Garriott Family Genealogy
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07-Tad Faulkner Garriott
Birth: 14 Feb 1889, Medicine Twp, Mercer Co, MO
Home: Pequot Lakes, MN & Richmond, Contra Costa Co, CA
Death: 25 Dec 1968, San Jose, CA- age 79 as Ted Garrett, mother's maiden name Hawthorne
Burial: Halfrock Cemetery
Occupation: Carpenter, SSN: 468-12-0049/MN
Military: Registered for WW1 Draft in Putnam Co, MO on 5 Jun 1917
Father: John Milton Garriott
Marriage: 18 Aug 1912
Spouse: Esther Mae REITER
Birth: 22 Sep 1894
Death: 27 Nov 1967, El Cerito, Contra Costa Co, CA- age 73
Burial: San Jose, Santa Clara Co, CA
Occupation: SSN: 476-05-2986/MN
Father: John Adam Reiter
Mother: Ida Maria Fordice
CHILDREN: Tad and Esther had five daughters:
08----MILDRED ESTALENE GARRIOTT/GARRETT [b. 13 Jul 1914, Pequot Lakes, Crow Wing Co, MN], m. Alfred Odin GRAVDAHL [b. 2 Apr 1908, Pequot Lakes, Crow Wing Co, MN; d. Jun 1973, Pequot Lakes, Crow Wing Co, MN- age 65, bur. Our Savors Lutheran Cemetery], SSN: 474-03-8256/MN, son of Emil O Gravdahl (1880) and Nellie ___ (1874-1958) on 16 Dec 1931, divorced in 1945, had three children:
09----RICHARD WAYNE GRAVDAHL [b. 9 Jul 1933, Pequot Lakes, Crow Wing Co, MN], m. Betty Elaine NELSON on 28 Jun 1958, had four children:
09----GERALD DUANE GRAVDAHL [b. 13 Jun 1939, Pequot Lakes, Crow Wing Co, MN];
09----JAMES CLAIR GRAVDAHL [b. 29 Jan 1941, Pequot Lakes, Crow Wing Co, MN; d. 11 Sep 1949- age 8, bur. Our Saviors Lutheran Cemetery].
Mildred second married Edward James GORDON [b. 19 Apr 1927] in 1952, had one son:
08----MARLYS CORRINE GARRIOTT/GARRETT [b. 20 Jan 1918, Pequot Lakes, Crow Wing Co, MN; d. 17 Mar 1993, Alameda, Los Angeles Co, CA- age 75, bur. Irvington Memorial Cemetery], SSN: 469-12-3015/MN, m. Clarence E GRAVDAHL [b. 22 Aug 1913; d. 6 Nov 2007- age 94, bur. Irvington Memorial Cemetery] on 15 Oct 1938 at Pequot Lakes, Crow Wing Co, MN, had two sons:
08----VIRGINIA BEULAH GARRIOTT/GARRETT [b. 2 Jan 1920, Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS], m. Earnest Gail EGGEN [b. 23 Jun 1920] on 3 Dec 1940; d. 30 Mar 1993, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara Co, CA- age 73], SSN: 554-36-7055/CA, lived in Cupertino, Santa Clara Co, CA, had three children:
08----KATHRYN JEAN GARRIOTT/GARRETT [b. 19 Apr 1924, Pequot Lakes, MN], m. Vern Maxwell THORP [b. 14 Dec 1922] on 24 Jul 1945, had daughter:
08----BETTY FAYE GARRIOTT/GARRETT [b. 5 Dec 1926, Pequot Lakes, Crow Wing Co, MI], m. John Joseph PUGLIESI [b. 7 Jul 1926, Boston, Suffolk Co, MA], in 1950.
CENSUS:
1920 Neodesha, Wilson Co, KS census: has Ted Garriott 30, b. MO, Painter-Oil Refinery; Esther Garriott 26, b. NE; Estelene Garriott 5, b. MN; and Marles Garriott 1-11/12, b. MO.
1930 Pequot Lakes, Crow Wing Co, MN census: has Ted Garrett 40, b. MO, Carpenter-House w/ $1,000 RE; Esther M Garrett 36, b. NE; Estalene Garrett 15, b. MN; Marles C Garrett 12, b. MN; Virginia B Garrett 10, b. KS; Katherine J Garrett 6, b. MN; and Betty F Garrett 3-4/12, b. MN.
1940 Sibley, Crow Wing Co, MN census: has Ted Garrett 51, b. MO, Carpenter-Building Construction; Esther Garrett 47, b. NE; Katherine Garrett 15, b. MN; and Betty Garrett 13, b. MN.
BIOGRAPHY: Tad and Esther lived in Powersville, Putnam Co, MO, in the early part of their married life, then moved to Pequot Lakes, Crow Wing Co, MN, then, after a few years, moved again to Richmond, Contra Costa Co, CA. In Minnesota, Tad changed his name, unofficially, from Tad Garriott to Ted Garrett.