Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Dorothea Kiester


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 Dorothea Kiester and three of her descendants down to the second generation.


First and Second Generations
1. Dorothea Kiester,1 born 11 January 1918 in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky (parents not determined).1 Dorothea married, 2 June 1943 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, Rev. Carl Gazlay Zehner1 (born 21 May 1916 in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio, the son of Carl Christian Zehner and Jane Estelle ‘Jenne’ Gazlay1, 2, 3, 4).

Children of Dorothea Kiester and Rev. Carl Gazlay Zehner:

 2i. Carl Edwin Zehner, born 12 December 1945.1
 3ii. Christine Zehner, born 16 July 1948.1
 4iii. Robert Clifford Zehner, born 25 November 1963 in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio.1

  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. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Ohio, Huron County, Bellevue, Enumeration District 46, Sheet No. 1B, family of C. Carl Zehner (36, Ohio, foreman, packing co.), wife Jennie Zehner (35, Ohio), son Robert Zehner (10, Ohio), son Clifford Zehner (6, Ohio), son Carl Zehner (3, Ohio), daughter Ruth Zehner (1 9/12, Ohio).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Ohio, Huron County, Bellevue, Enumeration District 39-9, Sheet No. 11B, family of Carl C. Zehner (46, Ohio, married at age 23, vice-president, packing co.), wife Jennie H. Zehner (45, Ohio, married at age 22), son Robert Zehner (21, Ohio, married at age 21, aviator, L. C. Pilot), daughter-in-law Eileen Zehner (21, Ohio, married at age 21), son Clifford Zehner (17, Ohio), son Carl Zehner (14, Ohio), daughter Ruth Zehner (12, Ohio).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Ohio, Huron County, Bellevue, Enumeration District 39-1, Sheet No. 9A, family of Carl Zehner (56, Ohio, owner, packing plant); wife Jennie Zehner (55, Ohio); son Robert Zehner (30, Ohio, superintendent, packing plant); daughter-law Eileen Zehner (30, Ohio); son Carl Zehner (23, Ohio); daughter Ruth Zehner (22, Ohio, bookkeeper, N. O. Tube Co.); grand-daughter Joane Zehner (9, Ohio).