NameGifford Grooms, 2C2R
Birth11 Mar 1897, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
Death18 Jun 1970, Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio
Marriageabt 1927, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
SpouseBeatrice Profitt
Birth18 May 1907, Powell Co., Kentucky
Death27 Jun 1992, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
Children
Notes for Gifford Grooms
His WW I draft registration card, filed 5 June 1918, records Gifford Grooms, age 21, residence Jeffersonville, Ky, born 11 Mar 1897, employer and nearest relative father Jno F. Grooms, Montgomery Co., Ky.
The Ohio deaths database lists Gifford Grooms, age 73, died 18 June 1970 at home in Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, married.
Notes for Beatrice Profitt
The SSDI lists Beatrice Grooms, born 18 May 1907, died 27 June 1992, SSN issued in Ohio before 1951.
The Kentucky death index lists Beatrice P. Grooms, age 85, died 27 June 1992 in Montgomery Co., residence Ohio.
The Ohio deaths database lists Beatrice Profitt Grooms, age 85, born 18 May 1907 in Kentucky, died 6 July 1992 at an out-of-state hospital, residence Adams Co., Ohio, widowed, father’s surname Profitt.
The Lexington Herald-Leader of 29 June 1992 reported “MOUNT STERLING -- Beatrice Profitt Grooms, 85, Dayton, Ohio, mother of Thelma Bond, died Saturday.”
Census Notes for Gifford & Beatrice (Family)
1930 census of Montgomery Co., Ky, Jeffersonville precinct, enumerated 2 April, lists on p. 1A as family #8:
Grooms, Gifford, 33, age at first marriage 30, farmer; Beatrice, wife, 22, age at first marriage 19; Thelma, dau, 1 1/2; Harlon, son, 1/12. All born Ky Ky Ky.
The preceding household is headed by Gifford’s older brother Avert.