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Research in Other Countries => United States of America => US Lookup Requests => Topic started by: stephen lewis on Wednesday 04 September 13 22:41 BST (UK)
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Alfred G Grisdale died in Normandy in July 1944, shortly after D Day. He was a Corporal with the 32 Reg of the 3rd Armored Division. He joined the army in 1941 in Detroit and was supposedly born in 1916 and a (later) resident of Macomb County. Even though I am the 'family historian' of the Grisdale family I can't find any mention of his birth or any other reference to him. Can anyone help?
Stephen Lewis
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What were his parents' names?
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That's the problem, except for the military records I can find nothing at all and I know all the other Michigan Grisdales!!
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This may be Alfred in 1930 but he is a boarder with a bunch of other young boys and I don't have access to the original image to see more details. I haven't found him in 1920.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQ1S-VBP
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Well this certainly seems to be him! Thanks. He might be the son of George Alwyn Grisdale born in Canada and Lucy Dexter born in US, who married in Michigan in 1914. But I still can't find anything for Alfred's birth or in the 1920 or 1940 censuses
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Trouble is, George and Lucy can be found in Michigan in 1920, 1930 and 1940 with their children which do not include Alfred.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZWC-H5Z
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQ1R-QFK
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K4P7-L4K
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Yes indeed. As I said I have all the Grisdales in Michigan (and Canada) in my system and can see there is no Alfred. but he did exist and just maybe he fits into the gap of their children. Also Alfred is a name in this family and it would help to know what the G stands for? Sometimes people changed the order of their names i.e. G Albert? Still a mystery!
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There isn't much of a gap. George and Lucy have a son Earl born in about 1916.
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http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.grisdale/30.2.2/mb.ashx
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Earl born oct 1915 but re the link you sent I had seen this but was intrigued by:
Re: GRISDALE family photo abt 1945 Detroit, Michigan PLEASE VIEW
graphyteone (View posts)
Posted: 30 Jul 2011 6:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Grisdale
I just came across your old posts. I think the photo Joe posted was mine. I think he may have died in the meantime. His family tree - which was quite nice, has been down for some time. He was in the photo in the back. My dad is a small child in it. Most of my older Grisdale family members are gone and I wish I had known to print out that tree. I only corresponded with him via email and don't think I ever met him. I will scan the photo again and post it online somewhere and let you know where it is via this message board. Maybe we can reconstruct the tree and find out if we are related? Joe was the illegitimate child of my grandfather Ernest Grisdale's brother. I think his name might have been Alfred Grisdale but can't remember.
This Ernest is probably Earle's brother
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I just found your post and wanted to let you know that my mother (Pearl) was a Grisdale.
My maternal grandparents are Ernie and Pearl Grisdale.
Please tell me how you are a Grisdale?
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I just found your post and wanted to let you know that my mother (Pearl) was a Grisdale.
My maternal grandparents are Ernie and Pearl Grisdale.
Please tell me how you are a Grisdale?
Have a look here: https://grisdalefamily.wordpress.com/