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Birth:          9 Sep 1860 Metropolis, Massac Co., Ill.
Death:          15 Nov 1928 Seabright, Santa Cruz Co., Cal.
Burial:         17 Nov 1928 Odd Fellows Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Cal.

Notes
1981 book (see for details)
marriage order not known
www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?2502
marr by F. Boun
1910 in Turlock, Stanislaus Co., Cal. hired man, trading horses
findagrave:
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Saturday, November 17, 1928

DEATH SUMMONS SEABRIGHT MAN

Following an illness of two months, death yesterday morning summoned John C. 
Gripenstraw, 68 years of age, a highly respected resident of Seabright and formerly of 
Boony Doon.
Born in Decatur, Ill., Sept. 9 1860, he moved to California in 1876. Many old-time 
residents of Santa Cruz will remember Mr. Gripenstraw, as for years he was driver of 
the horse cars on Pacific avenue and later was connected with the Pacific Ocean 
House. In 1917 he located in Bonny Doon, where he resided for nine years, then 
coming to Seabright, where he made his home with his sister, Mrs. Conrad Scholl, for 
the past two years.
John C. Gripenstraw was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gripenstraw of San 
Jose. Surviving him are a daughter, Miss Janet Gripenstraw and two sisters, Mrs. John 
McIntosh and Mrs. Con Scholl of Seabright; a brother, Henry Gripenstraw of 
Richmond; his stepmother, Mrs. Rosina Gripenstraw, and sisters, Mrs. Esther Jacoby, 
Mrs. Dorothy Handly, and brothers, Fred, Louis, Wesly, all of San Jose, and Mrs. 
Elizabeth King of Seabright.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the 
Wessendorf mortuary. 
Note also spelled Gripenstraw!!
word doc, in files, by Bart Gripenstraw

Parents
GRIEPENSTROH Louis Christian ()
NORDEMAN Elizabeth Margarite ()

Siblings
GRIEPENSTROH John Christian (9 Sep 1860 - 15 Nov 1928)

Marriage To MAULE Rosa Belle (Jul 1857 - 22 Jun 1918)
    m. 20 Oct 1890 dv. 23 Oct 1896 San Jose, Santa Clara Co., Cal.

Notes

Parents
MAULE Charles Harper (29 Sep 1821 - 26 May 1865)
JAYNES Lucinda (21 May 1829 - 15 Feb 1903)

Children by MAULE Rosa Belle Jul 1857 - 22 Jun 1918
GRIEPENSTROH Janet (EST 1892 - )

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