Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Nelson Appleton Miles


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 Nelson Appleton Miles and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Nelson Appleton Miles,1 born 19 October 1917 in Washington, D.C. (parents not determined);1 died February 1977 in U.S. Virgin Islands.1 Nelson married, ca. 1963, Rosemary Sturgeon6 (born 15 April 1925 in Montana, the daughter of Hershel Beverly Sturgeon and Lola E. Thurman;2, 3, 4, 5 Rosemary died 15 August 1997 in Contra Costa County, California2, 3). Nelson and Rosemary are buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.2

Rosemary was apparently adopted by her mother’s second husband, Hobart Swanson, since Rosemary is found in several records as Rosemary Swanson.


  1. Find a Grave (website). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Nelson Appleton Miles, born: 19 October 1917 in Washington, D.C.; died: February 1977 in U.S. Virgin Islands [from record, which also provides the names and links for his parents and one sibling].
  2. Find a Grave (website). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Rosemary S. Miles, born: 15 April 1925; died: 15 August 1997 [from record].
  3. California Death Index 1940-1997; Ancestry (website), and Familysearch (website). Miles, Rosemary, born: 15 April 1925 in Montana; died: 15 August 1997 in Contra Costa, California; father’s name: Sturgeon; mother’s name: Thurman.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Montana, Hill County, Mountain View, ED 3, Sheet No. 1A, William H. Hitchethien, 49, Wisconsin, farmer, married 25 years; wife Edith J. Hitchethien, 44, Wisconsin; son Kenneth W. Hitchethien, 24, Wisconsin, farmer; border Rosemary Sturgeon, 4, Montana.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Montana, Hill County, Havre, ED 21-16, Sheet No. 5B, Lola E. Swanson, 39, Iowa, WD (widowed); daughter Rosemary Swanson, 14, Montana.
  6. New York City Marriage Index 1950-2017, Reclaim the Records. Rosemary Gazlay and Nelson Miles, license issued in 1963 in Manhattan.