Elmer Nicholas Grieser

b. 12 February 1887, d. 28 May 1972
  • Elmer Nicholas Grieser was born on 12 February 1887 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
  • Ellen M. Martinke appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, at 192 Jay Street. Other members of the household included Elmer Nicholas Grieser, Lydia Grieser and Abbie Grieser.
  • He was an office boy, according to the 1900 census.
  • He married Winnie L. Hollister, daughter of Wellington Hollister and Ella (?), on 11 July 1907 in Detroit, Michigan, The marriage was witnessed by Lydia Grieser.
  • Elmer Nicholas Grieser and Winnie L. Hollister appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Detroit, Michigan.
  • He was employed by an auto works as a machinist, according to the 1910 census.
  • Elmer Nicholas Grieser registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Wayne County, Michigan, while living with his wife and two children at 188 Heiderberg in Detroit, and employed there as a machine shop foreman by an engineering company.
  • Elmer Nicholas Grieser and Winnie L. Hollister appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, at 188 Heidelberg. Other members of the household included Robert Elmer Grieser.
  • He was employed as a tool maker in a machine shop, according to the 1920 census.
  • Elmer Nicholas Grieser and Winnie L. Hollister appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, at 14616 Hazel Ridge. Other members of the household included Robert Elmer Grieser and Ella (?)
  • He was employed as a salesman by a hardware company, according to the 1930 census.
  • Elmer Nicholas Grieser registered for the draft in 1942 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, while living with his wife Winnie at 215 Salem Avenue in Dayton (Montgomery County), Ohio, and employed there by Ohio Units at 521 Hunter Avenue.
  • Elmer Nicholas Grieser died on 28 May 1972 at age 85 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan.
  • Winnie L. Hollister became a widow at his death.
  • Last Edited: 12 Nov 2012

Family: Winnie L. Hollister b. 6 March 1888, d. 8 January 1976