Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyLester G. Depew

Parents

FatherMerritt G. Depew (May 1866 - )
MotherCharlotte ‘Lottie’ Christiana (1 March 1868 - 30 April 1950)

Personal Information

Record Created: 6 February 2024; Last Edited: 10 February 2024 
Person ID14946
NameLester G. Depew
GenderMale
Born 23 February 1890 in Johnsonville, Rensselaer County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Married 1 June 1916 in Newburgh, Orange County, New York to Hazel Belle Robinson12
Died November 1962 in Denville, Morris County, New Jersey3, 13
Buried in Union Cemetery, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York3

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyHazel Belle Robinson
Born 2 May 1894 in New York
Married 1 June 1916 in Newburgh, Orange County, New York to Lester G. Depew
Died 17 July 1965 in Morris Plains, Morris County, New Jersey
  
Children of Lester G. Depew and Hazel Belle Robinson:
  
+1.FamilyDolores Mae Depew
Born 10 April 1919 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York
Married October 1940 in Glen Ridge, Essex County, New Jersey to Sidney Mason
Died 14 November 1997
  
2.FamilyAudrey Henrietta Depew
Born 13 May 1922 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York
Married 1946 in New Jersey to Clarence Olson, Jr.
Married May 1968 in Pinellas County, Florida to Harold Naef Thomas
Died 15 July 1998 in Pinellas County, Florida
  
+3.FamilyLester John ‘Les’ Depew, Jr.
Born 13 September 1924 in East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey
Married 18 March 1950 in Teaneck, Bergen County, New Jersey to Helen Edna Butz
Died 21 June 2008 in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas
  

Sources

  1. Draft Registration Card, World War I, Lester Depew [indexed as Depeu], No.149, born: 23 February 1890 in Johnsonville, New York, age 27; married with a wife and mother; listed as deaf in one ear.
  2. Draft Registration Card, World War II, Lester G. Depue [sic, Depew], born 23 February 1890 in Johnsonville, New York.
  3. Find a Grave (website). Union Cemetery, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York, Lester G. Depew, born: 1890; died: 1962 (from record, which provides the names and links for his mother and one brother).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, Ulster County, Town of Marbletown, E.D. 115, Sheet No. 14B, Merritt Depew, 34, New York, May 1866, laborer, cement wks.; wife of 11 years Lottie Depew, 32, New York, Mar. 1868, 3 children, 2 living; son Lester Depew, 10, New York, Feb. 1890; son David Depew, 8, New York, Nov. 1891.
  5. New York State Census, 1905, Ulster County, Town of Esopus, Village of Rifton, Fourth Election District, Page 5 Copy, Merrit Depew, 36, mill hand; wife Charlott Depew, 34; son Lester Depew, 15, mill hand; son David Depew, 13; son Lloyd Depew, 2; mother Jane Christiana, 65.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New York, Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie Town, E.D. 64, Sheet No. 8A, Merrett Depew, 44, New York, laborer, machine works; wife of 21 years Lottie Depew, 42, New York, 3 children, 3 living; son Lester Depew, 20, New York, laborer, machine shop; son David Depew, 18, New York, laborer, machine fact.; son Lloyd Depew, 7, New York.
  7. New York State Census, 1915, Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie, E.D. 1, Page 17, Annie Depuy [sic], 48; son Lester Depuy, 26, machinist; son Lloyd Depuy, 10.
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New Jersey, Union County, Elizabeth, E.D. 106, Sheet No. 3B, Lester Depew, 29, New York, foreman, automobile factory; Llyod Depew, 18, New York, gear cutter, automobile [they are both lodgers in the household of Nanie Rigby].
  9. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, New Jersey, Essex County, Bloomfield, E.D. 7-334, Sheet No. 2A, Lester Depew, 40, Massachusetts [sic, he was born in New York], first married age 26, foreman, machine factory; wife Hazel Depew, 35, New York, first married age 22; daughter Dolores Depew, 11, New York; daughter Audrey Depew, 7, New York; son Lester Depew, Jr., 5, New York.
  10. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, New Jersey, Essex County, Bloomfield, E.D. 7-67, Sheet No. 61B, Lester Depew, 48, New York, foreman, aviation co.; wife Hazel Depew, 45, New York; daughter Dolores Depew, 21, New York, stenographer, finance co.; daughter Audrey Depew, 17, New York, operator, office; son Lester Depew, Jr., 15, New Jersey.
  11. U.S. Federal Census, 1950, New Jersey, Essex County, East Orange, E.D. 25-111, Sheet No. 2, Lester W. Depew [indexed as Depen], 59, Massachusetts [sic], inspector, tool manuf.; wife Hazel B. Depew, 56, New York.
  12. New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967 (available at ancestry.com), 1916, Lester DePew and Hazel B. Robinson, married on 1 June 1916 in Newburgh, New York.
  13. New Jersey, U.S., Death Index, 1848-1878, 1901-2017 (available at ancestry.com), Lester G. Depew, November 1962 in Denville, Morris County, New Jersey.