Jesse David Groom Jr

Brief Life History of Jesse David

When Jesse David Groom Jr was born on 16 July 1922, in Lathrop, Clinton, Missouri, United States, his father, Jesse David Groom Sr., was 23 and his mother, Fern Nelle Holy, was 21. He lived in Wellsville, Franklin, Kansas, United States in 1930 and Odessa, Lafayette, Missouri, United States in 1940. He died on 15 June 1944, in Papua New Guinea, at the age of 21, and was buried in Odessa, Lafayette, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jesse David Groom Sr.
1899–1924
Fern Nelle Holy
1901–1978
Jesse David Groom Jr
1922–1944
Stanley Eugene Groom
1923–1944

Sources (3)

  • J D Groom in household of John H Barker, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Jesse D Groom, "Find A Grave Index"
  • J D Groom in household of John Barker, "United States Census, 1930"

World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag

The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a servant or a shepherd, from Middle English grōm(e) ‘boy, servant’ (of uncertain origin), which in some places was specialized to mean ‘shepherd’.

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

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