Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyRobert Charles Zehner

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Robert Charles Zehner8 (Jane Gazlay,7 John Gazlay,6 Arvin Gazlay,5 John Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherCarl Christian Zehner (9 September 1883 - 4 January 1962)
MotherJane Estelle ‘Jenne’ Gazlay (29 November 1884 - 20 July 1970)

Personal Information

Record Created: 6 March 2011; Last Edited: 28 March 2022 
Person ID2140
NameRobert Charles Zehner
GenderMale
Born 23 November 1909 in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Married 29 January 1930 in Sandusky County, Ohio to Eileen Nadine Edwards6, 8
Divorced from Eileen Nadine Edwards2
Married 24 May 1953 to Francis Daulton2
Married 1991 to Marian Louise Smith9
Died 8 August 2006 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio1, 3
Buried in Bellevue Cemetery, Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio1

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyEileen Nadine Edwards (daughter of Thomas Edwards and Naida Richards)
Born 18 October 1908 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Married 29 January 1930 in Sandusky County, Ohio to Robert Charles Zehner
  
Children of Robert Charles Zehner and Eileen Nadine Edwards:
  
+1.FamilyJoanne Eileen Zehner7
Born 29 August 1930 in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio
Married 1949 to Dean Todd
Died 5 October 2020 in Colleyville, Tarrant County, Texas
  
Spouse 2FamilyFrancis Daulton
Born 20 July 1924 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Married 24 May 1953 to Robert Charles Zehner
Died 20 May 1973 in Bellevue, Sandusky County, Ohio
  
Children of Robert Charles Zehner and Francis Daulton:
  
1.FamilyGretchen Anne Zehner
Born 30 January 1948 in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio
  
Spouse 3FamilyMarian Louise Smith
Born 9 August 1918 in Monroe, Butler County, Ohio
Married 1941 to Edwin T. Linn
Married 1991 to Robert Charles Zehner
Died 2 March 2006 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio
  

Sources

  1. Find a Grave (website). Bellevue Cemetery, Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio; Robert C. Zehner, born: 23 November 1909; died: 8 August 2006 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio (from record, which includes the details from the Ohio Death Index; and provides the name and link for his parents and three wives).
  2. Email from Mary Fetter to Lee Gazlay, various dates in April and June 2013. The emails include as attachments 18 pages of hand-written family history notes containing the names, birth, marriage and death dates and places, primarily centered around the ancestors and descendants of Carl Adolph Hildebrand (1886-1965) and his wife Maria Elizabeth Gazlay (1883-1973). The pages include surnames Gazlay, Hildebrand, Rhoades, Morgan, Zehner, and Fetter, among many other surnames. The information in these pages matches the same information found in other (primarily public) records, so is considered highly reliable.
  3. Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007, available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, Robert C. Zehner, died: 8 August 2006; born: 23 November 1909 in Ohio; widow; father: Zehner; mother: Gazlay.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Ohio, Huron County, Bellevue, Enumeration District 28, Sheet No. 5A, family of Carl C. Zehner (26, Ohio, superintendent, packing house), wife of 3 years Jennie E. Zehner (25, Ohio, 2 children, 1 living), son Robert C. Zehner (4/12, Ohio).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Ohio, Huron County, Bellevue, Enumeration District 46, Sheet No. 1B, family of C. Carl Zehner (36, Ohio, foreman, packing co.), wife Jennie Zehner (35, Ohio), son Robert Zehner (10, Ohio), son Clifford Zehner (6, Ohio), son Carl Zehner (3, Ohio), daughter Ruth Zehner (1 9/12, Ohio).
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Ohio, Huron County, Bellevue, Enumeration District 39-9, Sheet No. 11B, family of Carl C. Zehner (46, Ohio, married at age 23, vice-president, packing co.), wife Jennie H. Zehner (45, Ohio, married at age 22), son Robert Zehner (21, Ohio, married at age 21, aviator, L. C. Pilot), daughter-in-law Eileen Zehner (21, Ohio, married at age 21), son Clifford Zehner (17, Ohio), son Carl Zehner (14, Ohio), daughter Ruth Zehner (12, Ohio).
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Ohio, Huron County, Bellevue, Enumeration District 39-1, Sheet No. 9A, family of Carl Zehner (56, Ohio, owner, packing plant); wife Jennie Zehner (55, Ohio); son Robert Zehner (30, Ohio, superintendent, packing plant); daughter-law Eileen Zehner (30, Ohio); son Carl Zehner (23, Ohio); daughter Ruth Zehner (22, Ohio, bookkeeper, N. O. Tube Co.); grand-daughter Joane Zehner (9, Ohio).
  8. Ohio, County Marriages 1789-2013/2016, Sandusky County, marriage license and certificate, Robert C. Zehner, age 21 on 23 November 1929 (so born: 23 November 1908); born in Bellevue, O[hio]; occupation: aviator; father: Carl Zehner; mother: Jennie Gazley; not previously married; Eileen N. Edwards, age 21 on 18 October 1929 (so born: 18 October 1908); born in Hamilton, Ont. [Ontario]; occupation: nurse; father: Thos. Edwards; mother: Naida Richards; not previously married; Married on 29 January 1930.
  9. Find a Grave (website). Bellevue Cemetery, Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio; Marian Louise Smith Zehner, born: 9 August 1918 in Monroe, Butler County, Ohio; died: 2 March 2006 in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio (from record, which includes notes regarding her parents, siblings, and two husbands; details from the Ohio Death Index; and provides the names and links for her two husbands).