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Family HistoryFamily History - Whyland Parker Gregory


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 Whyland Parker Gregory and one of his descendants down to the second generation.


First and Second Generations
1. Whyland Parker Gregory,1 born 24 September 1877 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, the son of Walter P. Gregory and Sadie Whyland;1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 died 30 September 1941 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.2, 4 Whyland married, 24 October 1899 in Quincy, Branch County, Michigan, Helen Lorene ‘Rowena’ Tefft3 (born January 1881 in Indiana, the daughter of Rowland Dexter Tefft and Jennie McClellan;5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Rowena died 5 July 1942 in Rogers City, Presque Isle County, Michigan9, 10). Whyland and Rowena are buried in White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Oakland County, Michigan.2, 9

Child adopted by Whyland Parker Gregory and Helen Lorene ‘Rowena’ Tefft:

 2i. Pauline Gregory, born ca. 1907 in Michigan.5, 6, 7

  1. Draft Registration Card, World War I, Whyland Parker Gregory, Serial Number 823, Order Number 3413; born: 24 September 1877; occupation: traffic manager; nearest relative: Mrs. Helen Rouena Gregory.
  2. Find a Grave (website). White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Oakland County, Michigan, Whyland P. Gregory, born: 1878; died: 1941 (from record, which provides the name and link for his spouse).
  3. Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, Whyland P. Gregory, age 22, born in New Jersey, clerk, father: Walter P. Gregory; mother: Sadie Whyland; and Helen Lorene Tefft, age 19, born in Indiana, stenographer, father: Tefft; mother: [blank]. Married on 24 October 1899 in Quincy.
  4. Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952. Gregory, Whyland P., age 63, died: 30 September 1941 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; born; 24 September 1878 in Newark, New Jersey; father: Walter Gregory; mother: Sadie Whyland.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Washtenaw County, York Township, Milan Village, E.D. 145, Sheet No. 6A, Wyland Gregory, 31, New Jersey, manager, telephone co.; wife of 10 years Rowena Gregory, 29, Indiana, no children; adopted daughter Pauline Gregory, 3, Michigan.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, E.D. 630, Sheet No. 6B, Whyland Gregory, 41, New Jersey, traffic manager, scale co.; wife Rowena Gregory, 39, Indiana; daughter Pauline Gregory, 12, Michigan.
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, E.D. 82-781, Sheet No. 14B, Whyland Gregory, 51, New Jersey, first married age 21, auditor, liability co.; wife Rowena Gregory, 49, Indiana, first married age 18; daughter Pauline Gregory, 23, Michigan.
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, E.D. 84-1487, Sheet No. 5A, Whyland Gregory, 61, New Jesey, auditor, state auditor; wife Rowena Gregory, 59, Indiana.
  9. Find a Grave (website). White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Oakland County, Michigan, H. Rowena Tefft Gregory, born: 1881; died: 1942 (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, siblings, and spouse).
  10. Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952. Gregory, Helen Rowena, age 61, died: 5 July 1942 in Rogers City, Presque Isle, Michigan; born: January 1881; widowed.