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Submitted by: MaryAnn (Hendrickson) Dunkin
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Husband: John G. GROFF
(GRAFE in Germany)
Birthdate: 10 Sep 1841
Birthplace: probably Hanover, Germany
Death date: 13 Jul 1901
Place of death: Taylor Co., Iowa (bu Guss Cemetery)
Father: Hienrick GRAFE
Mother: Dorothea KLUSMANN

Marriage date: ca 1872
Marriage place: Taylor Co., Iowa

Wife: Catherine E. GURNEY
Birthdate: 24 Mar 1852
Birthplace: Stark Co., Ohio
Death date: 27 Sep 1913
Place of death: Taylor Co., Iowa (bu Guss Cemetery)
Father: Peter GURNEY, b France
Mother: Mary Jane NORET, b France

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Henry GROFF
Sex: M
Birthdate: 30 Aug 1873
Birthplace: Taylor Co., Iowa
Death date: 7 Aug 1883
Place of death: Taylor Co., Iowa (bu Guss Cemetery)
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Child No. 2: Joseph Franklin (Joe) GROFF
Sex: M
Birthdate: 27 Sep 1874
Birthplace: Taylor Co., Iowa
Death date: 11 Jun 1953
Place of death: Nodaway, Adams Co., Iowa (bu Guss Cemetery)
Marriage date: 4 Jan 1899
Marriage place: Corning, Adams Co., Iowa
Spouse's name: Lena Elizabeth SPRING,
four children: John Franklin, Violet Marie, Grace Esther and Clifton Oliver GROFF.

Child No. 3: Mary J. GROFF
Sex: F
Birthdate: 4 Feb 1876
Birthplace: Taylor Co., Iowa
Death date: 6 Nov 1895
Place of death: Taylor Co., Iowa (bu Guss Cemetery)
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Child No. 4: Emma Margaret GROFF
Sex: F
Birthdate: 16 Apr 1877
Birthplace: Taylor Co., Iowa
Death date: 24 Jul 1959
Place of death: Great Falls, Cascade Co., Montana (bu Highland Cemetery)
Marriage date: ca 1900
Marriage place: Taylor Co., Iowa
Spouse's name: Edward IMBODEN,
four sons: Eugene Fred, Edward Leon, Orval Orlando and Loyd Oliver IMBODEN.

Child No. 5: Minnie GROFF
Sex:
Birthdate: 7 Dec 1879
Birthplace: Taylor Co., Iowa
Death date: 22 Feb 1968
Place of death: Lenox, Taylor Co., Iowa, bu Prairie Rose Cemetery
Marriage date: 3 Jul 1900
Marriage place: Taylor Co., Iowa
Spouse's name: George Franklin BYCROFT,
two children: Infant and Henry George BYCROFT.

Child No. 6: John Peter GROFF
Sex: M
Birthdate: 29 Mar 1881
Birthplace: Taylor Co., Iowa
Death date: 7 Jun 1965
Place of death: Villisca, Montgomery Co., Iowa, bu Guss Cemtery
Marriage date: 1/m, 30 Sep 1904, 2/m, 20 Oct 1909
Marriage place: probably Corning, Adams Co., Iowa
Spouse's name: 1/m to Edith OLESON,
one son: Harold Clifford GROFF,
2/m to Vonnie OLSON (sisters),
two dau:  Eva Marie and Hazel Pauline GROFF.

Child No. 7: Charles W. GROFF
Sex: M
Birthdate: 13 Mar 1883
Birthplace: Taylor Co., Iowa
Death date: 15 Mar 1883
Place of death: Taylor Co., Iowa, bu Guss Cemetery
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Child No. 8: Dolly M. GROFF
Sex: F
Birthdate: 30 Jul 1887
Birthplace: Taylor Co., Iowa
Death date: 3 Aug 1887
Place of death: Taylor Co., Iowa, bu Guss Cemetery
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Child No. 9: Cora Hulse GROFF
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1891
Birthplace: Taylor Co., Iowa
Death date: 1919
Place of death: Taylor Co., Iowa
Marriage date: ca 1904
Marriage place: Taylor Co., Iowa
Spouse's name: Fred FROST,
four dau: Letha, twins Neva and Nova and infant Dau FROST.
 

Documentation:
Family Group Sheets,
word of mouth via various family members,
tombstone inscriptions,
Federal Census Records,
Groff, Spring, Imboden, Noret and Gurney family histories.