Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyMary Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Robinson

Parents

FatherHarry Alva Robinson ( - )
MotherEthel Goldie Malone (ca. 1892 - )

Personal Information

Record Created: 8 July 2025; Last Edited: 9 July 2025 
Person ID15300
NameMary Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Robinson
GenderFemale
Born 6 March 1922 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma1, 2
Married 3 June 1940 in Harrison, Sioux County, Nebraska to George Emmett Gazley3
Divorced 26 April 1945 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming from George Emmett Gazley4
Married to _____ Cannon
Married to Harold Leroy Anderson
Married 18 December 1959 in Scottsbluff, Scottsbluff County, Nebraska to Quentin Poirot Spracklen5
Divorced 13 October 1966 in Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming from Quentin Poirot Spracklen5
Died 18 June 1992 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming1
Buried in Douglas Park Cemetery, Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming1

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyGeorge Emmett Gazley (son of George Ward Gazlay and Mary Evelyn Newell)
Born 31 December 1919 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming
Married 3 June 1940 in Harrison, Sioux County, Nebraska to Mary Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Robinson
Married 17 August 1951 in Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming to Evelyn Harriet Fox (née Wayatt)
Died 5 March 1961 in St. Louis, Missouri
  
Children of Mary Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Robinson and George Emmett Gazley:
  
+1.FamilySharon L. Gazley
Born ca. 1941 in Wyoming
Married 1963 in San Diego, San Diego County, California to Robert Bryan ‘Bob’ Beymer, Sr.
  
+2.FamilyMarilyn Jo ‘Joie’ Gazley
Born 13 January 1944 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming
Married to Nicholas Juan Garnica
Married to Robert Deal
Married 1992 to Milton Alan Bowers
Died 31 May 2024 in Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming
  
Spouse 2Family_____ Cannon
Born
Married to Mary Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Robinson
  
Children of Mary Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Robinson and _____ Cannon:
  
1.FamilyJudy Lynn Cannon
Born 30 September 1947 in Wyoming
Married to (unidentified)
Married 2 February 1968 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming to Robert L. Higgins
Married 22 April 1972 in Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming to Donald Roy Harvey
Married 17 August 1974 in Alliance, Box Butte County, Nebraska to James Charles ‘Jim’ Moritz
  
Spouse 3FamilyHarold Leroy Anderson (son of Roy Anderson and Anna Miller)
Born 30 August 1920 in Wheatland, Platte County, Wyoming
Married to Mary Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Robinson
Died 22 February 1992 in Jerome, Jerome County, Idaho
  
Children of Mary Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Robinson and Harold Leroy Anderson:
  
1.FamilyHarold James ‘Jim’ Anderson
Born 19 July 1950 in Wyoming
Married 30 December 1968 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming to Corrine Joy Harris
  
2.FamilyMike Anderson
Born
  
+3.FamilyJohn Steven ‘Steve’ Anderson
Born 9 March 1955 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming
Married 7 September 1974 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming to Linda May Stephens
Died 27 December 2017 in Glenrock, Converse County, Wyoming
  
4.FamilySuzie Anderson
Born
  
Spouse 4FamilyQuentin Poirot Spracklen
Born 5 September 1918 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming
Married 18 December 1959 in Scottsbluff, Scottsbluff County, Nebraska to Mary Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Robinson
Died 12 February 1988 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming
  
Children of Mary Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Robinson and Quentin Poirot Spracklen:
  
1.FamilyBret Lee Spracklen
Born
  
2.FamilyBart D. Spracklen
Born
  
3.FamilyEdith Ann Spracklen
Born
  

Sources

  1. Find a Grave (website). Douglas Park Cemetery, Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming; Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Robinson Spracklen, born: 6 March 1922 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma; died: 18 June 1992 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming (from record, which the text from her obituary; and provides the names and links for her parents, brother, and one half-sister).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Wyoming, Converse County, Douglas, E.D. 5-19, Ethel Robinson, 58, S. Dakota, widow; daughter Elizabeth Cannon, 28, Oklahoma, divorced, waitress, restaurant; granddaughter Sharon L. Gazley, 9, Wyoming; granddaughter Marilyn J. Gazley, 6, Wyoming; granddaughter Judy L. Cannon, 2, Wyoming.
  3. Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995, marriage of George Emmett Gazley, age 24, father: Geo. W. Gazley; mother: Mary Evylen Newell; Mary Elizabeth Robinson, age 21, father: H. A. Robinson; mother: Ethel Goldie Malone; married on 3 June 1940 in Harrison, Sioux County, Nebraska.
  4. Wyoming, U.S., State Divorce Records, 1941-1972 (available at ancestry.com), George Emmett Gazley, age [not given], number of this marriage: 1; Elizabeth Robinson, age [not given], number of this marriage: 1; date of marriage: 3 June 1940; place of marriage: Harrison, Nebr.; place of divorce: Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming; date of decree or judgment: 26 April 1945; number of children affected: Total: 1; By this marriage: [blank].
  5. Wyoming, U.S., State Divorce Records, 1941-1972 (available at ancestry.com), Quentin P. Spracklen; Elizabeth [Spracklen assumed]; date of marriage: 18 December 1959 or 28 December 1958 [sic; the correct date is most likely the former, since his divorce from another wife was in August 1959]; place of marriage: Scottsbluff, Nebraska; place of divorce: Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming; date of degree or judgment: 13 October 1966; number of children under 18 affected: Total: Three.