Lester
Jay
McGrew
Born in Menard County, Illinois
Ancestors 
Son of James Reed McGrew
and Julia (Moutardier) McGrew
Brother of
Alonzo R. McGrew, William R. McGrew, Barney Lee McGrew, Grace May (McGrew) Proctor and Charles P. McGrew
Husband of
Patsy Jane (Neposchlan) McGrew
— married
31 Dec 1936 in Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan
Father of
Victor R. McGrew, [private son (1930s - unknown)], Sylvia (McGrew) Elmer, [private son (1940s - unknown)], [private daughter (1950s - unknown)], [private son (1950s - unknown)] and Jimmy (Mcgrew) McGrew
Died
at age 82
in Comstock, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Jun 2018
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Biography
- Lester was born in 1907 to Jim McGrew and Julia Moutardier, and passed away in 1990.
- My Dad lived a very structured life, almost military in style - necessary in a small home with only two bedrooms yet a population of NINE! (two parents, five boys and two girls.) Dad used every bit of space the home had to offer. Sit down meals were served in the basement and the boys slept in the attic. The one meager bathroom was like Grand Central Station.
- All our activities were, well, ORDERED. For example, we could not drink our milk until our plates had been cleaned. Not to say we had no fun. Dad would put together summer weekend camp outs in northern Michigan -imagine our fully loaded auto as it pulled away from 6431 Mead Street! At other times when Irish tempers would flare between two brothers my Dad would send them to the basement and set them to bare fist boxing where the rounds ended only when the loser gave up or ones eyes glazed over. No one ever threw in the towel.
Sources
- 1910 US Census: Hurlbut, Logan County, Illinois
- 1920 US Census: Springfield Precinct 13, Sangamon County, Illinois
- 1930 US Census: Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
- 1940 US Census: Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan
- Michigan Marriage Records, 1867-1952 (at Ancestry.com)
- Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996 (at Ancestry.com)
- Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- Ancestry Public Member Tree
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lester by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lester by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Bobby McGrew
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #883499
- Barton Musick :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup U5b2b3a1, FTDNA kit #180224
- Anita (Raymer) Hopper :
Mitochondrial DNA Test, haplogroup U5b2b3a1
- Rod Jones :
Mitochondrial DNA Test, haplogroup U5b2b3a1
-
~3.12%
R. Mcgrew :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a989514 [compare], Ancestry member rmcgrew
-
~3.12%
~12.50%
Avil Lindsey :
AncestryDNA
-
~3.12%
Ruth (Meredith) Conley :
MyHeritage DNA
-
~2.34%
~6.25%
Grey Vincent :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cavb8116
-
~1.56%
Kenneth Meredith :
23andMe, GEDmatch M982452 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Wayne Decker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A579261 [compare], Ancestry member marilyn3867
-
~1.56%
Jerry Decker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A312065 [compare], Ancestry member jdgea
-
~1.56%
~9.38%
Barton Musick :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T951297 [compare], FTDNA kit #180224
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch SW5330747 [compare]
-
~1.56%
R. Morgan Johnson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T126435 [compare], FTDNA kit #16737
-
~1.56%
~3.12%
Esther (Crain) Turner :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T245562 [compare]
-
~1.17%
Sara (Duvall) Cummings :
23andMe
-
~1.17%
~1.56%
Kathie (Ashley) Nelson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A901375 [compare], Ancestry member kendalnelson
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T245562 [compare], FTDNA kit #753511
-
~1.17%
Valtas Hockenbury :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member valtas_hockenbury
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Debra (Taylor) Potter :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NC6537010 [compare], Ancestry member momaduck
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch MM1923051 [compare], FTDNA kit #897722
-
~0.78%
Wayne Diemer :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member wayneky21
-
~0.78%
Len Saltsman :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.78%
Greg Tyree :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Greg_Tyree
-
~0.78%
Chester Carroll :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A026476 [compare], Ancestry member rlcarr03
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