Raymond Henry Groseclose

Male13 August 1914–21 November 2003

Brief Life History of Raymond Henry

When Raymond Henry Groseclose was born on 13 August 1914, in New Market, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, his father, John R. Groseclose, was 26 and his mother, Mary Annabell Carroll, was 29. He married Beulah Alfreda Newman on 20 March 1937, in Anderson, Tennessee, United States. He lived in Civil District 2, Knox, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 21 November 2003, in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States.

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Raymond Henry Groseclose
1914–2003
Beulah Alfreda Newman
1919–2002
Marriage: 20 March 1937

Sources (6)

  • Henry L Groseclose in household of John R Groseclose, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Raymond Henry Groseclose - birth-name: Henry L. Groseclose
  • Raymond Groseclose, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    20 March 1937Anderson, Tennessee, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (8)

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

    Age 2

    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

    1931 · The Parthenon is Built

    Age 17

    In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built  giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for. 

    1941

    Age 27

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    Americanized form of German Grossklos (Gross Klaus ‘big Klaus’), probably a distinguishing nickname for the larger (or older) of two bearers of the personal name Klaus in the same family.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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