Gazlay Family History
Family History - Nellie Hoekzema
| 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 Nellie Hoekzema and six of her descendants down to the third generation.
First Generation
1. Nellie Hoekzema,1 born ____ (parents not determined). Nellie married Nicholas Highhouse (born ____, parents not determined).Child of Nellie Hoekzema and Nicholas Highhouse:
| + | 2 | i. | Harry William ‘Bill’ Highhouse, born 28 June 1920; died 21 January 2012. Married Annabelle E. Sisson. |
Second and Third Generations
2. Harry William ‘Bill’ Highhouse2 (Nellie1), born 28 June 1920;1 died 21 January 2012.1 Bill married Annabelle E. Sisson2 (born 17 November 1921 in Waterford, New London County, Connecticut, the daughter of Henry Everett Sisson and Nellie Dora Burdick;2, 3, 4, 5 Annabelle died 16 December 2016 in Chula Vista, San Diego County, California2, 5). Bill and Annabelle are buried in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California.1, 2Children of Harry William ‘Bill’ Highhouse and Annabelle E. Sisson:
| 3 | i. | Michael Highhouse. | |
| 4 | ii. | Patsy Highhouse. | |
| 5 | iii. | Yolanda Highhouse. | |
| 6 | iv. | Jeanne Highhouse. | |
| 7 | v. | Duane Highhouse. |
- Find a Grave (website). Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California. Harry William Highhouse, born: 28 June 1920; died: 21 January 2012 (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents, sibling, and wife).
- Find a Grave (website). Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California. Annabelle Sisson Highhouse, born: 17 November 1921 in Waterford, New London County, Connecticut; died: 16 December 2016 in Chula Vista, San Diego County, California (from record, which includes text probably from her obituary giving vital and biographical details and the names of her parents and husband; and the name and link for her husband).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Connecticut, New London County, Montville, Enumeration District 6-21, Sheets No. 14B and 15A, family of Henry E. Sisson (60, Connecticut, first married age 21); wife Dora N. Sisson (44, Connecticut, first married age 20); son Kenneth E. Sisson (17, Connecticut, fish cutter, fisheries); son Frank H. Sisson (13, Connecticut); daughter Annabelle E. Sisson (8, Connecticut); daughter Jessie M. Sisson (5, Connecticut); daughter Blanche M. Sisson (2 0/12, Connecticut).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Connecticut, New London County, Ledyard, E.D. 6-29, Sheet No. 61A, Dorothy Streeter, 28, Connecticut, social worker, State of Conn., resided in Waterford in 1935; son Robert Streeter, 4, Connecticut; housekeeper Annabelle Sisson, 18, Connecticut, housekeeper, private family, resided in Montville in 1935.
- Obituary, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California, 8 January 2017, Annabelle Highhouse, died: 16 December 2016; born: 17 November 1921 in Waterford, Connecticut. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of her parents, husband, children, and indicates she had eight grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.