David GRAHAM

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Contractor

Notes:

In the 1895 Minnesota census, he may be the David Graham, age 22 and born in Canada, who was a teamster in Hibbing. That David had been in the state for 2 years.

In the 1900 census, David Graham, born in January of 1875 in England, was living in Hibbing. He was single and was boarding at a hotel run by Joseph and Altha Stuart. (His wife-to-be was a chambermaid at that hotel in 1900.) David was a building contractor and had come to the U.S. in 1893.

In the 1905 state census, he and his family live at 325 Washington Street in Hibbing. He and his parents were born in England. He is a contractor and has been in the state for 16 years and the local enumeration district for 12 years.

In the 1910 census, the family was also at the 325 Washington Street address. The family is shown as David Graham, 36, a contractor in the building industry, his wife Augusta M., 36, and their children George W., 8, Gladys E., 7, and Grenith V., 5. The family also had four boarders living with them. David and Augusta had been married for 10 years and it was the first marriage for each. Augusta is shown has having borne 3 children, all still living.

He registered for the draft on September 9, 1918, in Hibbing, as David Graham. He was a contractor who lived with his wife Minnie A. at 325 Washington in Hibbing. He was 43 years old, a naturalized citizen, born on 12 January 1875. He was described as tall and of medium build with blue eyes and brown hair.

They were living at the same location (which is in Stuntz township) at the time of the 1920 census. The family consisted of David, 44, his wife Minnie, 40, their son George, 18, their daughter Gladys, 16, and their daughter Grenith, 15. David is a contractor in the building industry.

In the 1930 census, David and Minnie Graham were living at 325 Washington Street in Hibbing. They own their own house, valued at $16000. They are both 55 and have been married 30 years. David was born in England as were both of his parents. Minnie was born in Minnesota and her parents in Germany. David emigrated to this country in 1876 and he is a naturalized citizen. David is a contractor in the bridge construction industry. He is not a veteran. Living with them is Minnie’s 81 year-old widowed mother. They also apparently rent out part of their house, for which they charge $22 per month in rent, to a pair of sisters from Wisconsin.

In the 1940 census, David and Minnie live at 325 Washington in a house they own worth $2000. It’s the same house in which they both lived in 1935. They rent out three apartments in the house, for which they receive a total of $75/month rent. David was educated through the third grade, Minnie through the fourth grade.

In the 1938-39 Hibbing city directory, David and Minnie Graham live at 325 Washington. They’re at the same address in the 1940-41 city directory. Their telephone number is 164. The information is the same in the 1942-43 directory. In the 1948 Hibbing city directory, David and Minnie live at 330 Superior.

He had a brother Edward who lived in Canada.

One of his grandsons has published an extensive genealogy of the Graham and Kilburn families. See “Fathers and Mothers: History and Genealogy of Kilburn and Graham” by Paul Dayton Kilburn, Arvada, CO, 2002, LOC Control No. 2002093489, ISBN 1890607509.

Birth:
or Canada, sources differ

David married Minnie Augusta HERRMEYER on 14 Aug 1900 in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Minnie (daughter of Henry HERRMEYER and Amelia (Emelie) KUTZNER) was born on 2 Aug 1874 in Washington County, Minnesota; died on 6 Mar 1962 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried on 8 Mar 1962 in Hibbing Park Cemetery, Hibbing, St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George Wesly GRAHAM was born on 14 May 1901 in Hibbing, St. Louis County, Minnesota; died on 22 Mar 1983 in Sarasota County, Florida.
2. Gladys Ethel GRAHAM was born on 19 Feb 1903 in Hibbing, St. Louis County, Minnesota; died on 7 Jan 1980 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey.
3. Grenith Virginia GRAHAM was born on 2 Dec 1904 in Hibbing, St. Louis County, Minnesota; died on 13 Mar 1988 in Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington; was buried in Ridgefield Cemetery, Clark County, Washington.

Notes:

In the 1871 English census, George and family live on a small farm in Solport, East Cumberland, in the St. Mary Stapleton ecclesiastical district. The household consists of George, 32, Margaret, 20, James, 8, George, 6, Mary J, 5, and Margaret, 2.

According to Pat:

“On June 12, 1876, the Graham family arrived in New York City, after traveling in steerage aboard “The City of Richmond”. They traveled from Liverpool to Queenstown (a common stopping-off point on the south coast of Ireland) to New York City, where they arrived on June 11 after a crossing of about 8 days. They sailed on the ship "The City of Richmond", a 4 ton, 3 mast, 2 funnel ship, which was built around 1873. According to the ship's manifest they were located below deck, which confirms Ethel's recollection that Mary Jane told her about traveling in "steerage". Of the passengers aboard the ship, about half were from England and half from Ireland. They arrived in New York City and were processed through the immigration station at Castle Garden, which was actually an island at that time but has now been surrounded by Battery Park in Lower Manhattan. Their destination is listed as New York. They aren't found on the 1880 census for New York so maybe they had traveled to Ontario by then. They do appear on the 1881 census for Enniskillen (Oil Springs) Ontario.

“George and his family appear in the 1881, 1891, 1901, and 1911 censuses for Enskillen Township (Oil Springs), Lambton County, Ontario.”

Birth:
According to Pat, “The dates on George’s stone are 1838-1920 but I have another note that his birth date is January 30, 1839. Death certificate says June 30, 1838. George’s father’s name is listed as John Graham. April 9, 1920. Heart failure.”

George married Margaret BAXTER. Margaret was born about 1842 in England; died in 1923 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name from Anna Little’s death certificate. Confirmed by Pat. Margaret was George Graham’s second wife. According to Pat, “Between 1866-1869 George married Margaret Baxter. They had four more children before leaving England and five more after arriving in Ontario.”

Birth:
According to Pat, “Margaret’s stone says 1841-1923 but I have her birth date as December 25, 1842.”