The Family and Ancestors of
John Grant Light and Anna Laura Groh
m. 1890, Lebanon, PA

John Grant Light, born March 10, 1870 in North Lebanon, PA; died Aft. 1918 in a location unknown. He was the son of Martin Light and Susanna Steckbeck. He married Anna Laura Groh March 1, 1890 in Lebanon Co., PA at "Tulpehocken Parsonage" (Trinity Reformed Church, Millardsville). Anna Laura Groh, born February 20, 1869 in North Lebanon, PA; died January 3, 1918 in Fulton, NY. She was the daughter of William Leonard Groh (Civil War Veteran Biography) and Catherine Elizabeth Sherk.

More About John Grant Light:
Burial: Unknown, shares gravestone with Anna Laura at Myerstown but death date is not engraved (no record yet found in Fulton NY, or Lebanon, or PA)
Education: January 8, 1918, referred to as "Prof. Light" in Anna Laura's obituary
Ethnicity: Swiss, German
Occupation: farmer in 1890s; later established a career as an engineer, managing and/or owning natural gas businesses in Galena, IL and Fulton, NY
Religion: German Reformed (?)
Residence: 1918, Fulton, New York. No information yet found beyond that date.

More About Anna Laura Groh:
Date born 2: February 20, 1869, Lebanon, PA
Died 2: January 3, 1918, Fulton, NY
Burial: January 5, 1918, Myerstown, PA
Ethnicity: Swiss, German
Religion: German Reformed (?)

Children of John Light and Anna Groh are:
i. Robert Groh Light, born March 17, 1891 in Lebanon, PA near Myerstown, PA on "Grandfather Groh's Farm"; died January 6, 1941 in Monterey, CA. He was the son of 2. John Grant Light and 3. Anna Laura Groh. He married (1) Alfa Mary Blanchard March 17, 1912 in Illinois. She was born December 10, 1888 in Marseilles, IL, and died November 11, 1968 in Monterey, CA. She was the daughter of Dr. Milton Eben Blanchard and Ella Marie Bartlett, a descendant of Francis Cooke of the Mayflower (GSMD #64212).
More About Robert Groh Light:
Date born 2: March 17, 1888, (on gravestone and death certificate in error: likely confused with wife Alfa's birthyear)
Burial: January 1941, Pacific Grove, CA at the El Carmelo Cemetery in the Light Family plot
Occupation: worked for a time in Panama for Pacific Gas & Electric related to the canal; later for US Postal Service until death
Notes for Alfa Mary Blanchard:
Talked of French and English ancestry
Father's occupation: Surgeon-gynecologist
Nationality: English, French

ii. William M. Light, born Abt. 1893; married Unknown.
More About William M. Light:
Residence: Aft. 1950, Illinois - family tradition
Witness: 1908, to the pension papers of William L. Groh (at age 15?)
Children : one daughter Mary Ann or Mary Jane

iii. Susan K. Light, born Abt. 1894; died Aft. 1959; married Unknown, lived Lebanon, PA in later life.
No known children.

This preliminary survey is NOT presented as fact, only a work in progress; however, much of the information is well documented. Some idiosyncracies in the translation of the databases have resulted in awkward phrasing. Sources, notes and GEDCOMS are available upon request from the author at his discretion.

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