Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyThelma Esther Post

Parents

FatherFrank Post (September 1861 - )
MotherEmma Mower (June 1865 - )

Personal Information

Record Created: 17 March 2012; Last Edited: 24 August 2020 
Person ID3594
NameThelma Esther Post
GenderFemale
Born 21 July 1896 in Michigan1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Married 12 June 1914 in Alba, Antrim County, Michigan to Lowell Ralph Gazlay3, 6, 7
Died 17 June 19501
Buried in Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery, Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan1

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyLowell Ralph Gazlay (son of Eugene Miles Gazlay and Mary Elizabeth Watters)
Born 7 March 1893 in Mancelona, Antrim County, Michigan
Married 12 June 1914 in Alba, Antrim County, Michigan to Thelma Esther Post
Married 1951 to Ruth Ann Creech (née Smith)
Died 25 March 1986 in Sandstone, Jackson County, Michigan
  
Children of Thelma Esther Post and Lowell Ralph Gazlay:
  
1.FamilyBethany Mae ‘Betty’ Gazlay
Born 9 August 1917 in Michigan
Married 5 November 1937 to Harry Paul Fish
Died 7 July 1978 in Summit, Jackson County, Michigan
  
+2.FamilyFrancis Eugene ‘Frank’ Gazlay
Born 22 December 1918 in Sidnaw, Houghton County, Michigan
Married 31 December 1940 in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan to Barbara Jane Ellison
Married 24 May 1975 in Nappanee, Elkhart County, Indiana to Dorothy Lucille MacDonald (née Young)
Died 25 April 1999 in Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan
  
3.FamilyJune Carol Gazlay
Born 26 June 1922 in Michigan
Married to Bernard Joseph Barton
Died 4 December 1993
  
+4.FamilyCalvin Lowell Gazlay
Born 31 August 1923 in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan
Married 25 April 1947 in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan to Betty Joyce Braun
Died 12 September 2002 in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan
  
+5.FamilyMarion Imogene ‘Jean’ Gazlay
Born 13 August 1925 in Michigan
Married to Howard H. Huntoon
Died 28 July 1995
  
+6.FamilyLee Merton Gazlay
Born 9 September 1926 in Michigan
Married to Virginia Idabelle Videto
Died 26 September 2018
  
+7.FamilyDwight Roger Gazlay
Born 22 September 1928 in Michigan
Married 2 December 1950 to Mary Nancy ‘Nan’ Hahs
Died 20 April 1985
  
+8.FamilyBarbara Ann Gazlay
Born 8 October 1931 in Michigan
Married to Joseph Walter Pycek
Died 16 April 1997 in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan
  
+9.FamilyDavid Paul Gazlay
Born 15 July 1938 in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan
Married 4 November 1960 to Delores Anne Wangerow
Died 16 February 2015
  

Sources

  1. Find a Grave (website). Hillcrest Memorial Park, Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan; Thelma E. Post Gazley, born 21 July 1896, died 17 June 1950. Spouse: Ralph Lowell Gazley [from record].
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Michigan, Clinton County, Victor Township, Enumeration District 18, Sheet No. 3A, family of Frank D. Post (38, Michigan, Sept 1861, farmer); wife of 14 years Emma A. Post (34, Michigan, June 1865, 2 children, 2 living); daughter Iva F. Post (11, Michigan, Apr 1889); daughter Thelma E. Post (2, Michigan, July 1897).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Houghton County, Duncan Township, Enumeration District 140, Sheet No. 1A, family of Ralph L. Gazlay (26, Michigan, millwright); wife Thelma Gazlay (23, Michigan); daughter Bethany M. Gazlay (2, Michigan); son Francis E. Gazlay (1, Michigan). They are living next door to Thelma’s parents and siblings.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Jackson County, Summit Township, Enumeration District 38-51, Sheet No. 16B and 17A,family of Ralph L. Gazley (38, Michigan, machinist, first married age 21); wife Thelma E. Gazley (35, Michigan, first married age 18); daughter Bethany Gazley (12, Michigan); son Francis Gazley (11, Michigan); daughter June Gazley (7, Michigan); son Wayne Gazley [this is apparently son Calvin] (6, Michigan); daughter Emogine Gazley (4 8/12, Michigan); son Merton Gazley (3 7/12, Michigan); son Dwight Gazley (1 7/12, Michigan).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Jackson County, Jackson City, Ralph L. Gazley [indexed as Gayley], 47 Michigan, machinist, automotive parts; wife Thelma E. Gazley, 43, Michigan; son Francis E. Gazley, 21, Michigan, machinist, automotive parts; daughter June C. Gazley, 17, Michigan, housework, private home; son Wayne L. Gazley, 16, Michigan; daughter Imogene M. Gazley, 14, Michigan; son Merton L. Gazley 13, Michigan; son Dwight R. Gazley, 11, Michigan; daughter Barbara A. Gazley, 7, Michigan; son David P. Gazley, 1, Michigan.
  6. Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995; Ralph Gazlay, age 21, born in Wetzell, [Antrim County], Michigan; Thelma Post, age 17, born in Michigan; married 12 June 1914 in Alba, Antrim [County], Michigan; groom’s parents: Eugene Gazlay and Mary Watersen [sic, Waters]; bride’s parents: Frank Post and Emma Mower.
  7. 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.