Gazlay Family History
John Leslie Pope
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
John Leslie Pope8 (Almyra Van Wyck,7 Tunis Van Wyck,6 Esther Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
John Leslie Pope8 (Almyra Van Wyck,7 Tunis Van Wyck,6 Esther Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | George Jackson Pope (21 December 1866 - 4 December 1960) |
| Mother | Almyra Virginia Van Wyck (3 March 1871 - 24 November 1947) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 27 December 2022; Last Edited: 29 December 2022 |
| Person ID | 12829 |
| Name | John Leslie Pope |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 21 October 1909 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 1935 to Harriet Belle McLean2 |
| Died | 22 April 1991 in Arizona2 |
| Buried | in Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona2 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Harriet Belle McLean (daughter of Putnam McLean and Sula Tartt) |
| Born | 21 August 1912 in De Kalb, Kemper County, Mississippi |
| Married | 1935 to John Leslie Pope |
| Died | 8 December 1964 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona |
| Children | of John Leslie Pope and Harriet Belle McLean: |
| 1. | Martha Leslie Pope |
| Born | 24 December 1939 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan |
| Died | 6 January 1940 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan |
| 2. | Barbara Van Wyck Pope |
| Born | ca. 1942 in Illinois |
| 3. | Stephen Van Wyck Pope |
| Born | 28 December 1944 in Arizona |
Sources
- Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949, Birth Registration, Pope, born: 21 October 1909 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; father: George Jackson Pope, born in Chicago, Illinois, age 44; mother: Elmira Virginia Van Wyck, born in Chicago, Illinois, age 38.
- Find a Grave (website). Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, John Leslie Pope, born: 21 October 1909 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died: 22 April 1991 in Arizona (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents, one sibling, wife, and one child).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Arizona, Maricopa County, Phoenix, E.D. 15-89, Sheet No. 4, John Leslie Pope, 40, Illinois, office manager, general building contractor; wife Harriet M. Pope, 37, Mississippi; daughter Barbara Pope, 8, Illinois; son Van Wyck Pope, 5, Arizona.