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Personal data Buford Elias Gier 


Household of Buford Elias Gier

(1) He is married to Margaret Ostermann.

They got married before November 8, 1924 at fortasse, somewhere in MI or OH.

Buford Elias Gier oo Margaret Ostermann

Marriage source: Shimizu, Anela, e-mail to David A. Navorska, (Honolulu HI, A.S.S., v Jan MM)

Mrs. Shimizu writes, 'Buford Gier ... Married a Margaret OSTERMANN ... Evidently he got divorced ...' <>

Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)
  2. (Not public)


(2) He is married to Josephine Gladys Kaeka.

They got married on November 8, 1924 at Honolulu, O'ahu Is., Honolulu Co., HI, he was 27 years old.

Buford Elias Gier oo Josephine Kaeka

Marriage source: Shimizu, Anela, e-mail to David A. Navorska, (Honolulu HI, A.S.S., v Jan MM) for fact of marriage & probable territory of marriage.

Mrs. Shimizu writes, 'Buford Gier ... travels ... Hawaii ... married a native girl, Josephine KAEKA.'

Shimizu, Anela, Gier - Alwood Family Tree, (Honolulu HI, http://wc.rootsweb.com, xvii Aug MMIII)

'... Josephine KAEKA ... MARL: 11/8/1924 Honolulu, Hawaii Note: Marriage to Buford E. Gier Marriage 1 Buford GIER ... Married: 11/8/1924 in Honolulu, Hawaii ...' <>

Child(ren):

  1. Josephine Gier  1957-< 2000
  5. (Not public)
  6. (Not public)
  7. (Not public)
  8. (Not public)
  9. (Not public)
  11. Buford Elias Gier  1929-2000
  12. David Julian Gier  1946-1966


Notes about Buford Elias Gier

Buford Elias Gier

Source: Hanna, Jacquelyn, Alwood Web Site, (Portage MI, J.H., read xx Sept. MCMXCIX)

Jackie lists Buford 3rd of 3 siblings.

Stahl, Harriet, The Family of Johann Jacob Stahl Sr of LeHigh Co PA, (Mt Vernon IN, Windmill Pub Inc, MCMXCV), pg. 351, Repository: Lenig Lib., Newport, PA.

Shimizu, Anela, e-mail to David A. Navorska, (Honolulu HI, A.S.S., v Jan MM)

Mrs. Shimizu writes, 'Buford (my grandfather) B. 7/23/1893 D. 6/30/1979 Said he was born in Chicago, ILL (I found no record of that and can't imagine how he would have been born in ILL when it looks like his parents never left OH)

Clamed to not have a birth certificate because it was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire (which happened before he was born - but of course when I was younger I never bothered to verify tht story)

Married a Margaret OSTERMANN (no information known - except a small photo that I have) and had one son, Frederick Ostermann GIER (again, no information except for a picture of him when he was about 2 yrs) My search for him actuallystarted me on all this genealogy stuff.

Buford joined the Service (Navy I think under the alias of Burton E. Grimes - Evidently he go divorced and didn't want to pay alimony or child support (what a guy). His travels in the military brought him to Hawaii where he met andmarried a native girl, Josephine KAEKA. He did marry my grandmother with his birth name, Buford GIER - However, in all other walks of life he was known as Burton Grimes.

Together, Buford & Josephine had 12 children, 2 of which died at birth, 1, Julian GIER died in Vietnam, and 1 Josephine, died of a stroke. My mother Gertrude Alwood Laie GIER is their oldest child.'

1 Jun 1900 Pike Twp Fulton Co OH census, Sheet 167A-5, T623-1270, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'2,93,94, Gier, Elias, Head, white, male, b. Dec 1859, ae 40, married 20 yrs, b. OH, parents b. PA, Farmer can read/write, can speak Eng, owns farm under mortgage, farm schedule 89 3, Gertrude, Wife, white, fem, b. Feb 1864, ae 36, married 20 yrs, 4 children, 3 children living, b. OH, parents b. OH, can read/write ... 6, Beauford, Son, white, male, b. July 1897, ae 2, single, b. IL, parents b. OH'

SSDI: 'BURTON GRIMES b. 23 Jul 1893 d. Jun 1979 last SS address of record: 96819 (Honolulu, Honolulu Co., HI) last SS benefit 96734 (Kailua, Honolulu Co., HI) Issued HI'

Is this possibly a daug. or d-i-l of Beauford? SSDI: 'BERNICE GIER last SS address of record: 96813 Honolulu, Honolulu, HI b. 23 Mar 1904 d. Aug 1986 Issued: HI (1970)'

Buford's wives: 1) Margaret Ostermann
2) Josephine Kaeka <>

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    Historical events

    Birthday July 23, 1897

    • The temperature on July 23, 1897 was about 19.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
      • July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
      • July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
      • December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
      • December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
      • December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

    Day of marriage November 8, 1924

    • The temperature on November 8, 1924 was between 3.6 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
      • March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
      • May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
      • July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
      • August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
      • September 17 » The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
      • November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.

    Day of death June 30, 1979

    • The temperature on June 30, 1979 was between 10.0 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
      • March 8 » Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.
      • August 5 » In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake the Bala Hissar uprising against the Leninist government.
      • October 6 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
      • October 26 » Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea, is assassinated by Korean CIA head Kim Jae-gyu.
      • November 1 » Griselda Álvarez becomes the first female governor of a state of Mexico.
      • November 21 » The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four.
    

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