Gazlay Family History
Alice Elizabeth Crippin
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Alice Elizabeth Crippin8 (Albert Crippen,7 Thomas Crippen,6 Karinda Gazlay,5 Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Alice Elizabeth Crippin8 (Albert Crippen,7 Thomas Crippen,6 Karinda Gazlay,5 Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Albert Leroy Crippen (March 1857 - 18 October 1927) |
| Mother | Hannah L. Conklin (7 May 1865 - 5 January 1929) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 11 February 2023; Last Edited: 18 February 2023 |
| Person ID | 13167 |
| Name | Alice Elizabeth Crippin |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 12 February 1899 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 1917 to Benjamin Merl Beckwith4 |
| Died | 3 August 1922 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan1 |
| Buried | in Arlington Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Benjamin Merl Beckwith (son of Austin Ormond Beckwith and Jeanett Pauline Jones) |
| Born | 17 September 1895 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| Married | 1917 to Alice Elizabeth Crippin |
| Married | 26 November 1924 in South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan to Esther Reimer |
| Children | of Alice Elizabeth Crippin and Benjamin Merl Beckwith: |
| +1. | Laurence Clair Beckwith |
| Born | 13 July 1918 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| Married | 1944 to Janet Ruth McCulloch |
| Died | 1 April 1999 in South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| +2. | Melvin Merle Beckwith |
| Born | 20 October 1919 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| Married | 15 August 1943 to Betty Jean Goodrode |
| Died | 14 August 1944 in France |
| 3. | Duane Everett Beckwith |
| Born | 18 March 1921 in Michigan |
| Died | 31 August 1921 |
| +4. | Virginia Irene Beckwith |
| Born | 31 March 1922 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| Married | 1944 to Frederick A. Ninke |
| Married | 1980 to Eugene Norman Landeck |
| Died | 19 December 1996 in Maumee, Lucas County, Ohio |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Arlington Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan, Alice Elizabeth Crippen Beckwith, born: 12 February 1899 in Bangor Township, Van Buren County, Michigan; died: 3 August 1922 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan (from record which includes a copy of her death certificate; a note detailing her husband, marriage, number of siblings and children, and her death the same year as her sister; and provides the names and links for her parents, three siblings, husband, and four children).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Michigan, Van Buren County, Bangor Township, E.D. 133, Sheet No. 9A, Bert Crippin, 43, Michigan, Mar. 1857, farmer; wife of 17 years Hannah Crippin, 33, New York, May 1867, 7 children, 6 living; son Robert Crippin, 16, Michigan, March 1884; daughter Marguerite Crippin, 14, Michigan, Jan. 1886; son Clair Crippin, 12, Michigan, Dec. 1887; daughter Anna Crippin, 8, Michigan, Jan. 1892; son Ralph Crippin, 6, Michigan, May 1894; daughter Alice Crippin, 1, Michigan, Feb. 1899.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Van Buren County, Bangor Township, E.D. 150, Sheet No. 7A, Albert Crippen, 52, Michigan, farmer, general farm; wife of 26 years Hannah Crippen, 43, New York, 12 children, 9 living; daughter Anna Crippen, 18, Michigan; son Ralph Crippen, 16, Michigan; daughter Alice Crippen, 11, Michigan; son Paul Crippen, 7, Michigan; son Edward Crippen, 5, Michigan; daughter Lena Crippen, 2, Michigan.
- Find a Grave (website). Arlington Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan, Benjamin Merl Beckwith, born: 17 September 1895 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan; died: 3 September 1976 in South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents, siblings, two wives, and five children).