Gromeaux, Louis William

Also Known As Gromeaux, Louis William
Also Known As Gromeaux, William
Gramps ID I8160
Gender male
Age at Death 82 years, 8 months, 28 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1880 Indiana, USA  
 
Census 1880 Jackson Twp, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a
Census 1900 Jackson Twp, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
2a
Census 1910 Jackson Twp, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
3a
Census 1920 Jackson Twp, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
4a
Census 1930 Jackson Twp, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
5a
Census 1940 Jackson Twp, Allen Cty, Indiana, USA  
6a
Death 1962-09-29 Defiance Cty, Ohio, USA  
7a
Burial   Catholic Cemetery, Auburn, DeKalb Cty, Indiana, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Gromeaux, François [I8134]18521931
Mother Cayot, Marie Catherine [I1727]18471940-09-16
    Brother     Gromeaux, Elie Frank [I8158] 1874-06-08 1940
    Sister     Gromeaux, Alice [I8159] 1877 1968
         Gromeaux, Louis William [I8160] 1880 1962-09-29
    Sister     Gromeaux, Jane Mary [I8153] 1882-12-11 1971-01-14
    Sister     Gromeaux, Julia Nora [I8152] 1884-10-08 1972

Narrative

Note: Louis William Gromeaux's birthdate and residences

Despite having lived nearly his entire life with his parents, I have not been able to establish much detail to the life of Louis William Gromeaux. The earliest record I can find for him is the 1880 US Census for his parents' household, which names him William (with the surname misspelled phonetically as "Gramout") in Jackson Twp, Allen Cty, Indiana; the original census form quite clearly lists his age as three months, with a birth month of March (with a date of 29 Jun 1880 on the form).

Following this was the 1900 US Census listing for his parents' household, listing him as a farm laborer (presumably in the employ of his father) - and on this form, his birthdate is reported as Dec 1881 and his age as eighteen (on a form dated 26 June 1900).

On the 1910 US Census for his parents' household, he is named Louis (surname "Greuneaux"), listed as a laborer (again on his father's farm) with an age of twenty-two (on a form dated 27 April 1910).

Next is his WWI draft registration card (naming him Louie William Gromeaux), dated 12 Sep 1918, giving his birthdate as 25 Dec 1878 and his employment as a farm hand for "Frank Gromeaux" of Monroeville, Allen Cty, Indiana. Just sixteen months later (14 Jan 1920), he is listed again in his parents' household on the 1920 US Census but this time as the farmer (as his father had apparently retired) with his age given as forty.

In the 1930 US Census, Louis is listed as "Roy W." (surname badly spelled as "Goomeanx" on the indexed record, but appears to be spelled correctly on the original form dated 11 Apr 1930), with his age given as fifty and his occupation as "caretaker" on the "farm home." This was the last listing that included both his parents, as his father died the following year.

In the 1940 US Census (form dated 12 Apr 1940), he is listed as sixty-year-old Louis Gromeaux, living with his aged mother and with no occupation given. This would be his last record listing him living with his mother, as she died just five months later.

Two years later, his 1942 WWII draft registration card named him Louis William Gromeaux would give his birthdate as 7 Jan 1880, described him as self-employed, and gave his closest contact as "Jule Voirol," his younger sister of Woodburn, Allen Cty, Indiana. (As Woodburn was listed as his sister's place of residence as well, I suspect he may have been living with her.)

The last possible record I can find for Louis is an Ohio death record from 29 Sep 1962, at the Community Memorial Hospital in Defiance Cty, Ohio, naming him Louis W. Gromeaux and giving his age as eighty with an estimated birth year of 1882. Lining up with this is a listing for Louis Gromeaux in the Catholic Cemetery in Auburn, DeKalb Cty, Indiana, on the FindaGrave.com website, including a photo, with the headstone showing his birth and death years of 1881 and 1962, respectively. His parents and the rest of his siblings appear to have been buried in Allen Cty, Indiana, though I note that his nephew Theodore Voirol (son of Louis' younger sister Julia) was buried there some years later, so perhaps Theodore had care of his uncle Louis in those later years.

All census records from 1900 forward give Louis' marital status as single, and I have not found any indication that he was ever married or had children. I believe the signatures on both of the draft registration cards are rough matches (at least given that the signatures are twenty-four years apart). I am uncertain as to why there is such variability in his reported birthdate, even on records where he himself is likely to have provided the information. My presumption is that he was born sometime over the winter or early spring 1880, in order to have been counted as an infant in the 1880 US Census that June.

 

 

 

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
Merged Gramps ID I8162
 

Pedigree

  1. Gromeaux, François [I8134]
    1. Cayot, Marie Catherine [I1727]
      1. Gromeaux, Elie Frank [I8158]
      2. Gromeaux, Alice [I8159]
      3. Gromeaux, Louis William
      4. Gromeaux, Jane Mary [I8153]
      5. Gromeaux, Julia Nora [I8152]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. US Census of 1880 [S0045]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHMZ-MRW : 14 August 2017), Francis Gramout, Jackson, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 111, sheet 369A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0264; FHL microfilm 1,254,264.

        Event Date: 1880
        Event Place: Jackson, Allen, Indiana, United States
        Francis Gramout Self Male 30 Indiana, United States
        Cathrine Gramout Wife Female 32 Ohio, United States
        Frank E Gramout Son Male 6 Indiana, United States
        Alice Gramout Daughter Female 3 Indiana, United States
        William Gramout Son Male 0 Indiana, United States

         

  2. US Census of 1900 [S0039]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMBW-1XY : accessed 4 October 2018), Jane Gromeaux in household of Frank Gromeaux, Jackson Township, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6, sheet 13A, family 252, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,357.

        Event Year: 1900
        Event Place: Jackson Township, Allen, Indiana, United States
        Frank Gromeaux Head Male 49 Indiana
        Kate Gromeaux Wife Female 42 Ohio
        Eli Gromeaux Son Male 24 Indiana
        Alice Gromeaux Daughter Female 22 Indiana
        Louis Gromeaux Son Male 19 Indiana
        Jane Gromeaux Daughter Female 17 Indiana
        July Gromeaux Daughter Female 16 Indiana

         

  3. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKL5-XFV : accessed 4 October 2018), Frank Greuneaux, Jackson, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 8B, family 105, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 338; FHL microfilm 1,374,351.

        Event Date: 1910
        Event Place: Jackson, Allen, Indiana, United States
        Frank Greuneaux Head Male 58 Indiana
        Mary A Greuneaux Wife Female 60 Indiana
        Jane Greuneaux Daughter Female 24 Indiana
        Louis Greuneaux Son Male 22 Indiana

         

  4. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQ8-NPY : accessed 4 October 2018), Frank Grimaux, Jackson, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing ED 7, sheet 6B, line 75, family 116, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 420; FHL microfilm 1,820,420.

        Event Date: 1920
        Event Place: Jackson, Allen, Indiana, United States
        Frank Grimaux Head Male 69 Indiana
        Kate Grimaux Wife Female 64 Ohio
        Louis Grimaux Son Male 40 Indiana

         

  5. US Census of 1930 [S0042]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X41G-WYB : accessed 4 October 2018), Frank Goomeanx, Jackson, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 56, sheet 6A, line 36, family 113, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 576; FHL microfilm 2,340,311.

        Event Date: 1930
        Event Place: Jackson, Allen, Indiana, United State
        Frank Goomeanx Head Male 77 Indiana
        Catherine Goomeanx Wife Female 75 Ohio
        Roy W Goomeanx Son Male 50 Indiana

         

  6. US Census of 1940 [S0043]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1RS-X1T : 14 March 2018), Kate Gromeaux, Edgerton, Jackson Township, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-8, sheet 5B, line 71, family 93, 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 1025.

        Event Date: 1940
        Event Place: Edgerton, Jackson Township, Allen, Indiana, United States
        Kate Gromeaux Head Female 92 Ohio
        Louis Gromeaux Son Male 60 Indiana

         

  7. Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 [S0096]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKL4-TGB : 8 December 2014), Louis W Gromeaux, 29 Sep 1962; from "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing vol. 17020, certificate number 65424, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus; Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus.