Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyArlene Pearl Gazlay

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Arlene Pearl Gazlay8 (Bird Gazlay,7 Eugene Gazlay,6 David Gazlay,5 Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherBird Pearl Gazlay (21 July 1889 - 8 February 1960)
MotherLillian Anna Ruff (22 December 1887 - 10 May 1970)

Personal Information

Record Created: 14 March 2012; Last Edited: 8 March 2024 
Person ID3603
NameArlene Pearl Gazlay
GenderFemale
Born 28 February 1923 in Ferndale, Oakland County, Michigan1, 2, 3, 4
Married 5 September 1942 in Oakland County, Michigan to Ronald Frederick O’Connell5, 6
Died 19 August 1997 in West Branch, Ogemaw County, Michigan1, 5, 7
Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Fenton, Genesee County, Michigan1

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyRonald Frederick O’Connell
Born 3 June 1918 in Holly, Oakland County, Michigan
Married 5 September 1942 in Oakland County, Michigan to Arlene Pearl Gazlay
Died 28 December 1998 in West Branch, Ogemaw County, Michigan
  
Children of Arlene Pearl Gazlay and Ronald Frederick O’Connell:
  
+1.FamilyRonald Bird ‘Ron’ O’Connell
Born 3 September 1947 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
Married to Ruby Carol ‘Brake’ Hager
Died 31 May 1999 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado
  
+2.FamilyKathryn Sue O’Connell
Born 13 January 1950
Married 4 April 1970 in Fenton, Genesee County, Michigan to Gary Don Pierce
Married to Michael James Annis
  
+3.FamilyKathleen Gay O’Connell
Born 13 January 1950
Married 4 January 1978 in Los Angeles, California to Eric M. Granier
  
+4.FamilyFrederick Charles O’Connell
Born 11 January 1957 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
Married to Kylene Rene Thomas (née Andrews)
Died 12 April 2022 in Bay City, Bay County, Michigan
  

Sources

  1. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Fenton, Genesee County, Michigan; Arlene Pearl Gazlay O’Connell, born: 28 February 1923 in Ferndale, Oakland County, Michigan; died: 19 August 1997 in West Branch, Ogemaw County, Michigan (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, five siblings, husband, and two children).
  2. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), Social Security Applications, Arlene Pearl Gazlay, born: 28 February 1923 in Ferndale Oak, Michigan; father: Bird P. Gazlay; mother: Lillian A. Ruff.
  3. 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).
  4. 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).
  5. Michigan Gen Web, Ogemaw County, Michigan, Deaths 1995-1999; O’Connell, Arlene Pearl, died 19 August 1997; spouse: Ronald O’Connell; father: Bird Pearl Gazlay; mother: Lillian Anna Ruff.
  6. Oakland County, Michigan, Genealogy Service Records Search, Marriage Index. Ronald Oconnell and Arlene Gazlay, 5 September 1942.
  7. Boards at Ancestry.com; Post by Brenda Hibner, 26 July 2001, provides the death dates of several Michigan Gazlay family members and their relatives.