Kurt Paul Gruber (1906 - 1952)

Born 5 Feb 1906 in Tegau, Schleiz, Fürstentum Reuß jüngere Linie, Deutsches Reich

Died 20 Dec 1952 at age 46 in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Deutschland

Biography

Kurt Paul was a Jehovah's Witness and attended Watchtower Bible School of Gilead: 15th Graduating Class

This profile is part of the Kingdom Farm, Lansing, New York One Place Study.

Kurt, son of Friedrich Louis Gruber and Theresa MInna Kögler, was born 5 Feb 1906.

Kurt served as a missionary in Thailand.^[1] In 1950, Kurt traveled to the United States to attend the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead at Watchtower's Kingdom Farm at Lansing, New York.^[2][3][4] Kurt returned to Thailand and during the 1951 Convention, handled the whole program in Thai.^[5]

Kurt, child of Friedrich Louis Gruber & Theresia Minna Gruber, died (age 46) on 20 December 1952 in Frankfurt (Frankfurt am Main), Hessen (Hesse), Deutschland (Germany).^[6][7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses: 1991 Thailand Pages 186-252 Watchtower Online Library
2. ↑ Passenger List: "California, San Francisco Passenger Lists, 1893-1953"
   citing San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1410 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 2,381,198.
   FamilySearch Record: KXHD-L2Z (accessed 13 July 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-95GV-9VQ Image number 01288
   Name: Kurt Paul Gruber; Immigration Date: 1950; Immigration Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States; Birth Date: 1907; Birth Place: German; Age: 43; Ship Name: President Madison.
3. ↑ Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses 1950 Pages 39-49 Ordained Ministers WT Archive Online
4. ↑ 1950 Census: "United States 1950 Census"
   citing Page: 23; Line: 7;
   FamilySearch Record: 6X58-LJ6G (accessed 13 July 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QHN-PQHW-S4J6
   Kurt Gruber (46), single lodger, in household of Kurt Gruber (46 years) in Lansing, Lansing, Tompkins, New York, United States. Born in Hailand.
5. ↑ "Theocracy’s Increase in Southeast Asia", database The Watchtower (Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, Brooklyn, New York 1951) September 1, 1951 Page 465-471 Watchtower Online Library
6. ↑ Death: "Hesse, Germany, Deaths, 1851-1958"
   Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv; Wiesbaden, Deutschland; Personenstandsregister Sterberegister; Bestand: 294; Laufende Nummer: 903; Certificate Number: 7/III
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61119 #1794356 (accessed 13 July 2023)
   Kurt Paul Gruber death 20 Dec 1952 (born 5 Feb 1906), child of Friedrich Louis Gruber & Theresia Minna Gruber, in Frankfurt (Frankfurt am Main), Hessen (Hesse), Deutschland (Germany).
7. ↑ Death: "Germany, Hesse, Frankfurt, Civil Registration Deaths Indexes, 1928-1978"
   citing Death, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Deutschland, Hessisches Staatsarchiv, Marburg und Institut für Stadtgeschichte, Frankfurt (Hesse State Archives, Marburg, and Institute of Urban History, Frankfurt); FHL microfilm 100,201,893.
   FamilySearch Record: QKVW-NTWQ (accessed 13 July 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89XZ-QVR6 Image number 00073
   Kurt Paul Gruber death 20 Dez 1952 (born 5 Feb 1906) in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Deutschland.
8. ↑ Death: "Germany, Hesse, Frankfurt, Civil Registration Deaths Indexes, 1928-1978"
   citing Death, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Deutschland, Hessisches Staatsarchiv, Marburg und Institut für Stadtgeschichte, Frankfurt (Hesse State Archives, Marburg, and Institute of Urban History, Frankfurt); FHL microfilm 100,201,891.
   FamilySearch Record: QKVW-NPW5 (accessed 13 July 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89XZ-Q9GX Image number 00066
   Kurt Paul Gruber death 20 Dez 1952 (born 5 Feb 1906) in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Deutschland.

• "Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses" (Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, Brooklyn, New York 1927-)