Title:
Grier Family
Accession:
1991.10.02
Catalog Date:
04/07/2001
Collection:
KSHS Additional Material
Item ID:
5—014
Notes:
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Ada Grier:
Born: 23 Oct
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: "They came to the Unity from the west, and I believe Oklahoma. The two older boys did not stay long, and do not believe they came to Estero. Bessie and Jessie were twins. They came to Florida but soon left. Ada was Lovelle's age. We never thought she paid much attention to her school studies but, when she became angry at
someone, as often happened, and sounded off about that person, the big words she used, and generally correctly, were amazing. Everybody in the dormitory would gather around for it was well worth listening to. She married Carlton Case."
U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida/1910: Ada Grier; Age 20; Single; Place of birth: Kansas; Place of birth of father: Iowa; Place of birth of mother: Ohio; Occupation: student.
Magazine Article——GULFSHORE LIFE: October 1995; Page 27; Column 3; (Ada Case, Grandmother of Bill Grace, a Fort Myers attorney)
MEMORIES, MEMORIES——DAYS OF LONG AGO chronicled by Marie McCready with participation by Lovelle McCready: Ada Grier, bitten by a white pet rat called Dreyfus——page 39. "After the Griers came with their daughter Ada, two children by the same name caused confusion, as they were the same age and together most of the time——especially after I went to the children's cottage. Ada was the youngest of the family and pretty much a law unto herself so, when somebody would go to her mother about some little infraction of the rules, whether Lovelle had taken part or not, she was always included, and Tillie Grier, a slow moving, slow speaking little woman, always referred to them as "The Two Hades." As Ada was not Lovelle's name, anyway, it was decided to use her second one, and that was it from then on."——page 47
THE FLAMING SWORD; Community Current Events by D. J. Richards; January 1931: "Brother John Grier has returned to the Unity after an absence of several months. His son, Harry Grier, of Los Anglees, Calif., accompanied by his wife, paid the Unity a visit recently, with Mrs. Carlton Case of Fort Myers, a daughter of Brother John. Mrs. Case spent her girlhood in the Unity, both in Chicago and Estero."
1900 U. S. Federal Census; Calument Township; Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Film Roll No. 285; Page No. 285; SD No. 1; Ed No. 986; Sheet No. 12; Ward of City: 31; Enumeration Date: 13 June 1900: Ada Grier; Residence: 99th Street, Dwelling 133; Relation to head of family: Boarder; Color, white; Sex, female; Month of birth: October; Year of birth: 1889; Age at last birthday: 10; Single; Place of birth: Kansas; Place of birth of father: Ohio; Place of birth of mother: Ohio; Occupation: Nothing listed; Can read: Nothing listed; Can write: Nothing listed; Can speak English: Nothing listed.
Born: 23 Oct
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: "They came to the Unity from the west, and I believe Oklahoma. The two older boys did not stay long, and do not believe they came to Estero. Bessie and Jessie were twins. They came to Florida but soon left. Ada was Lovelle's age. We never thought she paid much attention to her school studies but, when she became angry at
someone, as often happened, and sounded off about that person, the big words she used, and generally correctly, were amazing. Everybody in the dormitory would gather around for it was well worth listening to. She married Carlton Case."
U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida/1910: Ada Grier; Age 20; Single; Place of birth: Kansas; Place of birth of father: Iowa; Place of birth of mother: Ohio; Occupation: student.
Magazine Article——GULFSHORE LIFE: October 1995; Page 27; Column 3; (Ada Case, Grandmother of Bill Grace, a Fort Myers attorney)
MEMORIES, MEMORIES——DAYS OF LONG AGO chronicled by Marie McCready with participation by Lovelle McCready: Ada Grier, bitten by a white pet rat called Dreyfus——page 39. "After the Griers came with their daughter Ada, two children by the same name caused confusion, as they were the same age and together most of the time——especially after I went to the children's cottage. Ada was the youngest of the family and pretty much a law unto herself so, when somebody would go to her mother about some little infraction of the rules, whether Lovelle had taken part or not, she was always included, and Tillie Grier, a slow moving, slow speaking little woman, always referred to them as "The Two Hades." As Ada was not Lovelle's name, anyway, it was decided to use her second one, and that was it from then on."——page 47
THE FLAMING SWORD; Community Current Events by D. J. Richards; January 1931: "Brother John Grier has returned to the Unity after an absence of several months. His son, Harry Grier, of Los Anglees, Calif., accompanied by his wife, paid the Unity a visit recently, with Mrs. Carlton Case of Fort Myers, a daughter of Brother John. Mrs. Case spent her girlhood in the Unity, both in Chicago and Estero."
1900 U. S. Federal Census; Calument Township; Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Film Roll No. 285; Page No. 285; SD No. 1; Ed No. 986; Sheet No. 12; Ward of City: 31; Enumeration Date: 13 June 1900: Ada Grier; Residence: 99th Street, Dwelling 133; Relation to head of family: Boarder; Color, white; Sex, female; Month of birth: October; Year of birth: 1889; Age at last birthday: 10; Single; Place of birth: Kansas; Place of birth of father: Ohio; Place of birth of mother: Ohio; Occupation: Nothing listed; Can read: Nothing listed; Can write: Nothing listed; Can speak English: Nothing listed.
Description:
This laminated photo shows Mary, Ada (Case), Cora, Julia and Ruth Gier.
People:
Grier, Mary
Grier, Ada (Case)
Grier, Cora
Grier, Julia
Grier, Ruth
Grier, Ada (Case)
Grier, Cora
Grier, Julia
Grier, Ruth
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Grier Family
Grier Family