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Rose Grigsby

Rose Grigsby



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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Rose GrigsbyRose Grigsby was born about 1865.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. John Grigsby, I  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Mar 1887 in Rappahannock, Virginia, USA; died on 6 Jun 1965 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Grigsby, IJohn Grigsby, I Descendancy chart to this point (1.Rose1) was born on 12 Mar 1887 in Rappahannock, Virginia, USA; died on 6 Jun 1965 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    John married May Mamie Phillips on 9 Jan 1910 in Rappahannock, Virginia, USA. May was born in 1890 in Culpeper County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Living Grigsby  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 4. John Thomas Grigsby, II  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Nov 1912 in Virginia, USA; died on 12 Jun 1936 in 625 South, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Penbrook, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
    3. 5. William Alfred Grigsby  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Sep 1914; died on 1 Aug 1982; was buried in Lower Paxton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Living GrigsbyLiving Grigsby Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.Rose1)

    Family/Spouse: Living Russell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 4.  John Thomas Grigsby, IIJohn Thomas Grigsby, II Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.Rose1) was born on 6 Nov 1912 in Virginia, USA; died on 12 Jun 1936 in 625 South, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Penbrook, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

    John married Grace Bowman on 13 Apr 1931 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Grace was born about 1913; died on 23 Jan 1984 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. John Thomas Grigsby, III  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 May 1933 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 9 Sep 1993 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

  3. 5.  William Alfred GrigsbyWilliam Alfred Grigsby Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.Rose1) was born on 7 Sep 1914; died on 1 Aug 1982; was buried in Lower Paxton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Bessie Boone Braxton. Bessie (daughter of William Henry Braxton, II and Mary Elizabeth Boone) was born on 19 Jan 1915 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 2017 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried on 20 Oct 2017 in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. George Allen Braxton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Oct 1941 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 12 Sep 2021.


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  John Thomas Grigsby, IIIJohn Thomas Grigsby, III Descendancy chart to this point (4.John3, 2.John2, 1.Rose1) was born on 29 May 1933 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 9 Sep 1993 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

  2. 7.  George Allen BraxtonGeorge Allen Braxton Descendancy chart to this point (5.William3, 2.John2, 1.Rose1) was born on 5 Oct 1941 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 12 Sep 2021.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Wendy Hawkins  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 9. Robin Hanna  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 10. Shawn Hanna  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 11. Tameka Braxton  Descendancy chart to this point



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