LeRoy William Grosenbach1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 3956, (1910 - 1999)
FatherWilliam Henry Grosenbach4,5,6 (26 Jan 1884 - 22 Sep 1972)
MotherLaura Angelina Glabe7,8,9 (26 Oct 1886 - 4 Oct 1962)

Key Events:

Birth: 2 Jul 1910, Germanville, Livingston Co., Illinois10,11,12,13
Marriage: 25 Dec 1932, Elgin, Illinois, Helen Minerva George (20 Dec 1910 - 29 Oct 2000)14,15,16
Death: 2 Jan 1999, Arroyo Grande, California17,18
Burial: Hillcrest Memory Gardens, Morton, Tazewell Co., Illinois19
ChartsDescendants of Jakob and Anna Katharina Glebe
AncestryThe Glabe Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     LeRoy William Grosenbach was born on 2 Jul 1910 in Germanville, Livingston Co., Illinois.10,11,12,13
     He appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Germanville, Livingston Co., Illinois, in the household of his parents, William Henry Grosenbach and Laura Angelina Glabe.4
     He moved to McHenry Co. with his parents by 1930. He appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Marengo, McHenry Co., Illinois, in the household of his parents.5
     He was a salesman at a gas station at age 19.20
     LeRoy married Helen Minerva George, daughter of LeMont Ward George and Winifred Lydia York, on 25 Dec 1932 in Elgin, Illinois.14,15,16
     LeRoy and Helen moved to Tazewell Co. about 1934. They appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Washington, Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 16 Apr 1940, reporting they owned a home valued at $600, and that they had lived in Marengo, McHenry Co., in 1935. Their two children were listed as living with them. They were apparently living near his parents, as they were listed as the next household.21
     He was a mechanic at a Caterpillar Tractor manufacturing plant by 1940. That year he reported he had work 40 hours the last week of March, and 52 weeks the prior year, earning $1,300.21 He registered for the draft for World War II on 19 Oct 1940, while living at Washington, Tazewell Co., Illinois, reporting he was employed by Caterpillar Tractor Company, in East Peoria.1
     LeRoy and Helen moved to California about 1941. By 1947 they were living at 2130 Casitas Ave., Altadena.22 He was a diesel mechanic at a construction company by 1950.23,24,25,26
     LeRoy and Helen appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Altadena Twp., Los Angeles Co., California, at 2130 Vermont, enumerated 8 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm. Their five living children were listed as living with them.27
     LeRoy and Helen moved to 1933 Maiden Lane by 1962.28
     LeRoy and Helen moved to Arroyo Grande in 1972, where they lived at 601 Del Sol St..29,30
     LeRoy died on 2 Jan 1999 in Arroyo Grande, California, at age 88, at his home.17,18 He was buried in Hillcrest Memory Gardens, Morton, Tazewell Co., Illinois.19

Children:
     Children with Helen Minerva George

The other children of LeRoy and Helen are still living.
  • Ronald Howard Grosenbach31,32 (2 Oct 1938 - 4 Oct 1938)
  • Guy William Grosenbach27,33,34 (26 Sep 1940 - 15 Jun 2014)
  • Gary Lee Grosenbach27,33 (19 Jul 1946 - 30 Aug 2017)
  • Roy Gene Grosenbach27,33 (8 Sep 1949 - 10 Feb 2002)

Citations

  1. [S13032] Le Roy William Grosenbach, WWII Draft Registration Cards for Illinois, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947.
  2. [S8043] Will H. Grossenbach household, 1920 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows name as Le Roy W. Grossenbach.
  3. [S8044] Will H. Grosenbach household, 1930 U.S. Census, McHenry Co., Illinois, shows name as Leroy W. Grosenbach.
  4. [S8043] Will H. Grossenbach household, 1920 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois.
  5. [S8044] Will H. Grosenbach household, 1930 U.S. Census, McHenry Co., Illinois.
  6. [S8051] William Grosenbach obituary, The Pantagraph.
  7. [S8043] Will H. Grossenbach household, 1920 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  8. [S8044] Will H. Grosenbach household, 1930 U.S. Census, McHenry Co., Illinois, shows him as the son of her husband.
  9. [S8052] Laura Grosenbach obituary, The Pantagraph.
  10. [S8043] Will H. Grossenbach household, 1920 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Illinois, shows age 9 and state.
  11. [S13032] Le Roy William Grosenbach, WWII Draft Registration Cards for Illinois, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947, shows date, county, and state.
  12. [S8054] LeRoy W. Grosenbach obituary, Santa Maria Times, shows date, town, as Chatsworth, and state.
  13. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 66, shows date, town, as Germanville, and state.
  14. [S8053] Leroy Grosenbach household, 1940 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows married.
  15. [S13031] Le Roy Grosenbach household, 1950 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California, shows married.
  16. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 67, shows date, town, and state.
  17. [S8054] LeRoy W. Grosenbach obituary, Santa Maria Times, shows date, at his home, and he was of Arroyo Grande.
  18. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Leroy W. Grosenbach, Soc. Sec. No. 331-01-4054, shows date and last residence as 93420 Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California.
  19. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 18009892, LeRoy W. Grosenbach, includes tombstone photo.
  20. [S8044] Will H. Grosenbach household, 1930 U.S. Census, McHenry Co., Illinois, shows occupation as salesman, industry as gas station.
  21. [S8053] Leroy Grosenbach household, 1940 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  22. [S8058] Thurston's Pasadena City Directory, 1947, pg 337.
  23. [S8058] Thurston's Pasadena City Directory, 1947, pg 337, shows occupation as mech.
  24. [S13031] Le Roy Grosenbach household, 1950 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California, shows occupation as diesel mechanic and industry as construction co.
  25. [S8059] Polk's Pasadena City Directory, 1962, pg 260, shows occupation as heavy duty mech Kirst Constn Co.
  26. [S8054] LeRoy W. Grosenbach obituary, Santa Maria Times, shows occupation as heavy duty mechanic.
  27. [S13031] Le Roy Grosenbach household, 1950 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California.
  28. [S8059] Polk's Pasadena City Directory, 1962, pg 260.
  29. [S8054] LeRoy W. Grosenbach obituary, Santa Maria Times, shows he lived there since 1972.
  30. [S8060] Polk's San Luis Obispo City Directory, 1973, pg 192.
  31. [S3462] "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," FamilySearch.org, record for Donald Howard Grosenback, citing FHL# 1818997.
  32. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 18257315, Ronald Grosenbach, includes tombstone photo showing son of L.W. & H. M. Grosenbach.
  33. [S8054] LeRoy W. Grosenbach obituary, Santa Maria Times.
  34. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 67.