Gazlay Family History
Hattie Belle Herman
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Hattie Belle Herman7 (Leona Gazley,6 David Gazlay,5 Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Hattie Belle Herman7 (Leona Gazley,6 David Gazlay,5 Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Frank David Herman (12 May 1871 - 2 January 1963) |
| Mother | Leona Almira Gazley (14 December 1873 - 25 January 1935) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 15 April 2012; Last Edited: 13 March 2024 |
| Person ID | 3576 |
| Name | Hattie Belle Herman |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 21 July 1898 in Michigan1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
| Married | 25 October 1919 in Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan to Harry Henry Quardokus8 |
| Died | 2 July 1994 in South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan1, 2 |
| Buried | in Lincoln Charter Township Cemetery, Stevensville, Berrien County, Michigan1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Harry Henry Quardokus (son of Herman Quardokus and Bertha Rutz) |
| Born | 1 August 1893 in Lincoln, Berrien County, Michigan |
| Married | 25 October 1919 in Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan to Hattie Belle Herman |
| Died | 14 April 1969 |
| Children | of Hattie Belle Herman and Harry Henry Quardokus: |
| +1. | Jane Ann Quardokus |
| Born | 10 September 1920 in St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan |
| Married | 29 June 1946 to Roy Bernard Elson |
| Died | 10 June 2015 |
| +2. | Claire Madelyn Quardokus |
| Born | 28 December 1921 in Stevensville, Berrien County, Michigan |
| Married | 5 December 1942 in Berrien County, Michigan to Arnold Vernon ‘Bud’ Bishop |
| Married | 21 June 1985 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona to Robert E. ‘Bob’ Black |
| Died | 9 November 2010 in Apache Junction, Pinal County, Arizona |
| +3. | Fay Gordon Quardokus |
| Born | 23 November 1923 in St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan |
| Married | 15 November 1944 in St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan to Helen Fish |
| Died | 4 April 2008 in Stevensville, Berrien County, Michigan |
| +4. | Jacqueline Leona ‘Jackie’ Quardokus |
| Born | 17 August 1926 in Stevensville, Berrien County, Michigan |
| Married | 4 November 1950 in Stevensville, Berrien County, Michigan to George Robert Bookwalter |
| Married | ca. 1970 in Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan to John Anthony Reitz |
| Died | 5 June 1981 in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana |
| +5. | Harlan Gene Quardokus |
| Born | 30 August 1934 in Stevensville, Berrien County, Michigan |
| Married | 4 August 1962 to Constance Kathryne ‘Connie’ Zalenski |
| Died | 28 April 2012 in St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Lincoln Charter Township Cemetery, Stevensville, Berrien County, Michigan; Hattie Herman Quardokus, born: 21 July 1898; died: 2 July 1994 (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, ten siblings, husband, and five children).
- Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996; Hattie B. Quardokus, died 2 July 1994 in South Haven, Van Buren [County], Michigan, born 21 July 1898.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Michigan, Berrien County, Buchanan Township, Enumeration District 61, Sheet No. 8B, family of Frank D. Herman (29, Michigan, May 1871, farmer); wife of 9 years Leona A. Herman (26, Michigan, Dec. 1873, 4 children, 3 living); daughter Minnie A. Herman (6, Michigan, Jan. 1894); son Freddie L. Herman (4, Michigan, Dec. 1895); daughter Hattie B. Herman (1, Michigan, July 1898). [They are listed 2 houses away from Christopher and Margaret Herman.]
- U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Berrien County, Buchanan Township, Enumeration District 70, Sheet No. 3B, family of Frank Herman (39, Michigan, farmer); wife of 19 years Leona Herman (37, Michigan, 10 children, 9 living); father Christopher Herman (84, Germany, married 49 years); daughter Minnie I. Herman (16, Michigan); son Fred Herman (14, Michigan); daughter Hattie Herman (11, Michigan); daughter Ruby Herman (8, Michigan); son Ralph Herman (6, Michigan); daughter Margaret Herman (4, Michigan); son Albert Herman (2, Michigan); daughter Esther Herman (1 6/12, Michigan); daughter Mildred Herman (4/12, Michigan).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Berrien County, St. Joseph City, Enumeration District 108, Sheet No. 12B, family of Jack P. Wright (40, Michigan, assembler, machine shop); wife Martha Wright (38, Michigan); father-in-law Herman Quardokus (70, Pompern. Germany, widow, immigrated 1891); sister-in-law Minnie Quardokus (31, Michigan, pad maker, rubber plant); Harry Quardokus (26, Michigan, machine hand, auto specialty); sister-in-law Hattie Quardokus (21, Michigan, teacher, public school).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Berrien County, Lincoln Township, Enumeration District 11-32, Sheet No. 10A, family of Harry Quardogus [sic] (36, Michigan, laborer, federal building, first married age 26; wife Hattie Quardogus (31, Michigan, first married age 21); daughter Jane Quardogus (9, Michigan); daughter Clare Quardogus (8, Michigan); son Fay Quardogus (6, Michigan); daughter Chatharina Quardogus (3 8/12).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Berrien County, Lincoln Township, Enumeration District 11-45, Sheet No. 8A, family of Harry Quardokus (46, Michigan, farmer, fruit farm); wife Hattie Quardokus (41, Michigan); daughter Jane Quardokus (19, Michigan); daughter Clair Quardokus (18, Michigan); son Fay Quardokus (16, Michigan); daughter Jacqueline Quardokus (14, Michigan); son Harlan Quardokus (5, Michigan).
- Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1935, License No. 1223, 1919; Harry H. Quardokus, age 26, born in Michigan; Father’s Name: Herman; Mother’s Maiden Name: Rutz; Hattie B. Herman, age 21, born in Michigan; Father’s Name: Frank; Mother’s Maiden Name: Gayley [sic]; date of license: 25 October 1919, Berrien County, Michigan. Record includes images of the front and back of the marriage license.