Kenneth Sebastian Grosenbach1,2,3
ID# 3959, (1925 - 2016)
Father | William Henry Grosenbach4,5,2 (26 Jan 1884 - 22 Sep 1972) |
Mother | Laura Angelina Glabe6,7,2 (26 Oct 1886 - 4 Oct 1962) |
Charts | Descendants of Jakob and Anna Katharina Glebe |
Ancestry | The Glabe Family |
Narrative:
Kenneth Sebastian Grosenbach was born on 20 Aug 1925 in Chatsworth, Illinois.8,9He appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Marengo, McHenry Co., Illinois, in the household of his parents, William Henry Grosenbach and Laura Angelina Glabe.4
He moved to Tazewell Co. with his parents in 1935. He appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Washington, Tazewell Co., Illinois, in the household of his parents.5
Kenneth graduated from Washington High School.2
Kenneth was in the U.S. Navy during World War II, from 1946 to 1948.2
He was a trucker at a block construction company by 1950, reporting in the 1950 census he had worked 40 hours the prior week. He also reported working 48 weeks in 1949, earning $300 in wages or salary.10
He appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Washington, Tazewell Co., Illinois, in the household of his parents.11
Kenneth married a woman who is still living on 23 Jun 1951 in Peoria, Illinois.2
He was an operating engineer for Wiegand & Storrer, an excavation contractor in East Peoria, retiring in 1988.2
Kenneth died on 15 Aug 2016 in Washington, Illinois, at age 90, at his home.2 He was buried on 19 Aug 2016 in Hillcrest Memory Gardens, Morton, Illinois.2
Children:
Children with a woman who is still living:
The three children of Kenneth and his wife are still living.
Citations
- [S8044] Will H. Grosenbach household, 1930 U.S. Census, McHenry Co., Illinois, shows name as Kenneth S. Grosenbach.
- [S8055] Kenneth S. Grosenback obituary, Journal Star.
- [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 67, shows name as Kenneth Sebastian Grosenbach.
- [S8044] Will H. Grosenbach household, 1930 U.S. Census, McHenry Co., Illinois.
- [S8045] Willie H. Grosenbach household, 1940 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
- [S8044] Will H. Grosenbach household, 1930 U.S. Census, McHenry Co., Illinois, shows him as the son of her husband.
- [S8045] Willie H. Grosenbach household, 1940 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows him as the son of her husband.
- [S8055] Kenneth S. Grosenback obituary, Journal Star, shows date and town.
- [S8044] Will H. Grosenbach household, 1930 U.S. Census, McHenry Co., Illinois, shows age 4 and state.
- [S13109] William H. Grosenbach household, 1950 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows occupation as trucker and industry as block construction comp.
- [S13109] William H. Grosenbach household, 1950 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.