Gregory Genealogy

My Gregory Family History

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(For privacy purposes, data from my parents generation onward is minimal.
Contact me for possible additional details on information after 1900.)

Descendants of John Gregory

Generation No. 1

1. John¹ GREGORY was born in Germany. He married Minerva Harrich.

Child of John GREGORY and Minerva Harrich is:

2. i. George Thomas² GREGORY

Generation No. 2

2. George Thomas² GREGORY (John¹) was born may 21, 1853 in Richmond, Virginia, and died January 20, 1900 in Mount Vernon, Washington. He married Eva GRACE December 21, 1881 in Perryville, Arkansas, daughter of Gilbert GRACE and Eliza FALKNER.

Note for George Thomas GREGORY: George was a charter member of the Sedro-Woolley Masonic Lodge and a member of the Carpenters & Joiners Union Local 349, card #100, of Sacramento, California in 1889. He died in a mill accident in Mount Vernon, Washington on January 20, 1900.

Children of George GREGORY and Eva GRACE¹ are:

     i. Herbert GREGORY, born about 1887; died about 1888.

3. ii. Minnie Grace GREGORY, born March 3, 1888 in Perryville, Arkansas;
        died January 4, 1965 in Mount Vernon, Washington.

4. iii. Sibyl Ruth GREGORY, born July 12, 1891 in Sedro-Woolley,
         Washington; died March 28, 1951 in Sedro-Woolley, Washington.

    iv. Roy Lynn GREGORY, born June 17, 1893 in Sedro-Woolley,
         Washington; died July 4, 1959 in Everett, Washington²; married
         Aubrey SMITH.

    v. Rhoda Estella GREGORY, born June 24, 1895 in Sedro-Woolley,
        Washington; died September 11, 1895 in Sedro-Woolley, Washington.

5. vi. Beulah GREGORY, born October 8, 1897 in Sedro-Woolley,
         Washington; died September 1, 1936 in Seattle, Washington.

Generation No. 3

3. Minnie Grace³ GREGORY (George Thomas², John¹) was born March 3, 1888 in Perryville, Arkansas, and died January 4, 1965 in Mount Vernon, Washington. She married John Samuel ZIEGLER September 20, 1911 in Sedro-Woolley, Washington^4,5, son of John ZIEGLER and Sara SWIFT.

Note for Minnie Grace GREGORY: She was known as Aunt Grace by her many students, but was Grandma to me.

Grandma had a lovely voice, could really tickle the ivories. She taught music to dozens of students during her lifetime. I was fascinated by stories she would tell of playing the piano for silent movies and being an "entertainer" for the first Seattle World's Fair that was held about 1908.

One of her favorite hobbies was working the crossword puzzle out of the Seattle Post Intelligencer. Grandma would make about 10 copies of each puzzle, certain that one of them had to be the winner! She was a marvelous cook and made a really scrumptious lemon pie. She was artistic, wrote poems (some published), short stories and wrote the lyrics and words to a song.

She never did learn to drive a car and claimed to be hard of hearing. However, if someone mentioned the word GO (even in a whisper), she had her hat and coat on in the blink of an eye.

Always the entertainer, Grandma loved sequins, sparkles and pretty pins on her clothes. She truly enjoyed performing, even to playing a lively rendition of Happy Birthday for me a few months before she passed away.

Children of (Minnie) Grace GREGORY and John ZIEGLER are:

6. i. John Gregory⁴ ZIEGLER

7. ii. Sibyl Grace ZIEGLER

8. iii. Eileen Imogene ZIEGLER

4. Sibyl Ruth³ GREGORY (George Thomas², John¹) was born July 12, 1891 in
    Sedro-Woolley, Washington, and died March 28, 1951 in Sedro-Woolley,
    Washington. She married Edward Melton SANDERS April 27, 1910.

5. Beulah³ GREGORY(George Thomas², John¹) was born October 8, 1897 in
    Sedro-Woolley, Washington, and died September 1, 1936 in Seattle,
    Washington. She married (1) William WOODS. She married (2) Andrew
    RHODER.

Child of Beulah GREGORY and William WOODS is:

    i. Wilma³ WOODS, born July 22, 1918 in Sedro-Woolley,
       Washington.

Generation No. 4

6. John Gregory⁴ Ziegler(Minnie Grace³, George Thomas², John¹)
     married Inas Ilene CURTIS in Cedarhome, Washington
     daughter of James CURTIS and Edna HOLETON.

7. Sibyl Grace⁴ ZIEGLER (Minnie Grace³, George Thomas², John¹)
     married William Alvie GRACE.

8. Eileen Imogene ZIEGLER married James Victor CURTIS in
     Stanwood, Washington, son of James CURTIS and Edna
     HOLETON.

Endnotes

1. Marriage License for Eva Grace and George Gregory, Page 7 of Book "A" of Marriage Records - Perry County, Arkansas, Returned and filed for record, December 26th 1881.Great-Grandma was 17; Great-Grandpa was 27. "Original" document -- looks like the Justice of Peace signed in crayon!

2. Newspaper Obituary, Died on the 4th of July. Obituary states, "Funeral services for Roy L. Gregory, 66, of 1407 Rockerfeller Ave, who died in a local hospital on Saturday morning, will be Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock.....

3. Birth Certificate for Grandma, No Citation Page Indicated -, Official Arkansas "copy" of birth certificate (Bureau of Vital Statistics), naming George Thomas Gregory, born Richmond Virginia, as father and Eva Grace (Gregory), born in Mississippi, as mother.

4. Grandpa's "Newspaper" Obituary, John Ziegler and Grace Gregory were united in marriage in Sedro-Woolley on September 20, 1911. For a number of years the family resided in a home on the Cook Road.

5. Marriage Certificate for John Ziegler and Grace Gregory, 3463, Filing information not indicated. Witnessed by Roy Gregory and Bessie Ziegler.