Gazlay Family History
Richard Julius Miller
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Richard Julius Miller9 (Geneva Miller,8 Dora Ashworth,7 Mary Mott,6 Joseph Mott,5 Sarah Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Richard Julius Miller9 (Geneva Miller,8 Dora Ashworth,7 Mary Mott,6 Joseph Mott,5 Sarah Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Paul Phillip Miller (1879 - 1968) |
| Mother | Geneva Miller (November 1879 - 1942) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 12 January 2023; Last Edited: 15 January 2023 |
| Person ID | 12996 |
| Name | Richard Julius Miller |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 1904 in Valley Junction, Polk County, Iowa1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 24 July 1924 in Valley Junction, Polk County, Iowa to Alice Ruth ‘Ruth’ Goodwin2 |
| Died | 19691 |
| Buried | in Jordan Cemetery, West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Alice Ruth ‘Ruth’ Goodwin (daughter of Anson F. Goodwin and Nettie Hancock) |
| Born | 1900 in Minooka, Kendall County, Illinois |
| Married | 24 July 1924 in Valley Junction, Polk County, Iowa to Richard Julius Miller |
| Died | 1993 |
| Children | of Richard Julius Miller and Alice Ruth ‘Ruth’ Goodwin: |
| +1. | Stanley J. Miller |
| Born | 19 November 1925 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa |
| Married | 31 December 1943 to M. Eileen Ward |
| Died | December 1999 in Indianola, Warren County, Iowa |
| +2. | Janet Elaine Miller |
| Born | 22 November 1927 |
| Married | 1 September 1948 to Jack Parmenter |
| Died | 14 November 1991 |
| +3. | Phillip Ray Miller |
| Born | 26 September 1931 |
| Married | 2 February 1951 to Zelda Chloe _____ |
| Died | 7 June 2004 in Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa County, Florida |
| +4. | Twyla June Miller |
| Born | 2 June 1933 in West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa |
| Married | ca. 1955 to David Hall Bonine, Jr. |
| Died | 12 December 2019 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa |
| 5. | Sharon R. Miller |
| Born | 2 July 1935 |
| Died | January 1978 |
| +6. | Sandra Susan Miller |
| Born | 18 October 1936 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa |
| Married | 24 September 1954 in West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa to Kenneth Eugene ‘Gene’ Reed |
| Died | 3 September 1998 |
| 7. | Paul Albert Miller |
| Born | 15 January 1942 in Crestwood, Polk County, Iowa |
| Died | 7 June 2009 in Florida |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Jordan Cemetery, West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, Richard Julius Miller, born: 1904; died: 1969 (from record, which includes a biographical sketch; and provides the names and links for his parents, siblings, wife, and children).
- Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934; Richard J. Miller, 21, born in Valley Junction, Io., father: Paul P. Miller; mother: Geneva Miller; Alice Ruth Goodwin, 21, born in Minooka, Ills., father: Anson F. Goodwin; mother: Nettie Hancock; married on 24 July 1924 in Valley Junction, Ia.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Iowa, Polk County, Walnut Township, E.D. 185, Sheet No. 5B, Paul P. Miller, 40, Iowa, farmer, general farm; wife Geneva Miller, 40, Illinois; son Richard J. Miller, 15, Iowa, farm laborer, home farm; son Paul A. Miller, 13, Iowa; son Charles D. Miller, 9, Iowa; son Henry D. Miller, 9, Iowa.