Alma Leona (Griesel) Mason (1899 - 1962)

Born 17 Jun 1899 in Belden, Cedar Co., Nebraska, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Clarence Edgar Mason — married 2 Aug 1917 in Woodbury, Iowa

Descendants

Died 23 Oct 1962 at age 63 in Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Birth

Alma was born on the 17th of June, 1899.

Marriage

Alma married Clarence Mason on August 2, 1917, in Sioux City, Iowa.^[1]

Census Information

1900 Coleridge and Belden Villages, Cedar, Nebraska, United States

Household members, role, age, birthplace:

George Griesel, head, 31, Wisconsin

Nellie Griesel, wife, 23, Illinois

Vida Griesel, daughter, 4, Illinois

Alma Griesel, daughter, 1, Nebraska^[2]

1910 Belden, Cedar, Nebraska, United States

Household members, role, age, birthplace:

George Mickel Grusil, head, 41, Wsconsin

Nellie Grusil, wife, 32, Illinois

Vida Leota Grusil, daughter, 13, Nebraska

Alma Leona Grusil, daughter, 10, Nebraska

Gilbert Morrice Grusil, son, 8, Nebraska

Irma Grusil, daughter, 0, Nebraska^[3]

1920 Randolph, Cedar, Nebraska, United States

Household members, role, age, birthplace:

Thomas Mahoney, head, 41, Iowa

Anna Mahoney, wife, 29, Iowa

Clarence Mason, roomer, 27, Nebraska

Alma Mason, roomer, 20, Nebraska

Byron Mason, roomer, 1, Nebraska

Gladys Mason, roomer, 0, Nebraska

1930 Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States

Household members, role, age, birthplace:

Clarence Mason, head, 38, Nebraska

Elma Mason, wife, 30, Nebraska

Byron Mason, son, 11, Nebraska

Gladys Mason, daughter, 10, Nebraska

Margaret E. Mason, mother, 59, Nebraska^[4]

1940 Ward 11, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States

Household members, role, age, birthplace:

Clarence E. Mason, head, 48, Nebraska

Alma Mason, wife, 40, Nebraska

Byron Mason, daughter, 21, Nebraska

Note: Census entry child mash-up. Unsure whether son, Byron, or daughter, Gladys was living with Clarence and Alma. Family Search's index has an F for female, whereas the image of the original document shows there is actually an M for male. It is likely son due to age.^[5]

Death

Alma passed away on October 23, 1962, in Rochester, Minnesota, United States.^[6]

Burial

Find A Grave: Memorial #142627421

Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States

Sources

1. ↑ Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
2. ↑ 1900 US Census
3. ↑ 1910 US Census
4. ↑ 1930 US Census
5. ↑ 1940 US Census
6. ↑ Minnesota Death Index

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3BG-MSM : accessed 5 September 2017), Alma Griesel in household of George Griesel, Precincts 10 & 14 Coleridge & Belden villages, Cedar, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40, sheet 1B, family 12, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,919.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLWY-MPB : accessed 5 September 2017), Alma Leona Grusil in household of George Mickel Grusil, Belden, Cedar, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 44, sheet 7B, family 22, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 840; FHL microfilm 1,374,853.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCVJ-T8D : accessed 11 September 2017), Alma Mason in household of Thomas Mahoney, Randolph, Cedar, Nebraska, United States; citing ED 50, sheet 7B, line 64, family 160, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 983; FHL microfilm 1,820,983.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ2M-MX1 : accessed 11 September 2017), Elma Mason in household of Clarence E Mason, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 46, sheet 2A, line 19, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1286; FHL microfilm 2,341,021.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9M8-SVW : accessed 11 September 2017), Alma Mason in household of Clarence E Mason, Ward 11, Lincoln, Lincoln City, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 55-63, sheet 15A, line 39, family 411, 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 2255.
• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QJDS-588F : 4 November 2017), Clarence Edgar Mason and Alma Leona Griesel, 02 Aug 1917, Woodbury, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,451,553.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QK1X-F9Q7 : 11 July 2016), Alma Leona Griesel Mason, 1962; Burial, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States of America, Lincoln Memorial Park; citing record ID 142627421, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 January 2018), memorial page for Alma Leona Griesel Mason (17 Jun 1899–23 Oct 1962), Find A Grave Memorial no. 142627421, citing Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA ; Maintained by gnealg (contributor 47339533) .
• "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4WZ-YWS : 4 December 2014), Mrs. Alma Mason, 23 Oct 1962; from "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Olmsted, Minnesota, record 1514986, certificate number 013943, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis.