Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Gretchen Knox Gazlay


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 Gretchen Knox Gazlay and four of her descendants down to the third generation.


First Generation
1. Gretchen Knox Gazlay,1 born 9 September 1956 in Frankfurt, Germany, the daughter of Col. John Collins Gazlay and Carolyn Hoge ‘Petey’ Meyer.1, 2 Gretchen married, 4 June 1983 in Dallas, Texas, Randall Edward Biery3 (born 4 October 1956, parents not determined2).

Children of Gretchen Knox Gazlay and Randall Edward Biery:

+2i. Kristin Kessig Biery, born 2 December 1986 in Dallas, Texas. Married Joshua Eugene Snively.
 3ii. David John Biery, born 21 December 1988 in Lubbock County, Texas;4 died 22 December 1988 in Lubbock County, Texas.5
 4iii. Carolyn Baker Biery, born 7 November 1990 in Dallas, Texas.6

  1. Email from Mary Fetter to Lee Gazlay, various dates in April and June 2013. The emails include as attachments 18 pages of hand-written family history notes containing the names, birth, marriage and death dates and places, primarily centered around the ancestors and descendants of Carl Adolph Hildebrand (1886-1965) and his wife Maria Elizabeth Gazlay (1883-1973). The pages include surnames Gazlay, Hildebrand, Rhoades, Morgan, Zehner, and Fetter, among many other surnames. The information in these pages matches the same information found in other (primarily public) records, so is considered highly reliable.
  2. This is publicly viewable information found in various public information repositories, people finding websites, and/or social media.
  3. Texas Marriage Collection 1814-1909 and 1966-2002, available at Ancestry.com, marriage of Randall E. Biery and Gretchen K. Gazlay, 4 June 1983, Dallas, Texas.
  4. Texas Birth Index 1903-1997, Biery, David John, born 21 Dec 1988 in Lubbock County, Texas.
  5. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, available at ancestry.com.
  6. Texas Birth Index 1903-1997, Biery, Carolyn Baker, born 7 Nov 1990 in Dallas County, Texas.
Second and Third Generations
2. Kristin Kessig Biery2 (Gretchen1), born 2 December 1986 in Dallas, Texas.1 Kristin married, 19 October 2013 in Dallas, Texas, Joshua Eugene Snively2 (born ____, parents not determined).

Child of Kristin Kessig Biery and Joshua Eugene Snively:

 5i. Camden Collins Snively, born xxxx.

  1. Texas Birth Index 1903-1997, Biery, Kristin Kesig, born 2 Dec 1986.
  2. Email between Carolyn “Petey” Gazlay and Lee Gazlay, 21-22 January 2014.