Gazlay Family History
Jay Eugene Bowman
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Jay Eugene Bowman8 (Flossie Gazlay,7 Eugene Gazlay,6 David Gazlay,5 Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Jay Eugene Bowman8 (Flossie Gazlay,7 Eugene Gazlay,6 David Gazlay,5 Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Howard Clifford Bowman (20 June 1897 - 20 June 1989) |
| Mother | Flossie Mildred Gazlay (11 April 1897 - 8 June 1977) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 31 March 2012; Last Edited: 8 March 2024 |
| Person ID | 3677 |
| Name | Jay Eugene Bowman |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 26 April 1920 in Michigan1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Married | 18 November 1940 in Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio to Edna Marie Coss1, 5, 6 |
| Died | 16 April 20181 |
| Buried | in La Salle Township Cemetery, La Salle, Monroe County, Michigan1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Edna Marie Coss (daughter of Wilber Coss and Louise Trouten) |
| Born | 5 February 1923 in Bridgeport, Belmont County, Ohio |
| Married | 18 November 1940 in Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio to Jay Eugene Bowman |
| Died | 12 April 2021 |
| Children | of Jay Eugene Bowman and Edna Marie Coss: |
| +1. | Jay Eugene Bowman, Jr. |
| Born | 12 December 1941 in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan |
| Married | 29 February 1964 in Temperance, Monroe County, Michigan to Darlene Kay Eckhart |
| Died | 8 June 2017 in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan |
| 2. | Linda Lou Bowman |
| Born |
| 3. | Joanne M. Bowman |
| Born |
| 4. | Ronald A. Bowman |
| Born |
| 5. | Leona B. Bowman |
| Born |
| 6. | Roberta I. Bowman |
| Born |
| 7. | Robert C. Bowman |
| Born |
| 8. | Chris E. Bowman |
| Born |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). La Salle Township Cemetery, La Salle, Monroe County, Michigan J. Eugene Bowman, born: 26 April 1920; died: 16 April 2018 (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents, seven siblings, wife, and one child).
- 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).
- 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).
- This is publicly viewable information found in various public information repositories, people finding websites, and/or social media.
- Find a Grave (website). La Salle Township Cemetery, La Salle, Monroe County, Michigan Edna “Marie” Coss Bowman, born: 5 February 1923 in Bridgeport, Belmont County, Ohio; died: 12 April 2021 (from record, which includes the text from her obituary, and provides the names and links for her husband and one child).
- Gazlay Family Tree, by David Paul Gazlay. First edition published June 1984. Second edition published August 2001. This extensive Gazlay family tree provides birth and death years (but not exact dates) for Gazlay descendants, and names (only) of spouses. No sources are cited, but the compiler is known to have collected information from numerous documents and Gazlay descendants. Names, dates, and relationships should be compared to other source citations.