Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyFlossie Mildred Gazlay

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Flossie Mildred Gazlay7 (Eugene Gazlay,6 David Gazlay,5 Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherEugene Miles Gazlay (8 July 1863 - 11 June 1924)
MotherMary Elizabeth Watters (9 August 1868 - 2 May 1949)

Personal Information

Record Created: 31 March 2012; Last Edited: 8 March 2024 
Person ID3556
NameFlossie Mildred Gazlay
GenderFemale
Born 11 April 1897 in Mancelona, Antrim County, Michigan1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Married ca. 1919 to Howard Clifford Bowman6, 7, 9
Died 8 June 1977 in Frenchtown, Monroe County, Michigan2, 3
Buried in Roselawn Memorial Park, La Salle, Monroe County, Michigan2

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyHoward Clifford Bowman (son of Jay Franklin Bowman and Theresa Strohstacker)
Born 20 June 1897 in Ohio
Married ca. 1919 to Flossie Mildred Gazlay
Died 20 June 1989 in Frenchtown, Monroe County, Michigan
  
Children of Flossie Mildred Gazlay and Howard Clifford Bowman:
  
+1.FamilyJay Eugene Bowman
Born 26 April 1920 in Michigan
Married 18 November 1940 in Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio to Edna Marie Coss
Died 16 April 2018
  
+2.FamilyMildred Juanita Bowman
Born 21 October 1922 in Sidnaw, Houghton County, Michigan
Married 7 January 1945 in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan to Dewey Etheridge ‘Sonny’ Turner
Died 1 September 2019 in Monroe County, Michigan
  
+3.FamilyLeon Clifford Bowman
Born 10 February 1924 in Sidnaw, Houghton County, Michigan
Married 31 December 1955 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio to Harriet Agnes Karwick
Died 11 October 2022 in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan
  
4.FamilyLowell Lloyd Bowman
Born 16 May 1925 in Houghton County, Michigan
Married to Marjorie M. Karwick
Died 26 January 2015 in Temperance, Monroe County, Michigan
  
5.FamilyWarren Lee Bowman
Born 11 November 1926 in Houghton County, Michigan
Married to Juanita C. Karwick
Died 22 January 1991
  
+6.FamilyAudrey M. Bowman
Born 1 August 1928 in La Salle, Monroe County, Michigan
Married 1948 to Robert Lake
Died 9 August 2020 in Monroe County, Michigan
  
+7.FamilyRonald Lyle Bowman
Born 8 August 1930 in Michigan
Married 12 June 1953 in La Salle, Monroe County, Michigan to Audrey Geraldine ‘Deanie’ Wilson
Died 1 June 2017 in Blissfield, Lenawee County, Michigan
  
+8.FamilyDelbert Fay Bowman
Born 11 July 1932 in La Salle, Monroe County, Michigan
Married 6 April 1951 in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan to Shirley E. Peters
Died 6 June 2017 in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan
  
9.FamilyMarlene Bowman
Born ca. 1938 in Michigan
Married to Edward Ausmus
Married to Richard Reigle
  

Sources

  1. Michigan Births, 1867-1902; Flossie M. Gazley, born 11 April 1897 in Mancelona Township, Antrim [County], Michigan; Father: Eugene Gazley, born in Michgan; Mother: Mary Gazley, born in Ohio.
  2. Find a Grave (website). Roselawn Memorial Park, La Salle, Monroe County, Michigan; Flossie M. Gazlay Bowman, born: 1897; died: 1977 (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, five siblings, husband, and eight children).
  3. Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996; Flossie M. Bowman, died 8 June 1977 in Frenchtown, Monroe [County], Michigan; born 11 April 1997 [sic, 1897].
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Michigan, Antrim County, Star Township, Enumeration District 3, Sheet No. 11A, family of Eugene M. Gazlay (37, Michigan, July 1862, filer, saw mill); wife of 12 years Mary E. Gazlay (33, Ohio, Aug. 1866, 5 children, 4 living); daughter [sic, actually a son] Bird T. Gazlay (10, Michigan, July 1889); son Ralph L. Gazlay (7, Michigan, Mar. 1893); son Vollie I. Gazlay (5, Michigan, May 1895); daughter Flossie M. Gazlay (3, Michigan, Apr. 1897); border Samuel Johnson (45, Pennsylvania, July 1856, day laborer); wife of 11 years Anna Johnson (38, Ohio, Nov. 1861).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Antrim County, Chestonia Township, Enumeration District 3, Sheet No. 1B, family of Eugene M. Gazley (44, Michigan, farmer); wife of 22 years Mary E. Gazley (40, Ohio, 7 children, 6 living); son Bird P. Gazley (20, Michigan, laborer, odd jobs); son Ralph L. Gazley (17, Michigan); son Vollie I. Gazley (15, Michigan); daughter Flossie M. Gazley (13, Michigan); Arnold L. Gazley (9, Michgan); daughter Venice J. Gazley (1 7/12, Michigan). Eugene is living next to his brother Lawrence and his family.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Houghton County, Duncan Township, Enumeration District 140, Sheet No. 1B, family of Howard C. Bowman (22, Ohio, mill setter, handle factory); wife Flossie M. Bowman (22, Michigan).
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Monroe County, LaSalle Township, Enumeration District 58-16, Sheet No. 16B, family of Howard Bowman (32, Ohio, truck driver, first married age 21); wife Flossie Bowman (32, Michigan, first married age 21); son Eugene Bowman (9, Michigan); daughter Mildred Bowman (7, Michigan); son Leon Bowman (6, Michigan); son Lowell Bowman (4 10/12, Michigan); son Warren Bowman (2 4/12, Michigan); daughter Audrey Bowman (1 7/12, Michigan).
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Monroe County, La Salle Township, Enumeration District 58-21, Sheet No. 18A, family of Howard Bowman (43, Ohio, truck driver, road work); wife Flossie Bowman (43, Michigan); son Eugene Bowman (20, Michigan, auto mechanic, retail auto); daughter Mildred Bowman (17, Michigan); son Leon Bowman (16, Michigan); son Lowell Bowman (15, Michigan); son Warren Bowman (13, Michigan); daughter Audrey Bowman (12, Michigan); son Lysle Bowman (10, Michigan); son Delbert Bowman (8, Michigan); daughter Marlene Bowman (2, Michigan).
  9. Sweet/Fish/Gazlay/Post Family Tree, Ancestry (website), Owner: Eagan Anderson, Florida. Although few sources are shown in this extensive tree, the birth, marriage, death, names, and other details typically agree with other sources. This tree is generally cited as a reference in our Gazlay Family History website only where the information is not found in any other source, such as children who died in infancy, middle names, etc.