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Gus Gimness
Charles Gustav Gimnessfull name on his 1940 draft registration
18 Oct 1905 – 28 Jul 1988 · St. Paul, Minnesota · Seattle · Arlington, Washington
18 Oct 1905Born in St. Paul, Minnesota.Proven
1933Married Anita Mary Horr, Seattle.Proven
28 Jul 1988Died in Arlington, Washington.Proven
Charles “Gus” Gimness, a sales manager’s son of immigrants — and Anita Horr, granddaughter of a Mexican-born grandmother. Every line on this page meets in their marriage.
Proven
Birthplace: St. Paul, Minnesota — Minnesota birth index (father entered as Ole Gimnes); the 1910 census also gives Minnesota.
Proven
Full name Charles Gustav Gimness — his World War II draft registration, Seattle, 16 Oct 1940.
Proven
Sales manager, Grandma’s Cookies — as reported.
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The places the records name
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Family
Children
Five children The living generation stays off the public tree — by design
Still unknown
Open questions
- The exact year the family moved from St. Paul to Seattle — Gus was born in Minnesota in 1905 and his brother Martin in Washington in 1909, and no record yet read narrows the move further.