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Orrison and Casson Genealogy

John Sherman Orrison, 1917–1988 (aged 70 years)

Name
John Sherman /Orrison/
Birth June 7, 1917 24 24
St. John's Hospital, St. Paul, Ramsey, MN, USA
Latitude: N44.956242 Longitude: W93.073125Google Maps™Bing Maps™OpenStreetMap™

Address: St. John's Hospital
Note: Map location is approximate; the hospital has moved since 1917. See http://swedehollow.org/Photos/S…

Map location is approximate; the hospital has moved since 1917. See http://swedehollow.org/Photos/SwedeHollowWalkingTour/SwedeHollowWalkingTour.html (archived as PDF in Dropbox)

Baptism March 30, 1918 25 25 (aged 9 months)
St. Paul, Ramsey, MN, USA

Address: The Church of the Messiah
Birth of a sisterLouise Josephine Orrison
December 20, 1918 (aged 1 year)
St. Paul, Ramsey, MN, USA

Census January 1920 (aged 2 years)
St Paul Ward 9, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States

Shared note: 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Israel Orrison - Household

1920 United States - Census transcript - John Israel Orrison - Household St Paul Ward 9, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States

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Birth of a sisterLillie Ruth Orrison
March 28, 1921 (aged 3 years)

Note: ToDo: Birth certificate found on http://people.mnhs.org/bci - name Lillie Ruth Orrison, Ramsey Count…

ToDo: Birth certificate found on http://people.mnhs.org/bci - name Lillie Ruth Orrison, Ramsey County, cert ID 1921-52964

Birth of a brotherDavid Charles Orrison
March 4, 1923 (aged 5 years)
Iron River, Bayfield, WI, USA

Note: Funeral announcement said St. Paul, MN
Birth of a sisterMargaret Dorothy Orrison
March 1, 1925 (aged 7 years)
Dakota, MN, USA

Note: ToDo: Found on http://people.mnhs.org/bci/. Dakota county; middle name Dorothy
Census April 1930 (aged 12 years)
Edgewater, Sawyer, Wisconsin, United States

Shared note: 1930 United States - Census transcript - John Israel Orrison - Household

1930 United States - Census transcript - John Israel Orrison - Household Edgewater, Sawyer, Wisconsin, United States

.start_formatted_area. .b.Name|.b.Relation|.b.Home|.b.V/R|.b.Radio|.b.Farm|.b.Sex|.b.Race|.b.Age|.b.Cond|.b.AM|.b.School|.b.R/W|.b.BP|.b.FBP|.b.MBP|.b.Lang|.b.Imm|.b.Nat|.b.Eng|.b.Occupation|.b.Industry|.b.Code|.b.Emp|.b.Work|.b.Unemp|.b.Vet|.b.War John Israel Orrison|head|||||M||37|M|22|||Minnesota|Wisconsin|New Jersey|||||Iron Worker|Auto Plant|||||| Lillian Emilie Dreeke|wife|||||F||37|M|23|||Minnesota|Minnesota|Minnesota|||||Retail Merchant|Groceries|||||| John Sherman Orrison|son|||||M||12|S||||Minnesota|Minnesota|Minnesota|||||||||||| Louise Josephine Orrison|daughter|||||F||11|S||||Minnesota|Minnesota|Minnesota|||||||||||| Lillie Ruth Orrison|daughter|||||F||9|S||||Minnesota|Minnesota|Minnesota|||||||||||| David Charles Orrison|son|||||M||7|S||||Minnesota|Minnesota|Minnesota|||||||||||| Margaret Dorothy Orrison|daughter|||||F||5|S||||Minnesota|Minnesota|Minnesota|||||||||||| .end_formatted_area.

Birth of a sisterNaomi Jean Orrison
August 22, 1936 (aged 19 years)
Goodridge, Pennington, MN, USA

Death of a paternal grandmotherJosephine Schroner
March 9, 1938 (aged 20 years)
St. Paul, Ramsey, MN, USA

Census April 1940 (aged 22 years) Age: 22
Township 53 Range 24, Itasca, Minnesota, United States

Shared note: 1940 United States - Census transcript - John Israel Orrison - Household

1940 United States - Census transcript - John Israel Orrison - Household Township 53 Range 24, Itasca, Minnesota, United States

.start_formatted_area. .b.Name|.b.Relation|.b.Home|.b.V/R|.b.Farm|.b.Sex|.b.Race|.b.Age|.b.Cond|.b.AM|.b.School|.b.R/W|.b.BP|.b.FBP|.b.MBP|.b.Lang|.b.Imm|.b.Nat|.b.Eng|.b.Occupation|.b.Industry|.b.Code|.b.Emp|.b.Work|.b.Unemp|.b.Vet|.b.War John Israel Orrison|head||||M||47|M|23|||Minnesota|||||||Farmer|Farm|||||| Lillian Emilie Dreeke|wife||||F||47|M|22|||Minnesota|||||||||||||| John Sherman Orrison|son||||M||22|S|28|||Minnesota|||||||Farmer|Farm|||||| Louise Josephine Orrison|younger sister||||F||21|S||||Minnesota|||||||Housework|Home|||||| Lillie Ruth Orrison|younger sister||||F||19|S|24|||Minnesota|||||||||||||| David Charles Orrison|younger brother||||M||17|S|30|||Minnesota|||||||||||||| Margaret Dorothy Orrison|younger sister||||F||15|M|21|||Minnesota|||||||||||||| Naomi Jean Orrison|younger sister||||F||3|S|21|||Minnesota|||||||||||||| .end_formatted_area.

Death of a paternal grandfatherSherman William Orrison
March 6, 1941 (aged 23 years)
St. Paul, Ramsey, MN, USA

Death of a paternal grandfatherSherman William Orrison
March 6, 1941 (aged 23 years)
Elysian, Waseca, MN, USA

Occupation between 1942 and 1980 (aged 62 years)
Bovey, Itasca, MN, USA

Address: Canisteo Mine
Employer: Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company
Note: Started just before he joined the Army, they held his position until he returned. He was a Foreman f…

Started just before he joined the Army, they held his position until he returned. He was a Foreman for many years, and a Repairman for a few.

Photo August 1942 (aged 25 years)
Panama

Milit-Beg 1942 (aged 24 years)

Note: Enlisted in the Army, became a Sergeant almost from the beginning.
Photo August 1944 (aged 27 years)
England

Occupation
Sergeant 17048399 (Iron Worker)
August 11, 1945 (aged 28 years)

Employer: U.S. Army
Residence between 1945 and 1956 (aged 38 years)
Clearwater Lake, Bovey, Itasca, MN, USA

Note: Dad bought the house (40 acres on Clearwater Lake) while he was in the Army. Sent the money for pay…

Dad bought the house (40 acres on Clearwater Lake) while he was in the Army. Sent the money for payments to his mother.

Milit-End May 1946 (aged 28 years)

Note: Honorably discharged from the Army
Birth of a daughterJoyce Elaine Orrison
October 16, 1950 – 20:26 (aged 33 years)
Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA

Residence March 1956 (aged 38 years)
Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Latitude: N47.242867 Longitude: W93.531793Google Maps™Bing Maps™OpenStreetMap™

Address: 935 2nd Ave NW
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Charles Dreke
September 8, 1959 (aged 42 years)
Ancker Hospital, St. Paul, Ramsey, MN, USA

Cause: Arteriosclerotic heart disease
Burial of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Charles Dreke
September 10, 1959 (aged 42 years)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Winona, Winona, MN, USA

Cemetery: Woodlawn Cemetery
Death of a fatherJohn Israel Orrison
November 18, 1969 (aged 52 years)
Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA

Burial of a fatherJohn Israel Orrison
November 22, 1969 (aged 52 years)
Itasca Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA

Anecdote March 28, 1970 (aged 52 years)
Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA

Note: Installed as Warder, Jephtah Chapter OES
Death of a motherLillian Emilie Dreeke
November 3, 1978 (aged 61 years)
Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA

Note: Cause of Death: Cancer
Burial of a motherLillian Emilie Dreeke
November 7, 1978 (aged 61 years)
Itasca Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA

Note: Alfred Garner was also a bearer, I don't know who he was.
Death April 20, 1988 (aged 70 years)
Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA

Note: around 7:30am

around 7:30am Cause of Death: Emphysema from smoking and welding

Burial May 29, 1988 (1 month after death)
Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Latitude: N47.557335 Longitude: W93.654274Google Maps™Bing Maps™OpenStreetMap™

Cemetery: North Star Lake Campground
Note: He was cremated, and the four of us buried his ashes at North Star Lake Campground, north of Grand R…

He was cremated, and the four of us buried his ashes at North Star Lake Campground, north of Grand Rapids, MN. (Between sites 33 and 34.)

Military December 27, 2016 (28 years after death)

Note: DD Form 214 (?) requested from eVetRecs

DD Form 214 (?) requested from eVetRecs Signature verification form posted

Note

Drivers License #O-625-429-765-427
Family with parents
father
Birth: July 14, 1892 27 17 — Annandale, Wright, MN, USA
Census: June 1, 1900 — Elysian Township Elysian village, Le Sueur, Minnesota, United States
Marriage: November 25, 1915
Census: January 1920 — St Paul Ward 9, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States
Census: April 1930 — Edgewater, Sawyer, Wisconsin, United States
Census: April 1940 — Township 53 Range 24, Itasca, Minnesota, United States
Occupation: Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Mining Company, MN — between 1937 and 1959
Re-order media: John Orrison age 13 years 5 months, 1909
Re-order media: Jack Orrison vs. Tommy Gibbons, 22 Feb 1915
Re-order media: John Israel Orrison, 1915
Re-order media: Sherman Orrison and Family, 1915
Re-order media: John Israel Orrison (1915?)
Re-order media: "Dad & Cupy - Nancy looking on" (1935?)
Re-order media: Grandad Orrison and his dogs and his mink farm (1944?)
Re-order media: Granddad and bobcat
Re-order media: Private
Re-order media: Grandma and Grandpa Orrison's 50th Wedding Anniversary (25 November 1965)
Re-order media: Mr. & Mrs. John Orrison Sr. - 1968
Death: November 18, 1969 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Burial: November 22, 1969 — Itasca Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Reference number: 7
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lillian Emilie Dreeke John Sherman Orrison Louise Josephine Orrison Lillie Ruth Orrison David Charles Orrison Margaret Dorothy Orrison Naomi Jean Orrison
John Israel Orrison
1892–1969
Birth: July 14, 1892 27 17 — Annandale, Wright, MN, USA
Death: November 18, 1969 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
mother
Birth: February 16, 1893 23 23 — Winona, Winona, MN, USA
Census: April 15, 1910 — Winona, MN, USA
Marriage: November 25, 1915
Census: January 1920 — St Paul Ward 9, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States
Census: April 1930 — Edgewater, Sawyer, Wisconsin, United States
Census: April 1940 — Township 53 Range 24, Itasca, Minnesota, United States
Re-order media: Lillie and Henry Dreeke (1898?)
Re-order media: Lillie Emilie Dreeke (1915?)
Re-order media: Grandma and Grandpa Orrison's 50th Wedding Anniversary (25 November 1965)
Re-order media: Mr. & Mrs. John Orrison Sr. - 1968
Re-order media: Grandma Orrison and her kids, 1972
Death: November 3, 1978 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Burial: November 7, 1978 — Itasca Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Reference number: 8
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Israel Orrison John Sherman Orrison Louise Josephine Orrison Lillie Ruth Orrison David Charles Orrison Margaret Dorothy Orrison Naomi Jean Orrison
Lillian Emilie Dreeke
1893–1978
Birth: February 16, 1893 23 23 — Winona, Winona, MN, USA
Death: November 3, 1978 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Marriage Marriage — November 25, 1915 —
19 months
himself
Birth: June 7, 1917 24 24 — St. John's Hospital, St. Paul, Ramsey, MN, USA
Baptism: March 30, 1918 25 25 — St. Paul, Ramsey, MN, USA
Census: January 1920 — St Paul Ward 9, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States
Census: April 1930 — Edgewater, Sawyer, Wisconsin, United States
Census: April 1940 — Township 53 Range 24, Itasca, Minnesota, United States
Occupation: between 1942 and 1980 — Bovey, Itasca, MN, USA
Photo: August 1942 — Panama
Milit-Beg: 1942
Photo: August 1944 — England
Occupation: Sergeant 17048399 (Iron Worker) — August 11, 1945
Milit-End: May 1946
Anecdote: March 28, 1970 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Re-order media: "some smile" (1925?)
Re-order media: John Orrison boxing at Fort William D. Davis, Panama, 1940s
Re-order media: John S. Orrison, 1944
Re-order media: Private
Re-order media: Private
Re-order media: Grace and John Orrison, 1963
Re-order media: Grandma and Grandpa Orrison's 50th Wedding Anniversary (25 November 1965)
Re-order media: Grandma Orrison and her kids, 1972
Re-order media: John S. Orrison on Pokegama Lake, 1981
Re-order media: John and Grace Orrison, 1987
Death: April 20, 1988 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Burial: May 29, 1988 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Military: December 27, 2016
Reference number: 1
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Grace Casson Joyce Elaine Orrison
John Sherman Orrison
1917–1988
Birth: June 7, 1917 24 24 — St. John's Hospital, St. Paul, Ramsey, MN, USA
Death: April 20, 1988 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
19 months
younger sister
Birth: December 20, 1918 26 25 — St. Paul, Ramsey, MN, USA
Census: January 1920 — St Paul Ward 9, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States
Census: April 1930 — Edgewater, Sawyer, Wisconsin, United States
Census: April 1940 — Township 53 Range 24, Itasca, Minnesota, United States
Death: May 2, 2012
Reference number: 10
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships
Louise Josephine Orrison
1918–2012
Birth: December 20, 1918 26 25 — St. Paul, Ramsey, MN, USA
Death: May 2, 2012
2 years
younger sister
Birth: March 28, 1921 28 28
Census: April 1930 — Edgewater, Sawyer, Wisconsin, United States
Census: April 1940 — Township 53 Range 24, Itasca, Minnesota, United States
Death: May 19, 2014
Burial: Payson, Gila County, Arizona, USA
Reference number: 11
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse George Mayer
Lillie Ruth Orrison
1921–2014
Birth: March 28, 1921 28 28
Death: May 19, 2014
2 years
younger brother
Birth: March 4, 1923 30 30 — Iron River, Bayfield, WI, USA
Census: April 1930 — Edgewater, Sawyer, Wisconsin, United States
Census: April 1940 — Township 53 Range 24, Itasca, Minnesota, United States
Death: January 11, 2005 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Burial: January 15, 2005 — Wabana Township Cemetery, Wabana Twp, Itasca, MN, USA
Reference number: 9
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Gladys Marie Erickson
David Charles Orrison
1923–2005
Birth: March 4, 1923 30 30 — Iron River, Bayfield, WI, USA
Death: January 11, 2005 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
2 years
younger sister
Birth: March 1, 1925 32 32 — Dakota, MN, USA
Marriage:
Census: April 1930 — Edgewater, Sawyer, Wisconsin, United States
Census: April 1940 — Township 53 Range 24, Itasca, Minnesota, United States
Death: November 27, 2006
Burial: Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA
Reference number: 12
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Albert McGahan Family with spouse James Weir
Margaret Dorothy Orrison
1925–2006
Birth: March 1, 1925 32 32 — Dakota, MN, USA
Death: November 27, 2006
12 years
younger sister
Birth: August 22, 1936 44 43 — Goodridge, Pennington, MN, USA
Census: April 1940 — Township 53 Range 24, Itasca, Minnesota, United States
Death: March 19, 2009 — Bemidji, Beltrami, MN, USA
Burial: estimated March 21, 2009 — Mizpah, Koochiching, MN, USA
Reference number: 13
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse
Naomi Jean Orrison
1936–2009
Birth: August 22, 1936 44 43 — Goodridge, Pennington, MN, USA
Death: March 19, 2009 — Bemidji, Beltrami, MN, USA
Family with Grace Casson
himself
Birth: June 7, 1917 24 24 — St. John's Hospital, St. Paul, Ramsey, MN, USA
Baptism: March 30, 1918 25 25 — St. Paul, Ramsey, MN, USA
Census: January 1920 — St Paul Ward 9, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States
Census: April 1930 — Edgewater, Sawyer, Wisconsin, United States
Census: April 1940 — Township 53 Range 24, Itasca, Minnesota, United States
Occupation: between 1942 and 1980 — Bovey, Itasca, MN, USA
Photo: August 1942 — Panama
Milit-Beg: 1942
Photo: August 1944 — England
Occupation: Sergeant 17048399 (Iron Worker) — August 11, 1945
Milit-End: May 1946
Anecdote: March 28, 1970 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Re-order media: "some smile" (1925?)
Re-order media: John Orrison boxing at Fort William D. Davis, Panama, 1940s
Re-order media: John S. Orrison, 1944
Re-order media: Private
Re-order media: Private
Re-order media: Grace and John Orrison, 1963
Re-order media: Grandma and Grandpa Orrison's 50th Wedding Anniversary (25 November 1965)
Re-order media: Grandma Orrison and her kids, 1972
Re-order media: John S. Orrison on Pokegama Lake, 1981
Re-order media: John and Grace Orrison, 1987
Death: April 20, 1988 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Burial: May 29, 1988 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Military: December 27, 2016
Reference number: 1
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Grace Casson Joyce Elaine Orrison
John Sherman Orrison
1917–1988
Birth: June 7, 1917 24 24 — St. John's Hospital, St. Paul, Ramsey, MN, USA
Death: April 20, 1988 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
wife
Birth: October 23, 1920 31 26 — 10 Church Road, Orrell, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Education: 1936 — 18 Merton Road, Bootle, Lancashire, England
Occupation: Secretary, filing papers that went to the USA (never dreaming she'd endup there) — between 1941 and 1945 — Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Re-order media: Grace Casson, 1945
Re-order media: Private
Re-order media: Grace and John Orrison, 1963
Re-order media: John and Grace Orrison, 1987
Re-order media: Grace Orrison
Religion: Springwell Road Presbyterian Church, Liverpool, ENG — before 1945
Occupation: Cable Worker — August 11, 1945
Immigration: June 6, 1946
Trip: between September 1953 and February 1954 — England
Membership: Order of the Eastern Star — after January 22, 1958
Anecdote: March 28, 1970 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Occupation: Edna I. Murphy School, Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN — between 1971 and 1980
Death: November 25, 2015 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Burial: July 4, 2016 — Wabana Twp, Itasca, MN, USA
Reference number: 2
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Sherman Orrison Joyce Elaine Orrison
Grace Casson
1920–2015
Birth: October 23, 1920 31 26 — 10 Church Road, Orrell, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Death: November 25, 2015 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
son
Private
–
daughter
Birth: October 16, 1950 33 29 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Graduation: June 1969 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Education: between September 1969 and June 1971 — Itasca Junior College, Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Education: between September 1971 and June 1973 — Bemidji, Beltrami, MN, USA
Re-order media: Joyce and John, 1952
Re-order media: Private
Death: October 31, 2016 — East Grand Forks, Polk, MN, USA
Reference number: 4
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse
Joyce Elaine Orrison
1950–2016
Birth: October 16, 1950 33 29 — Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN, USA
Death: October 31, 2016 — East Grand Forks, Polk, MN, USA
son
Private
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