Iowa, Unknown, <Paton, Greene, Iowa>, United States. Per obituary, "...farmed near Paton before moving to Glidden where he operated a portable mill."

• Moved: Moved to Glidden, Iowa, Unknown, Glidden, Carroll, Iowa, United States. Per obituary, "...farmed near Paton before moving to Glidden where he operated a portable mill."

• Census: U.S, 26 Jan 1920, Rodman, Palo Alto, Iowa, United States. 3 Grover Shriner's farm immediately precedes that of his wife's brother, William Johnson, in the 1920 census.
Household:
Grover S Shriner, head, M, W, 35, M, Iowa, Iowa, Utah, merchant, general
Hannah Shriner, wife, F, W, 32, M, Nebraska, Denmark, Denmark, none
George W Shriner, son, M, W, 14, S, Iowa, Iowa, Nebr, none
Mary D. Shriner, daughter, F, W, 12, S, Iowa, Iowa, Nebr, none
Gila F Shriner, daughter, F, W, 3, S, Iowa, Iowa, Nebr, none

• Military Service: U.S. Army Air Corps, Dec 1942.

• Military Discharge: Discharged then farmed near Paton, Iowa, Unknown, <Paton, Greene, Iowa>, United States. Per obituary, "After George was discharged, he and Florence farmed in the Paton area. In 1950, the couple moved to a farm near Palmer."

• Retirement: Retired and moved to Pocahontas, Iowa, 1972, Pocahontas, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States.

• Religion: Presbyterian, 1936 or earlier through1986.


George married Florence Christine "Stevie" Stevenson, daughter of Rev. James Boyd Stevenson II and Eva Mae Whissel, on 25 Jun 1942 in Bronson, Woodbury, Iowa, United States. (Florence Christine "Stevie" Stevenson was born on 5 May 1913 in Wisconsin, United States, died on 27 Nov 2009 in Pocahontas, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States and was buried in Clinton-Garfield Cemetery, Rolfe, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States.)


Sources


1 <i>www.findagrave.com</i>, Find A Grave Memorial# 137964021. Cit. Date: 27 Oct 2017.

2 <i>FamilySearch Historical Files</i> (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGMD-KXP. Cit. Date: 21 Nov 2011.

3 <i>FamilySearch Historical Files</i> (www.familysearch.org), "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M81B-FJ8 : accessed 21 February 2017), Grover S Shriner, Fern Valley, Palo Alto, Iowa, United States; citing ED 192, sheet 6A, line 25, family 7, NAR. Cit. Date: 21 Feb 2017.


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