Gazlay Family History
Georgia Sherwood Means
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Georgia Sherwood Means9 (Susan Purdy,8 Stewart Purdy,7 James Purdy,6 Stephen Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Georgia Sherwood Means9 (Susan Purdy,8 Stewart Purdy,7 James Purdy,6 Stephen Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Dr. George Sherwood Means (23 September 1869 - 14 June 1909) |
| Mother | Susan Haight Purdy (26 April 1876 - 4 April 1939) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 12 November 2022; Last Edited: 13 November 2022 |
| Person ID | 12690 |
| Name | Georgia Sherwood Means |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 13 August 1909 in Geneva, Ontario County, New York1 |
| Married | 11 July 1942 in Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York to Dr. Charles Wayland Lightbody1, 2 |
| Married | 1966 to Dr. Loring Whitman1 |
| Died | 1 December 1998 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Dr. Charles Wayland Lightbody (son of James Lightbody and Margaret Yancey) |
| Born | 15 September 1904 in Holton, Jackson County, Kansas |
| Married | 11 July 1942 in Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York to Georgia Sherwood Means |
| Died | 8 January 1970 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada |
| Children | of Georgia Sherwood Means and Dr. Charles Wayland Lightbody: |
| +1. | Susan Margaret Lightbody |
| Born | 6 December 1947 in New York, New York |
| Married | 11 October 1981 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England to Robert Nicholas Goodman |
| Spouse 2 | Dr. Loring Whitman (son of William Whitman, Jr. and Ruth Loring) |
| Born | 15 February 1904 in New York, New York |
| Married | 1966 to Georgia Sherwood Means |
| Died | 8 June 1987 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut |
Sources
- Obituary, Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, 1 December 1998, Georgia Sherwood Means Lightbody Whitman, died: 1 December 1998 in Simsbury, Connecticut. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of her parents, two husbands, daughter, and four step-children, and her place of burial.
- Marriage Announcement, Ogdensburg Journal, Ogdensburg, New York (available at NYS Historic Newspapers, nyshistoricnewspapers.org), 11 July 1942, Prof. Charles Wayland Lightbody and Georgina Sherwood Means, married on 11 July 1942 on the St. Lawrence University campus [Canton, New York].