Vivian Grace (Jenner) Pellman, known to all as Grace, was born on a farm in Potosi, Kansas on 01 January 1887. Her parents didn't name her immediately, so she is listed on her birth certificate as "First Female." Her sister, Margaret Ann, died a month old in January 1889, after which the family moved to Elwood, Indiana, where her sisters Bea and Clare were born. Around 1895 the family returned to Linn County, Kansas and settled in Pleasanton, where Grace's brother, Earl, was born in 1897. Shortly thereafter, the family moved to Iola, where the children all attended a one-room schoolhouse.
Around 1901, Grace's mother divorced her father and married Gilbert Weaver. Grace dropped out of school in 1901 or 1902 at the completion of 8th grade. By that time, at the age of 14, she was fluent in Latin, Greek, and had completed McGuffey's 5th Reader. To help support her family, Grace went to work full time as a confectioner and soda jerk for the SS Kresge Department store in Kansas City. She lived independently from then on.
Around 1910 she moved to Leavenworth, Kansas and got a job as a commercial saleswoman. It was there that she met her future husband, a blacksmith named John Guss Pellman. The two were married after John returned from World War I. Their first son, John A. Pellman, was born whilst they were living in Leavenworth in 1920. The following year, they moved to San Diego, California, where Grace worked as a grocery clerk until the early 1930s.
Her mother died of tuberculosis in 1927, leaving Grace to raise her half-brother, Martin Weaver in his teenage years. Early in the 1930s Grace was struck by a trolley crossing the street after work, fracturing several vertibrae and leaving her with chronic back pain the rest of her life. During the First Great Depression, Grace kept a vegetable garden in which she grew much of their food. On weekends, she and John would drive to her half-sister's house in Lemon Grove and trade baskets of vegetables for a chicken to have meat on the table.
A typical day for Grace was to rise at sunup and begin preparing breakfast. After breakfast, she cleaned house and tended her garden, stopping only to prepare lunch. Around 4:00 PM she would make a cup of tea, sit in her rocking chair and read from the King James Bible or the Greek New Testament she kept on a lamp table. She was active in the United Methodist Church of Mission Hills, made most of her own clothes, knitted and crocheted, and enjoyed playing Canasta and Chinese Checkers. She was famous for her from-scratch peach pie and date roll cookies.
Around 1901, Grace's mother divorced her father and married Gilbert Weaver. Grace dropped out of school in 1901 or 1902 at the completion of 8th grade. By that time, at the age of 14, she was fluent in Latin, Greek, and had completed McGuffey's 5th Reader. To help support her family, Grace went to work full time as a confectioner and soda jerk for the SS Kresge Department store in Kansas City. She lived independently from then on.
Around 1910 she moved to Leavenworth, Kansas and got a job as a commercial saleswoman. It was there that she met her future husband, a blacksmith named John Guss Pellman. The two were married after John returned from World War I. Their first son, John A. Pellman, was born whilst they were living in Leavenworth in 1920. The following year, they moved to San Diego, California, where Grace worked as a grocery clerk until the early 1930s.
Her mother died of tuberculosis in 1927, leaving Grace to raise her half-brother, Martin Weaver in his teenage years. Early in the 1930s Grace was struck by a trolley crossing the street after work, fracturing several vertibrae and leaving her with chronic back pain the rest of her life. During the First Great Depression, Grace kept a vegetable garden in which she grew much of their food. On weekends, she and John would drive to her half-sister's house in Lemon Grove and trade baskets of vegetables for a chicken to have meat on the table.
A typical day for Grace was to rise at sunup and begin preparing breakfast. After breakfast, she cleaned house and tended her garden, stopping only to prepare lunch. Around 4:00 PM she would make a cup of tea, sit in her rocking chair and read from the King James Bible or the Greek New Testament she kept on a lamp table. She was active in the United Methodist Church of Mission Hills, made most of her own clothes, knitted and crocheted, and enjoyed playing Canasta and Chinese Checkers. She was famous for her from-scratch peach pie and date roll cookies.
Vivian Grace (Jenner) Pellman, known to all as Grace, was born on a farm in Potosi, Kansas on 01 January 1887. Her parents didn't name her immediately, so she is listed on her birth certificate as "First Female." Her sister, Margaret Ann, died a month old in January 1889, after which the family moved to Elwood, Indiana, where her sisters Bea and Clare were born. Around 1895 the family returned to Linn County, Kansas and settled in Pleasanton, where Grace's brother, Earl, was born in 1897. Shortly thereafter, the family moved to Iola, where the children all attended a one-room schoolhouse.
Around 1901, Grace's mother divorced her father and married Gilbert Weaver. Grace dropped out of school in 1901 or 1902 at the completion of 8th grade. By that time, at the age of 14, she was fluent in Latin, Greek, and had completed McGuffey's 5th Reader. To help support her family, Grace went to work full time as a confectioner and soda jerk for the SS Kresge Department store in Kansas City. She lived independently from then on.
Around 1910 she moved to Leavenworth, Kansas and got a job as a commercial saleswoman. It was there that she met her future husband, a blacksmith named John Guss Pellman. The two were married after John returned from World War I. Their first son, John A. Pellman, was born whilst they were living in Leavenworth in 1920. The following year, they moved to San Diego, California, where Grace worked as a grocery clerk until the early 1930s.
Her mother died of tuberculosis in 1927, leaving Grace to raise her half-brother, Martin Weaver in his teenage years. Early in the 1930s Grace was struck by a trolley crossing the street after work, fracturing several vertibrae and leaving her with chronic back pain the rest of her life. During the First Great Depression, Grace kept a vegetable garden in which she grew much of their food. On weekends, she and John would drive to her half-sister's house in Lemon Grove and trade baskets of vegetables for a chicken to have meat on the table.
A typical day for Grace was to rise at sunup and begin preparing breakfast. After breakfast, she cleaned house and tended her garden, stopping only to prepare lunch. Around 4:00 PM she would make a cup of tea, sit in her rocking chair and read from the King James Bible or the Greek New Testament she kept on a lamp table. She was active in the United Methodist Church of Mission Hills, made most of her own clothes, knitted and crocheted, and enjoyed playing Canasta and Chinese Checkers. She was famous for her from-scratch peach pie and date roll cookies.
Around 1901, Grace's mother divorced her father and married Gilbert Weaver. Grace dropped out of school in 1901 or 1902 at the completion of 8th grade. By that time, at the age of 14, she was fluent in Latin, Greek, and had completed McGuffey's 5th Reader. To help support her family, Grace went to work full time as a confectioner and soda jerk for the SS Kresge Department store in Kansas City. She lived independently from then on.
Around 1910 she moved to Leavenworth, Kansas and got a job as a commercial saleswoman. It was there that she met her future husband, a blacksmith named John Guss Pellman. The two were married after John returned from World War I. Their first son, John A. Pellman, was born whilst they were living in Leavenworth in 1920. The following year, they moved to San Diego, California, where Grace worked as a grocery clerk until the early 1930s.
Her mother died of tuberculosis in 1927, leaving Grace to raise her half-brother, Martin Weaver in his teenage years. Early in the 1930s Grace was struck by a trolley crossing the street after work, fracturing several vertibrae and leaving her with chronic back pain the rest of her life. During the First Great Depression, Grace kept a vegetable garden in which she grew much of their food. On weekends, she and John would drive to her half-sister's house in Lemon Grove and trade baskets of vegetables for a chicken to have meat on the table.
A typical day for Grace was to rise at sunup and begin preparing breakfast. After breakfast, she cleaned house and tended her garden, stopping only to prepare lunch. Around 4:00 PM she would make a cup of tea, sit in her rocking chair and read from the King James Bible or the Greek New Testament she kept on a lamp table. She was active in the United Methodist Church of Mission Hills, made most of her own clothes, knitted and crocheted, and enjoyed playing Canasta and Chinese Checkers. She was famous for her from-scratch peach pie and date roll cookies.
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