Happy Mothers' Day!

Happy Mothers’ Day

In Memory of my Mother,
who taught us the value of family,

& All my Grandmothers

From: ImageChef

My mother,

Alberta Joy (Gardner)Brown

My Grandmothers:

Ivy Regina (Mark)Brown

Helen F. (Coyle)Gardner

My Great Grandmothers:

Rose Ella (Brumfield)Brown

Nancy Regina V.(Gruissy) Mark

Fannie (Edelstein) Gardner

Mary Josephine(Mullane) Coyle

My 2x Great Grandmothers:

Emmaline (Smith)Brown

Martha Elizabeth (Alford) Brumfield

Elidia Rebecca(Ritter) Mark

Esther Barbara (Wolf)Gruissy

Devorah Dora (Horn) Gartner

Netty (Grofs) Edelstein

Margaret (Brady)Coyle

Brigid (English)Mullane

My [known] 3x Great Grandmothers:

Mary Polly (Spurlock)Brown

Euseba (Fortenberry)Smith

Charlotte Temple(Ott) Brumfield

Martha P. (Smith) Alford

Mary Isabella(Heffelfinger) Mark

Isabell (Fisher) Ritter

Mary (Grorisclauss) Gruissy

Elizabeth(Burkholder) Wolf

Mary (Cunningham) Coyle

Catherine (Gibney) Brady

Julia (Sullivan) Mullane

Ellen (Hogan) English

My [known] 4x Great Grandmothers:

Barbara (Straum) Gruissy

Esther Barbara (Shaffer) Wolf

Elizabeth (Mowrey) Heffelfinger

Anna Mariah Ritter

Catherine Fisher

Margaret (Kelly) Brumfield

Margaret (Jackson) Ott

Elizabeth (Bryant) Alford

Joanna (Dillon) Smith

Sarah (Robertson) Brown

Violette (Kennington)Fortenberry

My [known] 5x Great Grandmothers:

Mary (Durham) Kelly

Anne (Lawrence) Dillon

Jemimah (Hollis) Smith

Martha Kennington

Hannah (Hubanks) Faulkenberry

Mary Elizabeth Ott

My [known] 6x Great Grandmothers:

Margaret (Collough) Durham

Ann (Ashley) Lawrence

My [known] 7x Great Grandmothers:

Elizabeth (Nichols) Lawrence

Lucretia Ann (Hicks) Ashley

And all those Names yet to be Uncovered!

Forget Me Not: Mary Magdalene Gruissy Lutz, 1917 OH

I have recently been inspired to revisit the Gruissy/Creasy branches of my family. This is due to the influence of Carole Morrison Moser & Sharon Leber Ambrose. We share Augustus Ceaser Gruissy as our 2nd great grandfather. Augustus had three wives. These wonderful cousins are descendants of his first wife, Mary Ann Everett Gruissy & I am a descendant of his second wife, Esther Barbara Wolf Gruissy. Carole recently discovered my blog & website and contacted me. We have been sharing & comparing since then. Carole sent these fabulous photographs & I found the obituary at Newspapers.com. Working together with cousins makes the research even more fun!

Mary Magdalene (Gruissy) Lutz

23 Nov. 1865 OH – 10 July 1917 OH

Daughter of  Augustus Ceaser Gruissy & Mary Ann Everett

Photograph from Carole Morrison Moser

Mrs. Albert Lutz Dies in Findlay. Word was received Wednesday of the death of Mr. Albert Lutz, aged 51, wife of “AJ” Lutz, which occurred at Sheppard Sanitarium, Findlay, O., at 5:30 o’clock Tuesday evening, July 10^th. Mrs. Lutz had been in poor health for a number of years, which necessitated Mr. Lutz giving up his restaurant business, which he conducted for a number of years at White Front. After seeing out Mr. and Mrs. Lutz went to St. Petersburg, Fla., and have spent some time at Chippewa Lake and Canton since their return, Mrs. Lutz being treated at the later place for cancer. Mrs. Lutz was born near Leroy and spent the greater portion of her life in Medina County. Besides her husband she leaves a sister, Mrs. P. J. Moore [Caroline L. Gruissy Moore] at Chippewa Lake and another sister in Wadsworth. [Mary had three other sisters. Margaret Jane Gruissy Morrison was a full sister. Two half sisters were Rephenia Cathern Gruissy Nichols and N. Regina V. Gruissy Mark.] She was an aunt of Mrs. Art Young of Medina and Mrs. John Canavan of Lakewood.

The body was shipped to Medina and taken to the home of her sister at Chippewa Lake. Funeral services will be held from the Methodist Church at 1:30 o’clock today (Friday), Rev. Phillip Kelser, officiating. Interment will be made in Spring Grove cemetery.

Source: Mrs. Albert Lutz Dies in Findlay (Medina, OH: The Medina Sentinel, 13 July 1917) 1; digital image, Newspapers.com: accessed March 2018.

Photograph of the A. F. Lutz Restaurant

Courtesy of Carole Morrison Moser

date unknown

Photo from FindAGrave, Memorial #69873001

Spring Grove Cemetery, Medina, Ohio

Note: I wish I could read the inscription on this tombstone.

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• Augustus Ceaser Gruissy
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Philip M. Creasy in Ohio Newspapers

Philip M. Creasy

Jan 1868 OH – 17 Mar 1934 OH

Son of Christian Gruissy & Mary Wise

Philip and others in our Gruissy family used Creasy as their surnames. According ot my paternal grandmother, they wanted to sound more ‘American’. Philip married Mary Wasem 8 March 1888 in Ohio. They lived in the Beach City area. Their son was Harry Lewis Creasy, b 10 May 1891. Family members told me he ran a grocery and census reports supported that. Those reports show Philip as a grocer [1900 Beach City], as a salesman in a grocery store [1910 Beach City] or as the proprietor of grocery store [1920 Beach City].

My great aunt, Wava Alice (Mark) Braun gave me a photo of Philip and his grocery store. Signs in the window read, “Grocery”, “Notions” and “Creasy”. My great aunt said he also sold home made medicines.

Philip Creasy & his Grocery, Beach City, Ohio

Photograph from Wava Alice (Mark) Brown

I decided to search Newspapers.com to see if Philip had advertised in the local newspapers. I did not find any advertisements but I did find a report of a robbery at his store and his obituary which mentions his store.

Burglars Busy in Beach City

Beach City, Aug 24. – Burglars early Sunday morning broke into the Standard Oil filling station and the Philip Creasy grocery. Entrance was gained by breaking open transoms. Nothing was taken from the gasoline filling station but $10 in change and a strong box were stolen from the grocery store. The strong box was found Sunday a short distance from the store. It had not been opened.

Source: Burglars Busy in Beach City (Massillon, OH: The Evening Independent, 24 August 1931) 8; digital image, Newspapers.com: accessed March 2018.

Obituary

Philip Creasy, 66, a grocer of Beach City for the past 32 years, died at his home this morning following a stroke sustained Jan. 10. He is survived by his widow Mrs. Mary Creasy; a son H. L. Creasy, of Beach City; one grandchild, a brother, A. A. Creasy, of Beach City; two sisters, Mrs. S. E. Leiser, of Concordia, Mo., and Mrs. Catherine Boerngen, of Massillon.

The funeral will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the U. B. church, Beach City. The Rev. Ira Swezey will officiate. Interment will be made in the Beach City cemetery.

Source: Philip Creasy (Massillon, OH: The Evening Independent, 17 March 1934) 2; digital image, Newspapers.com: accessed March 2018.

Forget Me Not: Aaron Creasy, 1944 OH

Aaron Creasy

August 1868 OH – July 1944 OH

Son of Christian Gruissy & Mary Wise

Aaron Creasy

Photo courtesy of Carole Morrison Moser

Aaron Creasy, 78, retired farmer and lifelong resident of Beach City vicinity, died yesterday afternoon at his home after six months illness. He was a member of the U. B. church at beach City. Survivors include his wife, Etta; one son, S. E. Creasy of Route 1, Navarre, who is owner of the Creasy Arms Co.; one sister, Mrs. Lucy Lieser of Concordia, Mo., and one grandson. Funeral services will be conducted at the Adams-Lantzer Funeral Home in Beach City at 2 p.m. Thursday, with the Rev. V. C. Stamets of the Navarre U. B. church, officiating. Burial will be in South Lawn cemetery, Beach City. Friends may call at the funeral parlor after 4 p.m. today.

Source: Death Claims Aaron Creasy (New Philadelphia, OH: The Daily Times, 19 July 1944) 8; digital image, Newspapers.com: accessed March 2018.

South Lawn Cemetery, Beach City, Ohio

Photo from my 2010 trip to Ohio

Aaron & Family