Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Jesse Peter Niswonger, Jr.


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Jesse Peter Niswonger, Jr. and three of his descendants down to the third generation.


First Generation
1. Jesse Peter Niswonger, Jr.,1 born 29 August 1927 in Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, the son of Jesse Peter Niswonger, Sr. and Eleanor Kate Lorey.1, 2, 3 Jesse married, 30 December 1944 in Pocahontas, Randolph County, Arkansas, Dorothy Jane ‘Janie’ Peel6, 7 (born 3 September 1925 in Missouri, the daughter of Charles Peel and Cecil Conner3, 4, 5).

Children of Jesse Peter Niswonger, Jr. and Dorothy Jane ‘Janie’ Peel:

+2i. James Keith Niswonger, born 18 January 1946. Married Sharon Ann Bell.
 3ii. Jeffrey Bruce Niswonger, born 25 February 1948 in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri;8 died December 1971.8

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Missouri, Cape Girardeau County, Jackson City, Enumeration District 16-6, Sheet No. 18A, adjacent families of: 1. Givens O. Niswonger (55, Missouri, laborer, farm, first married age 24); wife: Radie C. Niswonger (50, Missouri, first married age 19); daughter Ruby A. Niswonger (25, Missouri, stitching, shoe factory); daughter Mary O. Niswonger (14, Missouri); son Glen O. Niswonger (13, Missouri); son James W. Niswonger (8, Missouri). 2. Jesse Niswonger (24, Missouri, vamper, shoe factory, first married age 21); wife Eleanor K. Niswonger (21, Missouri, stitcher, shoe factory, first married age 18); son Jesse Niswonger, Jr. (2 7/12, Missouri).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Missouri, Cape Girardeau County, Jackson, Enumeration District 16-6B, Sheet No. 7A, family of Jesse P. Niswonger (34, Missouri, sole moulder, shoe factory); wife Eleanor Niswonger (31, Missouri); son Jessie Niswonger Jr. (12, Missouri); son Billy J. Niswonger (9, Missouri).
  3. This is publicly viewable information found in various public information repositories, people finding websites, and/or social media.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Missouri, Cape Girardeau County, Byrd Township, Enumeration District 16-8, Sheet No. 4B, family of Charles Peel (34, Kentucky, farmer, truck farm, first married age 26); wife Cecil Peel (25, Missouri, first married age 18); daughter Doris Peel (6, Missouri); daughter Dorothy J. Peel (4 4/12, Missouri); daughter Bettie Peel (2 1/12, Missouri); mother-law Alice Conner (58, Indiana, widow).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Missouri, Cape Girardeau County, Byrd, Enumeration District 16-7, Sheet No. 2B, family of Charles Peel (41, Kentucky, township road overseer, roadwork); wife Cecil Peel (37, Missouri); daughter Doris Peel (17, Missouri); daughter Jane Peel (14, Missouri); daughter Betty Peel (12, Missouri); daughter Helen Peel (8, Kentucky); son Chas. R. Peel (4, Missouri); mother-in-law Alice Conner (68, Indiana, widow).
  6. Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957, Jesse Niswonger and Jane Peel, married on 30 December 1944 in Randolph County, Arkansas.
  7. Wedding Announcement, The Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, Missouri (website: semissourian.com), 8 January 1945, Jesse Niswonger, Jr., and Jane Peel, on 30 December 1944 in Pocahontas, Arkansas.
  8. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Rootsweb (website). Jeffrey Niswonger, no. 495-52-1892; died: December 1971; born: 25 February 1948.
Second Generation
2. James Keith Niswonger2 (Jesse1), born 18 January 1946.1 James married Sharon Ann Bell (born 20 June 1955, the daughter of Roy Franklin Bell and Ida Mildred Dennis2).

Child of James Keith Niswonger and Sharon Ann Bell:

+4i. Joshua Keith Niswonger, born 17 December 1990. Married Elizabeth Grace Gazlay.

  1. This is publicly viewable information found in various public information repositories, people finding websites, and/or social media.
  2. Email between Sharon Bell and Lee Gazlay, 20 August 2014.
Third Generation
4. Joshua Keith Niswonger3 (James,2 Jesse1), born 17 December 1990. Joshua married, 28 July 2014 in Fairfax, Fairfax County, Virginia, Elizabeth Grace Gazlay (born 10 May 1992 in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Robert Lee Gazlay and Charlotte Anne Constant).