Gazlay Family History
LaRue I. Crippin
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
LaRue I. Crippin9 (Ralph Crippin,8 Albert Crippen,7 Thomas Crippen,6 Karinda Gazlay,5 Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
LaRue I. Crippin9 (Ralph Crippin,8 Albert Crippen,7 Thomas Crippen,6 Karinda Gazlay,5 Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Ralph Crippin (6 May 1894 - 8 March 1956) |
| Mother | Monteese Alice Holly (ca. 1899 - 2 February 1918) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 11 February 2023; Last Edited: 13 February 2023 |
| Person ID | 13174 |
| Name | LaRue I. Crippin |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 18 December 1917 in McDonald, Van Buren County, Michigan1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
| Married | 11 January 1935 in St. Joseph County, Indiana to John Zacharias, Jr.1 |
| Married | 12 November 1938 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan to Walter McWhirter2 |
| Married | 1944 in Cook County, Illinois to Walter A. Roung8, 9 |
| Died | 6 October 1990 in Bloomingdale, Van Buren County, Michigan3 |
Biography
Larue’s mother died when she was only a year or two old. Larue was “adopted” (possibly not legally) and raised by her aunt and uncle, Robert and Arabelle (née Thompson) Crippin. Larue’s children regarded Robert and Arabelle as grandparents.10
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  John Zacharias, Jr. |
| Born | 9 January 1915 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
| Married | 11 January 1935 in St. Joseph County, Indiana to LaRue I. Crippin |
| Died | 15 January 1938 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| Children | of LaRue I. Crippin and John Zacharias, Jr.: |
| +1. | John Robert Zacharias |
| Born | ca. 1935 in Michigan |
| Married | to Maria Elodia Garcia |
| Died | 1974 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin |
| +2. | Eugene Frederick Zakarias |
| Born | 1 June 1937 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan |
| Married | 23 May 1959 to Nancy Lee Ryder |
| Died | 7 May 2007 in Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, Michigan |
| Spouse 2 | Walter McWhirter (son of J. A. McWhirter and Mary Caldwell) |
| Born | ca. 1915 in Lincoln County, Michigan |
| Married | 12 November 1938 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan to LaRue I. Zakarias (née Crippin) |
| Spouse 3 | Walter A. Roung |
| Born | 11 December 1895 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
| Married | 1944 in Cook County, Illinois to LaRue I. Crippin |
| Died | 28 June 1964 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky |
Sources
- Indiana Marriages, 1811-2018/2019, [three separate entries:] John Zakarias, born: 9 January 1916 in Chicago, Illinois; father: John Zakarias; mother: Rebecca Jacobs; La Rue Crippin, born: 18 December 1917 in McDonald, Michigan; father: Robert Le Roy Crippin; mother: Arabelle Welker [sic, these are her uncle and aunt with whom she was raised after her mother died]; married on 11 January 1935 in St. Joseph, Indiana.
- Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940, Marriage License No. 13004 and Marriage Certificate, Van Buren County, Michigan. Walter McWhirter, age 23, born in Lincoln County, Tennessee, father: J. A. McWhirter; mother: Mary Caldwell; previously married one time; LaRue Zakarias, age 20, born in McDonald, Michigan, father: Ralph Crippen; mother: Moneteese Holly; previously married once; maiden name: LaRue Crippin; married on 12 November 1938 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan.
- Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996; Larue I. Zakarias, died: 6 October 1990 in Bloomingdale, Van Buren County, Michigan; born: 18 December 1917.
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), Social Security Applications, Larue I. Zakarias, born: 18 December 1917 in McDonald, Van [Buren County], Michigan; other name: Larue Z. Roung; father: Ralph Crippin; mother: Monteese Holly.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Van Buren County, Bangor Township, E.D. 180, Sheet No. 6A, Robert L. Crippin, 35, Michigan, farmer, home farm; wife Arabelle Crippin, 34, Michigan; daughter LaRue I. Crippin, 4, Michigan [LaRue is actually the daughter of Robert’s brother Ralph Crippin].
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Van Buren County, Bangor Township, E.D. 80-7, Sheet No. 5A, Robert Criffen [sic, Crippin], 46, Michigan, first married age 25, farmer, general farm; wife Arabelle Criffen, 45, Michigan, first married age 24; daughter LaRue Criffen, 12, Michigan [LaRue is the daughter of Robert’s brother Ralph]; laborer Cassie Cook, 46, Michigan, divorced, laborer, farm.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Van Buren County, Arlington Township, E.D. 5, Sheet No. 4A, Thomas Kirnsey, 40, Kentucky, farmer, own farm; wife Gaynell Kirnsey, 36, Kentucky; daughter Virginia Kirnsey, 15, Illinois; lodger La Rue McWhirter, 22, Michigan; lodgers son John Zakarias, 4, Michigan.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Michigan, Van Buren County, Bangor, E.D. 80-16, Sheet No. 75, Walter A. Roung, 54, Illinois, oil operator & producer, oil business; wife Larue I. Roung, 32, Michigan, T-V coil tester, coil factory; step-son John R. Zakarias, 14, Michigan; step-son Eugene F. Zakarias, 12, Michigan.
- Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960, available at ancestry.com. Walter A. Roung and La Rue Mc Whirts [sic], married in 1944 in Cook County, Illinois.
- Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006, Muriel Link Collection, Obituary dated 16 February 1939, Mrs. Arabelle Crippen, died Wednesday 15 February 1939. The article provides the names of her husband, parents, two brothers, and “an adopted daughter, Mrs. Larue McWhirter, of Bangor.”