Grace Anguscile Anguseile (Ferguson) Steiger (1919 - 1984)

Born 8 Dec 1919 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Charles Edwin Steiger — married 8 Nov 1944 in Minneapolis, , MN, USA

Died 24 May 1984 at age 64 in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States

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Biography of Grace A. FERGUSON STEIGER of 1919

Grace Anguscile Ferguson born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota on December 8, 1919, the daughter of Clyde Atwood Ferguson and his wife Nancy May Berg.

Grace Anguscile Ferguson completed four years of high school.

Grace Anguscile Ferguson married Robert Steiger before 1943.

Grace Anguscile Ferguson joined the US Army as part of the Woman's Army Corp (WACs) on August 12, 1943, and she attained the rank of Private First Class, and then the rank of Sargent. Her skill was office machines. She enlisted for the duration of the war, plus six months. She served her country at least two and half years.

Grace Anguscile Ferguson became a published genealogist, and her work has been very helpful to building our branch of the family tree.

Grace Anguscile Ferguson passed away in South Carolina on May 29, 1984.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWYK-5BJ : accessed 4 November 2017), Grace A Ferguson in household of Clyde A Ferguson, Minneapolis Ward 7, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; citing ED 130, sheet 16A, line 19, family 372, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 835; FHL microfilm 1,820,835.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3ZY-P5D : accessed 4 November 2017), Grace Ferguson in household of Clyde A Ferguson, Minneapolis (Districts 1-250), Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 248, sheet A, line 41, family 304, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1099; FHL microfilm 2,340,834.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSK8-5YK : accessed 4 November 2017), Grace Ferguson, Ward 7, Minneapolis, Minneapolis City, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89-183, sheet 61A, line 31, family 241, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1982.

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8LW-3R4 : 5 December 2014), Grace F Steiger, enlisted 12 Aug 1943, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• Find A Grave Memorial# 23115343, created by N S Ferguson, Record added November 26, 2007 - https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23115343

• The Dunbar Family History of Robert Dunbar (1773-1831) and Descendants of His Ten Children, Vol 2, pg 494

Acknowledgements

This profile was created on 21 March 2011 through the import of Martin_O_Daniels_Lorentz_Toale.ged.

This profile updated Saturday, November 4, 2017 by Sharon Troy Centanne.

Older data to merge

Grace was born about 1920. She is the daughter of Clyde Ferguson and Nancy Berg.