Gazlay Family History
Rodean Ann ‘Deanie’ Donovan
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Rodean Ann ‘Deanie’ Donovan10 (Bernard Donovan,9 Rachael Payne,8 Julia Crippin,7 Thomas Crippen,6 Karinda Gazlay,5 Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Rodean Ann ‘Deanie’ Donovan10 (Bernard Donovan,9 Rachael Payne,8 Julia Crippin,7 Thomas Crippen,6 Karinda Gazlay,5 Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Bernard Joseph ‘Red’ Donovan (26 December 1912 - 2 April 1992) |
| Mother | Ethel Luella Olson (30 November 1910 - 22 December 1944) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 9 April 2023; Last Edited: 10 April 2023 |
| Person ID | 13717 |
| Name | Rodean Ann ‘Deanie’ Donovan |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 7 March 1936 in Michigan1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 2 June 1956 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan to Gordon Moerdyk4 |
| Married | 1983 in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana to Kenneth Wayne Strate5 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Gordon Moerdyk |
| Born | 17 November 1934 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan |
| Married | 2 June 1956 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan to Rodean Ann ‘Deanie’ Donovan |
| Died | 5 October 2013 |
| Spouse 2 | Kenneth Wayne Strate (son of John Henry Strate and Marie Angeline Anderson) |
| Born | 21 June 1926 in Sandborn, Knox County, Indiana |
| Married | 1983 in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana to Rodean Ann ‘Deanie’ Donovan |
| Died | 13 January 2009 in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana |
Sources
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Kalamazoo County, Kalamazoo, E.D. 39-16, Sheet No. 13B, Bernard Donovan, 27, Michigan, street work, city; wife Ethel Donovan, 29, Minnesota; daughter Rodean Donovan, 4, Michigan; son Thomas Donovan, 1, Michigan.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Illinois, DuPage County, Elmhurst, E.D. 22-2, Sheet No. 16, Arne Fredricksen, 58, South Dakota, electrical engineer, Commonwealth Edison Co.; wife Viola M. Fredericksen, 46, Minnesota; niece Rodean A. Donovan, 14, Michigan.
- This is publicly viewable information found in various public information repositories, people finding websites, and/or social media.
- Marriage Announcement, The Courier Northern, Paw Paw, Michigan (available at digmichnews.cmich.edu), 2 June 1961, Five Years Ago. Miss Rodean Donovan and Gordon Moerdyk were married in Kalamazoo. [So their marriage was 2 June 1956.]
- Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012 (available at ancestry.com), Kenneth Wayne Strate and Rodean Ann Moerdyk, married in 1983 in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana.