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Margaret Louise “Polly” <I>Grubb</I> Ochs

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Margaret Louise “Polly” Grubb Ochs

Birth
Poolesville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Death
17 Nov 1963 (aged 56)
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Cremated Add to Map
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Margaret Louise "Polly" Grubb was the first wife of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. They were married in September 1932. She filed for divorce in Port Orchard, Washington, on April 14, 1947; divorce was finalized on December 24, 1947.

Her father was Thomas Lloyd Grubb (1877 - 1950). Her mother was Elizabeth Crissey. She was an only child.

They had a son, Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, Jr. later known as Ronald DeWolf (1934 - 1991); and a daughter, Katherine May "Kay" Hubbard, later known as Catherine May Gillespie (1936 - 2010).

She remarried with John Ochs sometime prior to 1960 and moved to Pennsylvania.

Notes:

Birth date and location per source:

Evans, Christopher. Cults of Unreason, p. 26 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974)

Death year per source:

Lamont, Stewart J. Religion Inc. — the Church of Scientology, pgs. 129-130, Harrap (publisher), London (1986) OCLC 23079677 ISBN 0-245-54334-1 ISBN 9780245543340

Sources:

Corydon, Bent. L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?, p. 294 (Lyle Stuart, 1987)

Evans, Christopher. Cults of Unreason, p. 26 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974)

Grove, W. Beale (FBI Inspector; Director, Philadelphia District). Interview with Margaret Grubb (then known as Mrs. Margaret Ochs). February 20, 1963. Pennsylvania. [Part of FBI file on L. Ron Hubbard, Number 244-210-B].

Grubb, David (2008). The Grubb Family of Grubb's Landing, Delaware. Higginson Book Co. p. 230.

Lamont, Stewart J. Religion Inc. — the Church of Scientology, pg. 130, Harrap (publisher), London (1986) OCLC 23079677 ISBN 0-245-54334-1 ISBN 9780245543340

Miller, Russell. Bare-Faced Messiah, pp. 59-60, 180, 240. (Michael Joseph Ltd, 1987).
Margaret Louise "Polly" Grubb was the first wife of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. They were married in September 1932. She filed for divorce in Port Orchard, Washington, on April 14, 1947; divorce was finalized on December 24, 1947.

Her father was Thomas Lloyd Grubb (1877 - 1950). Her mother was Elizabeth Crissey. She was an only child.

They had a son, Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, Jr. later known as Ronald DeWolf (1934 - 1991); and a daughter, Katherine May "Kay" Hubbard, later known as Catherine May Gillespie (1936 - 2010).

She remarried with John Ochs sometime prior to 1960 and moved to Pennsylvania.

Notes:

Birth date and location per source:

Evans, Christopher. Cults of Unreason, p. 26 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974)

Death year per source:

Lamont, Stewart J. Religion Inc. — the Church of Scientology, pgs. 129-130, Harrap (publisher), London (1986) OCLC 23079677 ISBN 0-245-54334-1 ISBN 9780245543340

Sources:

Corydon, Bent. L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?, p. 294 (Lyle Stuart, 1987)

Evans, Christopher. Cults of Unreason, p. 26 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974)

Grove, W. Beale (FBI Inspector; Director, Philadelphia District). Interview with Margaret Grubb (then known as Mrs. Margaret Ochs). February 20, 1963. Pennsylvania. [Part of FBI file on L. Ron Hubbard, Number 244-210-B].

Grubb, David (2008). The Grubb Family of Grubb's Landing, Delaware. Higginson Book Co. p. 230.

Lamont, Stewart J. Religion Inc. — the Church of Scientology, pg. 130, Harrap (publisher), London (1986) OCLC 23079677 ISBN 0-245-54334-1 ISBN 9780245543340

Miller, Russell. Bare-Faced Messiah, pp. 59-60, 180, 240. (Michael Joseph Ltd, 1987).


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