Gazlay Family History
Edythe Lorraine Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Edythe Lorraine Gazlay8 (Bird Gazlay,7 Eugene Gazlay,6 David Gazlay,5 Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Edythe Lorraine 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: 6 April 2012; Last Edited: 17 March 2024 |
| Person ID | 3605 |
| Name | Edythe Lorraine Gazlay |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 27 October 1929 in Michigan1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 1 November 1947 in Genesee County, Michigan to Richard James McSwain4 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Richard James McSwain (son of Drurey Thomas McSwain and Christene L. Blaine) |
| Born | 6 February 1927 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
| Married | 1 November 1947 in Genesee County, Michigan to Edythe Lorraine Gazlay |
| Died | 27 June 1989 in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan |
| Children | of Edythe Lorraine Gazlay and Richard James McSwain: |
| +1. | James Thomas Mcswain |
| Born | 24 November 1949 in Holly, Oakland County, Michigan |
| Married | 28 August 1971 in Rust Township, Montmorency County, Michigan to Brenda Rose Williams |
| Married | to Gloria J. Ferguson |
| +2. | Brenda Joy Mcswain |
| Born | 20 October 1950 in Holly, Oakland County, Michigan |
| Married | 26 April 1969 in Atlanta, Montmorency County, Michigan to Hugh James Hibner |
| +3. | Lorraine Kay Mcswain |
| Born | 28 October 1953 in Holly, Oakland County, Michigan |
| Married | 15 April 1972 in Atlanta, Montmorency County, Michigan to Richard Welling Crisp |
| +4. | Wendy Lee Mcswain |
| Born | 4 November 1954 in Milo, Oscoda County, Michigan |
| Married | 14 October 1972 in Atlanta, Montmorency County, Michigan to Terry Lee Lake |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Avery Cemetery, Avery, Montmorency County, Michigan; Richard James McSwain, born: 6 February 1927 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan; died: 27 June 1989 in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents and one sibling).
- 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).
- Michigan, Genesee County Clerk/Register Records (www.co.genesee.mi.us); Instrument: 200309290027942, Edythe L. Gazlay and Richard J. McSwain, married on 1 November 1947.