Gazlay Family History
Mary Elizabeth Watters
Parents
| Father | Joseph Watters (ca. 1832 - ) |
| Mother | Derinda Gardner (13 August 1831 - 17 March 1891) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 8 April 2012; Last Edited: 8 March 2024 |
| Person ID | 3552 |
| Name | Mary Elizabeth Watters |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 9 August 1868 in Dunkirk, Hardin County, Ohio1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 |
| Married | 11 September 1887 in Mancelona, Antrim County, Michigan to Eugene Miles Gazlay5, 6, 11 |
| Died | 2 May 1949 in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan1, 2, 10 |
| Buried | in Roselawn Memorial Park, La Salle, Monroe County, Michigan1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Eugene Miles Gazlay (son of David Ward Gazlay and Mary Baker) |
| Born | 8 July 1863 in Michigan |
| Married | 11 September 1887 in Mancelona, Antrim County, Michigan to Mary Elizabeth Watters |
| Died | 11 June 1924 in Duncan Township, Houghton County, Michigan |
| Children | of Mary Elizabeth Watters and Eugene Miles Gazlay: |
| +1. | Bird Pearl Gazlay |
| Born | 21 July 1889 in Westwood, Kalamazoo County, Michigan |
| Married | 16 December 1916 in Calhoun County, Michigan to Lillian Anna Ruff |
| Died | 8 February 1960 in Fenton, Genesee County, Michigan |
| +2. | Lowell Ralph Gazlay |
| Born | 7 March 1893 in Mancelona, Antrim County, Michigan |
| Married | 12 June 1914 in Alba, Antrim County, Michigan to Thelma Esther Post |
| Married | 1951 to Ruth Ann Creech (née Smith) |
| Died | 25 March 1986 in Sandstone, Jackson County, Michigan |
| +3. | Vollie Irvin Gazlay |
| Born | 4 May 1895 in Mancelona, Antrim County, Michigan |
| Married | 15 July 1927 in Iron County, Michigan to Ivah F. Post |
| Died | 8 February 1972 in Napoleon, Jackson County, Michigan |
| 4. | Ruby Gazlay |
| Born | 11 April 1896 in Wetzell, Mancelona Township, Antrim County, Michigan |
| Died | before 1900 |
| +5. | Flossie Mildred Gazlay |
| Born | 11 April 1897 in Mancelona, Antrim County, Michigan |
| Married | ca. 1919 to Howard Clifford Bowman |
| Died | 8 June 1977 in Frenchtown, Monroe County, Michigan |
| +6. | Arnol Lee Gazlay |
| Born | 9 November 1901 in Alba, Antrim County, Michigan |
| Married | 29 July 1921 in Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan to Julie M. ‘Lulu’ Johnson |
| Died | 25 June 1959 in Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio |
| +7. | Venus Juanita Gazlay |
| Born | 11 September 1908 in Michigan |
| Married | ca. 1928 to Melvin Ernst Lietzke |
| Died | 18 September 1978 in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Roselawn Memorial Park, La Salle, Monroe County, Michigan; Mary Elizabeth Watters Gazlay, born: 9 August 1868 in Dunkirk, Hardin County, Ohio; died: 2 May 1949 in Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, two siblings, husband, and six children).
- Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952. Gazlay, Mary Elizabeth, died: 2 May 1949 in La Salle, Monroe [County], Michigan; born: 9 August 1858 in Dunkirk, Ohio; father: Joseph Watters; mother: Derinda Gardner; widowed.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Ohio, Hardin County, Blanchard Township, Page No. 4, family of Joseph Watters (38, Ohio, farm laborer); Derinda Watters (38, Ohio); Martha E. Watters (15, Ohio); Amanda C. Watters (12, Ohio); Eliza J. Watters (10, Ohio); Sherman Watters (5, Ohio); Mary E. Watters (1, Ohio).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Ohio, Hardin County, Blanchard Township, Enumeration District 94, Page No. 4, family of Joseph Watters (49, Ohio, farmer); wife Derinda Watters (49, Ohio); son Sherman Watters (14, Ohio); daughter Mary Watters (11, Ohio); Altona B. Watters (3, Ohio).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Michigan, Antrim County, Star Township, Enumeration District 3, Sheet No. 11A, family of Eugene M. Gazlay (37, Michigan, July 1862, filer, saw mill); wife of 12 years Mary E. Gazlay (33, Ohio, Aug. 1866, 5 children, 4 living); daughter [sic, actually a son] Bird T. Gazlay (10, Michigan, July 1889); son Ralph L. Gazlay (7, Michigan, Mar. 1893); son Vollie I. Gazlay (5, Michigan, May 1895); daughter Flossie M. Gazlay (3, Michigan, Apr. 1897); border Samuel Johnson (45, Pennsylvania, July 1856, day laborer); wife of 11 years Anna Johnson (38, Ohio, Nov. 1861).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Antrim County, Chestonia Township, Enumeration District 3, Sheet No. 1B, family of Eugene M. Gazley (44, Michigan, farmer); wife of 22 years Mary E. Gazley (40, Ohio, 7 children, 6 living); son Bird P. Gazley (20, Michigan, laborer, odd jobs); son Ralph L. Gazley (17, Michigan); son Vollie I. Gazley (15, Michigan); daughter Flossie M. Gazley (13, Michigan); Arnold L. Gazley (9, Michgan); daughter Venice J. Gazley (1 7/12, Michigan). Eugene is living next to his brother Lawrence and his family.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Houghton County, Duncan Township, Enumeration District 14 [sic, actually ED 140], Sheet No. 2A, family of Eugene M. Glazlay [sic, misspelled in the Census record for all family members but correctly spelled Gazlay in this citation] (55, Michigan, foreman, handle factory); Mary E. Gazlay (50, Ohio); son Vollie I. Gazlay (25, Michigan, laborer, handle factory); daughter Venice J. Gazlay (11, Michigan).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Monroe County, Erie Township, Enumeration District 58-10, Sheet No. 3B, family of Melvin Lietzke(22, Michigan, bailer, hay crew, first married age 20); wife Venus Lietzke (21, Michigan, first married age 19); mother-in-law Mary Gazlay (63, Ohio, widow).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Monroe County, La Salle Township, Enumeration District 58-21, Sheets 17B, 18A, family of Melvin Lietzke (31, Michigan, laborer, road work); wife Venus Lietzke (31, Michigan); mother in law Mary Gazley (72, Michigan, widow).
- Sweet/Fish/Gazlay/Post Family Tree, Ancestry (website), Owner: Eagan Anderson, Florida. Although few sources are shown in this extensive tree, the birth, marriage, death, names, and other details typically agree with other sources. This tree is generally cited as a reference in our Gazlay Family History website only where the information is not found in any other source, such as children who died in infancy, middle names, etc.
- Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995; Eugene Gazley and Mary Waters, married 11 September 1887 in Mancelona, Antrim [County], Michigan.