Gazlay Family History
Mary Catherine Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Mary Catherine Gazlay8 (Bird Gazlay,7 Eugene Gazlay,6 David Gazlay,5 Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Mary Catherine Gazlay8 (Bird Gazlay,7 Eugene Gazlay,6 David Gazlay,5 Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Bird Pearl Gazlay (21 July 1889 - 8 February 1960) |
| Mother | Lillian Anna Ruff (22 December 1887 - 10 May 1970) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 22 April 2012; Last Edited: 13 July 2023 |
| Person ID | 3600 |
| Name | Mary Catherine Gazlay |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 8 January 1918 in Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Married | 3 January 1938 in LaGrange County, Indiana to Donald Francis Freeman2 |
| Died | 18 May 2011 in Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Donald Francis Freeman (son of Lester E. Freeman and Belle Olmstead) |
| Born | 30 October 1917 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York |
| Married | 3 January 1938 in LaGrange County, Indiana to Mary Catherine Gazlay |
| Died | 6 June 1997 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan |
| Children | of Mary Catherine Gazlay and Donald Francis Freeman: |
| +1. | Sandra Anne Freeman |
| Born | 15 September 1938 in Michigan |
| Married | to Henry Martin Sante |
| Married | to Terry D. Castor |
| 2. | Rita Lee Freeman |
| Born | 26 November 1947 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
| Married | 1 February 1964 in Atlanta, Montmorency County, Michigan to Gerald Lee ‘Jerry’ Bailey |
| 3. | Donald Dale Freeman |
| Born | 28 February 1950 in Holly, Oakland County, Michigan |
| Married | 3 January 1969 in Atlanta, Montmorency County, Michigan to Melanie Denise Meeuwenberg |
| Married | 23 October 2004 in Lewiston, Montmorency County, Michigan to Dawn Renee Berney |
| Died | 7 August 2021 in Gaylord, Otsego County, Michigan |
| 4. | Alan Francis Freeman |
| Born | 9 January 1955 |
| Married | to Mary Stouffer |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). (Cremated), Mary Catherine Gazlay Freeman, born: 8 January 1918 in Ferndale, Oakland County, Michigan [sic, her marriage license entry shows her birthplace as Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan, less than 5 miles from Ferndale]; died: 18 May 2011 in Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, four siblings, husband, and one child).
- Indiana Marriages, 1811-2018/2019, Application for Marriage License, and Certificate of Marriage, Donald Francis Freeman, born: 30 October 1916 in Niagara Falls, N.Y.; truck driver; father: Lester E. Freeman, born in Fredonia, Pa., printer; mother: Belle Olmstead, born in Toronto, Canada; first marriage; Mary Catherine Gazlay, born: 8 January 1918 in Highland Park, Wayne [County], Mich.; father: Bird Gazlay, born in Westwood, Mich., laborer; mother: Lillian Ruff, born in Mich.; first marriage; married on 3 January 1938 in Lagrange County, Indiana.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Wayne County, Highland Park City, Enumeration District 704, Sheet No. 25B, family of Bird P. Gazlay (31, Michigan, filer, automobile fact[ory]); wife Lillian Gazlay (32, Michigan); daughter Mary K. Gazlay (1 11/12, Michigan); daughter Marjorie Gazlay (3/12, Michigan); brother Arnol Gazlay (18, Michigan).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Oakland County, Ferndale City, Enumeration District 63-20, Sheet No. 12B, family of Bird Gazlay (40, Michigan, filer, body factory, first married age 27); wife Lillian Gazlay (42, Michigan, first married age 28); daughter Mary C. Gazlay (12, Michigan); daughter Marjorie J. Gazlay (10, Michigan); daughter Marilyn Gazlay (9, Michigan); daughter Arlene P. Gazlay (7, Michigan); daughter Dorothy Gazlay (5, Michigan); daughter Edythe L. Gazlay (5/12, Michigan).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Oakland County, Holly Village, Enumeration District 63-49, Sheet No. 4A, family of Bird P. Gazley (50, Michigan, press operator, Foster Body manufacturing); wife Lillian A. Gazley (52, Michigan); daughter Marjorie Gazley (20, Michigan, waitress, tavern); daughter Marilyn Gazley (19, Michigan, waitress, tavern); daughter Arlene Gazley (17, Michigan); daughter Dorothy Gazley (15, Michigan); daughter Edythe Gazley (10, Michigan); daughter Mary Freeman (22, Michigan, cook, tavern); grand daughter Sandra Freeman (1, Michigan).