Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyLloyd E. 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: 9 February 2024 
Person ID14948
NameLloyd E. Depew
GenderMale
Born 1903 in New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Married 22 April 1922 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York to Helen C. Funk8
Died 30 July 1927 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York1, 9
Buried in High Falls Cemetery, High Falls, Ulster County, New York1

Biography

Lloyd was ill for over a year and a half from a hemorrhage, as reported in a May 1927 newspaper article. Of note in that article is that “The climax of his trouble came when his wife vanished, leaving their two small children in the care of Depew’s mother.”10

He died two months later.9

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyHelen C. Funk
Born ca. 1903
Married 22 April 1922 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York to Lloyd E. Depew
  
Children of Lloyd E. Depew and Helen C. Funk:
  
+1.FamilyLloyd Clayton Depew
Born 21 November 1923 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York
Married 6 April 1946 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York to Sarah C. Mohrman
Married 16 January 1966 in Elkton, Maryland to Elsie Marie Rasmussen
Died 11 October 2002 in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York
  
2.FamilyJoyce E. Depew
Born 15 December 1924 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York
Married to Frank Joseph Bush
  

Sources

  1. Find a Grave (website). High Falls Cemetery, High Falls, Ulster County, New York, Lloyd Depew, born: 1905; died: 1929 [sic, his obituary appears in 1927, so he died in that year, not in 1929] (from record, which provides the names and links for his mother and one brother).
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New York, Dutchess County, City of Poughkeepsie, E.D. 40, Sheet No. 5B, Lottie Depew, 51, New York, widow; son David Depew, 28, New York, motorman, trolley car; daughter in law Blanche Depew, 27, New York; son Lloyd Depew, 18, New York, machinist apprentice, auto factory.
  6. 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].
  7. New York State Census, 1925, Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie, Election District 2, Page 1, Loyd E. Depew, Sr., 22, bookkeeper; wife Helen C. Depew, 22; son Loyd E. Depew, Jr., 18 mos. [months]; daughter Joyce e. Depew, 167 days [which, measured from the census date of 1 June 1925, would make her birth date around 15 December 1924]; mother Lottie Depew, 50, machine operator.
  8. New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967 (available at ancestry.com), 1922, Lloyd E. Depew and Helen C. Funk, married on 22 April 1922 in Poughkeepsie, New York.
  9. Obituary, Poughkeepsie Eagle-News, Dutchess County, New York. Available at fultonhistory.com 6 August 1927, Lloyd Depew, died: 30 July 1927 in Poughkeepsie, New York. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of his mother, Mrs. Lottie Lloyd, two children, Lloyd and Joyce, and two brothers, Lester of Bloomfield, NJ, and David of Kerhonkson, NY.
  10. Poughkeepsie Eagle-News, Poughkeepsie, New York (available at fultonhistory.com), 25 May 1927, 3 Booth Hose Members Volunteer Blood to Comrade 111 in Hospital. Article about Lloyd Depew, age 34, “whose vitality slowly ebbs away“ from a hemorrhage, hospitalized and in bed since 17 May.