Noah Abraham Gruber ¹

  Death Notes:

Affiliate CD Number: FDI04
Certificate Number: 18466
Volume Number: 1602
Name: Noah Abraham Gruber
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 1953
Event Place: Lee, Florida, United States
Gender: Male
Race: White
Affiliate File Name: FDI04-1953.txt
Affiliate Line Number: 12090

Citing this Record
"Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV6J-H29 : 25 December 2014), Noah Abraham Gruber, 1953; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing Vol. 1602, certificate number 18466, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Ohio, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1914-1918: 5 June 1917, in Findlay, OH. ² Name: Noah A Gruber
Birth Year (Estimated): 1892
Birthplace: Cumberland, Pa
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Noah married Bessie F. Weaver, daughter of Jacob R. Weaver and Lillie Florence Martin, on 10 August 1911 in Wellsville, PA.¹ (Bessie F. Weaver was born on 5 June 1893 in Monaghan Township, York County, PA ^{1 3 4 5} and died after 10 August 1911.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 10 August 1911, in Wellsville, PA. ¹

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Noah A. Gruber
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 10 Aug 1911
Event Place: Wellsville, York, Pennsylvania, United States
Event Place: Wellsville, York Co, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Birth Year (Estimated): 1892
Spouse's Name: Bessie F. Weaver
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1893

Citing this Record
"Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFSL-N5T : 24 September 2017), Noah A. Gruber and Bessie F. Weaver, 10 Aug 1911; citing Marriage, Wellsville, York, Pennsylvania, United States, various county courts and registers, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 1,287,398.
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Little is known about Noah and Bessie after they married. Their daughter, Marian, was born in the same calendar year in which they were married in 1911. Then there is a record of Noah enlisting in the military in 1917 from Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. There are no other records for Bessie yet Noah was listed as living back with his parents in the 1920 US Census in Findlay and his marital status was marked as single. Their daughter was living with her maternal grandparents for the 1920 US Census in York County, Pennsylvania.

It is not known if they remained in Pennsylvania or moved to Findlay, Ohio after the birth of their daughter. There are multiple records of a Bessie Gruber being married in Pennsylvania but none of the records list a maiden name nor the parents name.

This appears to be a case in which the mother may have died but the father preferred for the daughter to be raised by the grandparents. Noah eventually remarried and died in 1953 in Naples, Florida. He was buried back in Findlay, Ohio. His obituary does not mention Bessie Weaver or their daughter, Marian.
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