Death certificate lists DOB as Mar. 9 1868, 1870 and 1880 census list age as 4 and 14 making birth year 1866.
Jay and Ella divorce was filed May 16, 1900 from Ella's petition of March of that year. Grounds were habitual intoxication and domestic violence. Ella was granted sole custody of Claude. Court Costs were $14.58
http://montgomeryhoffmann.com/getperson.php?personID=I35589&tree=main
https://secure.apps.state.nd.us/doh/certificates/deathCertSearch.htm
Albert Crouch Obituary: Girard Cosmopolite Herald 9/1/1927. on file Erie County Library.
Death certificate of Jay A. Crouch, North Dakota State Department of Health dated June 5, 1944 and filed July 5, 1944
Divorce petition and decree, Ashtabula (OH) County Court docket 8439
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Dad had said they received a telegram that his grandfather died in Fargo ND. I recall dad saying 1939 but 1940 census has J. A. Crouch living in Fargo, born 1866 and links to referenced death certificate. Death certificate show being born in 1868, died in 1944.
1870 Springfield Twp. census record shows Jay being 4 years old. (transribed on Ancestery.com as "Day"
1880 Springfield Twp. census record shows name as "Croach" but other data matches.
1910 and 1919 City directories for Minneapolis show a Jay A Crouch. 1919 and 1928 City Directories show Jay Crouch in Sioux City Iowa. Also 1925 state census show him in Iowa.
Albert's obit in the Girard Cosmopolite Herald in 1927 lists Jay as being in North Dakota. Maybe a different Jay Crouch in Iowa.
1932 city directory has him listed in Fargo.
Jay is the man of mystery in my family