Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Hobart M. Reese


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 Hobart M. Reese and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Hobart M. Reese,1 born 21 September 1901 (parents not determined);1 died 28 June 1988 in Lake Worth, Florida.1 Hobart married, 19 September 1982, Irene Helena Patterson (née Johnston) 2 (born 28 January 1907 in Corrine, Saskatchewan, Canada, the daughter of William George Johnston and Mary Matilda Eagleson;2, 3 Irene died 31 July 2005 in Lake Worth, Florida3).

Irene and her brother Edward Johnston (husband of Ida V. Patterson) were from a large family in Canada. Their parents owned wheat farms in the Milestone, Saskatchewan, area. As a child, Irene was active in church groups and Canadian Girls in Training, similar to the Girl Scouts in the United States. She graduated from Milestone High School in 1926, and she immigrated to the United States on 31 October 1927. Irene attended Drakes Secretarial School in New Jersey, and before her marriage to Johnnie she worked for Penn State College. For 22 years, she worked as a stenographer and clerical worker for Disbrow Manufacturing Co., Newark (and later East Orange), New Jersey. Irene enjoyed sewing, cooking, reading and sports, and she did volunteer work for the American Lung Association. She lived in Lake Worth, Florida near her two sisters-in-law, Ida V. (Patterson) Johnston and Effie (Patterson) Steffen.2


  1. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Rootsweb (website). Hobart M. Reese, no. 285-22-4118
  2. Record of visit with Ida V. (Patterson) Johnston at her Florida home in 1996 by Lee Gazlay.
  3. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Rootsweb (website). Irene H. Patterson, no. 137-03-2712