Family History - Mary Banks

1. Mary Banks,¹ born ____ (parents not determined). Mary married Samuel Edmund Calkins (born ca. 1834 in New York, parents not determined¹).

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Ina M. Calkins, born 30 December 1870 in Clayton, Lenawee County, Michigan; died 19 April 1955. Married Samuel Wood Gazlay.

1. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Genesee County, Clayton Township, Enumeration District 7, Sheet No. 7A; Edmond Calkins (76, New York, widow); daughter Ina M. Calkins (39, Michigan).

2. Ina M. Calkins² (Mary¹), born 30 December 1870 in Clayton, Lenawee County, Michigan;^{1, 2, 3, 4} died 19 April 1955.¹ Ina married, 30 September 1911 in Ithaca, Gratiot County, Michigan, Samuel Wood Gazlay² (born 14 June 1883 in Mundy, Genesee County, Michigan, the son of Ira Dunning Gazlay and Hannah Elizabeth Wood;^{5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12} Samuel died 26 November 1942 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan⁶). Ina is buried in Bendle Cemetery, Flushing, Genesee County, Michigan.¹

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Harold Gazlay, born ca. 1911 in Michigan.9

1. Find a Grave (website). Bendle Cemetery, Flushing, Genesee County, Michigan; Gazley, Ina M. Calkins: Daughter / Ina M. Gazley / Dau. of Mary & Edmond Calkins / Dec. 30, 1870 / Apr. 19, 1955 [from headstone]. The record provides links to her parents, Samuel Edmund Calkins (1834-1913) and Mary O. Banks Calkins (1837-1904).
2. Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995; Samuel W. Gazlay, age 33, born in Swartz Creek; father: Ira Gazlay; mother: Hannah Wood; and Ina M. Calkins, age 35, born in Clayton; father: Samuel. E. Calkins; mother: Mary Banks; married 30 September 1911 in Ithaca, Gratiot [County], Michigan.
3. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Genesee County, Clayton Township, Enumeration District 7, Sheet No. 7A; Edmond Calkins (76, New York, widow); daughter Ina M. Calkins (39, Michigan).
4. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Genesee County, Clayton Township, E.D. 25-6, Sheet No. 11B, Irving R. Jessop, 46, Michigan, farmer, farming; wife Mildred Jessop, 43, Michigan; daughter Arlene Jessop, 16, Michigan; aunt Ina Gazlay, 66, Michigan, widow; plus three borders.
5. Draft Registration Card, World War I, Samuel Wood Gazlay, Serial No. 915, born 14 June 1883, nearest relative: Ira D. Gazlay, father.
6. Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952. Gazley, Samuel W., age 59; died: 26 November 1942 in Detroit, Wayne [County], Michigan; born: 14 June 1883 in Mundy, Michigan; father: Ira Gazley; mother: Hanna Wood.
7. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Michigan, Genesee County, Mundy Township, Enumeration District 25, Sheet No. 1A; family of Ira D. Gazlay (62, Michigan, Jan. 1838, farmer); wife of 30 years Hanna E. Gazlay (57, Michigan, Nov. 1842, 2 children, 1 living); son Samuel W. Gazlay (16, Michigan, June 1883, farm laborer).
8. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Genesee County, Flint City, Enumeration District 33, Sheet No. 21A; Samuel Gazley (27, Michigan, border, laborer, odd jobs, first marriage of four years).
9. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, Enumeration District 618, Sheet No. 11B; family of Samuel Gazlay (36, Michigan, tool designer, wheel factory); wife Ethel B. Gazlay (35, Michigan); son Harold Gazlay (9, Michigan).
10. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, Enumeration District 82-155, Sheet No. 11B; Samuel W. Gazlay (46, Michigan, saleman, oil co.).
11. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, Enumeration District 184-146, Sheet No. 86B; Samuel W. Gazlay (56, Michigan, mechanical draftsman, factory).
12. Gazlay Family Tree, Ancestry (website); Owner: joanneweimer. This site includes numerous references, including US Census records and copies of death certificates and obituaries. The reliability of the information is excellent, although a few relationships are believed to be incorrect, probably because the correct information does not appear in the cited references.