Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Irene Zally Baker


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 Irene Zally Baker and two of her descendants down to the third generation.


First Generation
1. Irene Zally Baker,1 born ____ (parents not determined). Irene married Ralph Vernon Boyd (born ____, parents not determined).

+2i. Robert Hugh Boyd, born 21 July 1914; died 25 June 1991 in Dade County, Florida. Married (1) Helen Barden Purdy Married (2) Teresa Ortiz Gonzaga.

Second and Third Generations
2. Robert Hugh Boyd2 (Irene1), born 21 July 1914;1, 2 died 25 June 1991 in Dade County, Florida.1, 2 Robert married, first, 9 February 1941 in Snohomish County, Washington, Helen Barden Purdy5 (born 15 November 1910 in Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho, the daughter of Dr. James Spencer Purdy and Janet Seward Robinson3, 4). Robert married, second, Teresa Ortiz Gonzaga (born 2 August 1940, parents not determined;6 Teresa died 27 November 20196). Robert is buried in Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida.1 Teresa is buried in Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida.6

 3i. Janet Susan Boyd, born ca. 1946 in Washington.3

  1. Find a Grave (website). Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida, Robert Hugh Boyd, born: 21 July 1914; died: 25 June 1991 (from record, which provides the name and link for one wife).
  2. Florida Death Index 1877-1998; available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, Robert Hugh Boyd, born: 21 July 1914; died: 25 June 1991 in Dade County, Florida.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Washington, Island County, Oak Harbor, E.D. 15-1, Sheet No. 13, Purdy Helen Boyd, 34, Idaho, divorced, owner, self service laundry; daughter Janet Susan Boyd, 4, Washington; mother Janet Purdy, 75, New York, widow.
  4. Washington, West of the Cascades: Historical and Descriptive; the Explorers, the Indians, the Pioneers, the Modern, Volume 2. Herbert Hunt, Floyd C. Kaylor. S. J. Clark Publishing Co., Chicago, Seattle, Tacoma. 1917. Pages 509-511, biography of J. Spencer Purdy, M.D., providing vital and biographical details of James Spencer Purdy, including his Purdy ancestors, two marriages and two daughters, one from each marriage. [A few dates and places, and names of individuals, in this biography differ from other sources.]
  5. Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008, Male, Index to Marriage Records, Snohomish County, Washington, Robert H. Boyd and Helen B. Purdy; married on 9 February 1941.
  6. Find a Grave (website). Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida, Mrs. Teresa Boyd, born: 2 August 1940; died: 27 November 2019 (from record, which provides the name and link for her husband).