John Augustus Grohman - Biography

He married twice. He married Ada M. Prato in Saginaw, Michigan, 11 November 1902 (Saginaw Co., Michigan, marriages, Liber K, p.24). Ada was born in Saginaw, Saginaw Co., Michigan 30 January 1881. Ada was the daughter of George Prato and Jennie Bennett. Ada died 13 December 1933 in Saginaw, Saginaw Co., Michigan, at 52 years of age ('The Saginaw Daily News', Thursday, 14 December 1933). Her body was interred 16 December 1933 in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Saginaw, Michigan. Ada and August had lived in Detroit for 10 years prior to moving back to Saginaw in the middle of 1933. He married Beulah Thayer Davis in St Catherine Catholic, Algonac, Michigan, 5 October 1940. Beulah died May 1963 in Brevard Co., Florida. She was a nurse. August was a cabinet maker and also tried farming and selling real estate. In 1930 he was caretaker of the Casalinda Apartments in Detroit.