Gazlay Family History
Helen Churchill Durgin
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Helen Churchill Durgin8 (Alice Churchill,7 Caldwell Churchill,6 Helen Mott,5 Sarah Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Helen Churchill Durgin8 (Alice Churchill,7 Caldwell Churchill,6 Helen Mott,5 Sarah Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Alonzo Gould Durgin (22 August 1854 - 18 January 1923) |
| Mother | Alice Dell Churchill (25 March 1862 - 29 May 1933) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 6 January 2023; Last Edited: 6 January 2023 |
| Person ID | 12895 |
| Name | Helen Churchill Durgin |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 13 February 1884 in Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 28 July 1914 in Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts to Arthur Benson Gilbert4 |
| Died | 11 May 1939 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota2, 5 |
| Buried | in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota2 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Arthur Benson Gilbert (son of Charles B. Gilbert and Eleanor Titus ) |
| Born | 27 November 1887 in Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York |
| Married | 28 July 1914 in Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts to Helen Churchill Durgin |
| Died | 4 September 1967 |
| Children | of Helen Churchill Durgin and Arthur Benson Gilbert: |
| 1. | Maximillian D. Gilbert |
| Born | ca. 1919 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota |
| Married | 10 September 1946 in Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California to Lorraine Thomas |
| 2. | Arthur Benson Gilbert, Jr. |
| Born | 5 October 1920 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota |
| Married | to Dorothy ‘Dottie’ Compton |
| Died | 8 October 2016 in Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina |
Sources
- Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 (available at familysearch.org), Births Registered in Quincy from January 1884 to January 1885, Helen C. Durgin, born: 13 February 1884; father: Alonzo G. Durgin, druggist, born in Natick; mother: Alice G. Churchill, born in Fishkill, N.Y.
- Find a Grave (website). Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Helen Churchill Durgin Gilbert, born: 1884 in Quincy Neck, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died: 11 May 1939 in Hennepin County, Minnesota (from record, which provides the name and link for her son).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Quincy City, E.D. 1057, Sheet No. 2B, Alonzo G. Durgin, 44, Massachusetts, Aug 1855, druggist; wife of 17 years Alice C. Durgin, 38, New York, March 1882, 4 children, 3 living; daughter Helen C. Durgin, 16, Massachusetts, Feb 1884; son Charles E. Durgin, 14, Massachusetts, Feb 1886; Mary G. Durgin, 8 [with 9 crossed out], Massachusetts, Aug 1881 [sic, 1891].
- Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920 (available at familysearch.org), Arthur Benson Gilbert, age 26, born in Croton Lake, New York; father: Charles B. Gilbert; mother: Eleanor Titus; Helen Churchill Durgin, 29, born in Quincy; father: Alonzo G. Durgin; mother: Alice Churchill; married on 28 July 1914 in Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
- Minnesota, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990, Helen Durgin Gilbert, died: 11 May 1939 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; age 55; father: Alonzo G. Durgin; mother: Alice Churchill; spouse: Arthur B. Gilbert.