Gazlay Family History
Joanne Mae Bollerer
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Joanne Mae Bollerer8 (Eva Gazley,7 Elnathan Gazley,6 Orlando Gazley,5 Elnathan Gazley,4 Joseph Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Joanne Mae Bollerer8 (Eva Gazley,7 Elnathan Gazley,6 Orlando Gazley,5 Elnathan Gazley,4 Joseph Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Alexander Valentine Bollerer (2 April 1901 - 15 February 1965) |
| Mother | Eva Mae Gazley (26 April 1895 - 21 August 1950) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 14 April 2020; Last Edited: 15 April 2020 |
| Person ID | 9388 |
| Name | Joanne Mae Bollerer |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 8 September 1932 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 11 September 1954 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut to Albert A. ‘Skip’ Lessard4 |
| Divorced | 9 January 1974 in Hartford County, Connecticut from Albert A. ‘Skip’ Lessard5 |
| Married | 9 March 1976 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut to Robert M. Burney6 |
| Died | 18 October 1996 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut1, 3, 7 |
| Buried | in Union Hill Cemetery, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Albert A. ‘Skip’ Lessard (son of Albert Lessard and Edna Brann) |
| Born | 17 April 1933 in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine |
| Married | 11 September 1954 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut to Joanne Mae Bollerer |
| Died | 12 March 2006 in Marlborough, Hartford County, Connecticut |
| Children | of Joanne Mae Bollerer and Albert A. ‘Skip’ Lessard: |
| +1. | Sharon M. Lessard |
| Born | |
| Married | to Wayne Shekla |
| +2. | Steven L. Lessard |
| Born | |
| Married | to Lori _____ |
| Spouse 2 | Robert M. Burney |
| Born | |
| Married | 9 March 1976 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut to Joanne Mae Bollerer |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Union Hill Cemetery, East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, Joanne Mae Bollerer Burney, born: 8 September 1932 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut; 18 October 1996 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut [from record, which provides the name and link for her mother].
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Connecticut, New Haven County, Waterbury, ED 5-195, Sheet No. 5A, George Boden, 70, New York State, general mgr., brass factory; wife Adelaide Boden, 59, New York; daughter Mae Bollerer, 39, New York, married, [suppl. quest.: age at first marriage: 28 [she was actually married in 1913 at age 18 based on her marriage to Harold Lyall, so the age 28 is more likely her age when she married Mr. Bollerer]; number of children: 1]; granddaughter Joanne Bollerer, 7, Connecticut; maid Lottie Fletcher, 62, Connecticut, maid, private home.
- Obituary, Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, 19 October 1996, Joanne (Bollerer) Lessard Burney, died 18 October 1996 in Glastonbury, Connecticut. The article provies vital and biographical details and the names of her son and daughter-in-law, daughter and son-in-law, two granddaughters, a friend, and her place of burial.
- Connecticut Marriage Records, 1897-1968 (available at ancestry.com), Joanne Bollerer and Albert Lessard; married on 11 September 1954 in Middletown, Connecticut.
- Connecticut Divorce Index, 1968 - 1997. Available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org. Alber A. Lessard and wife Joan [sic, believed to be a partial name in the record]; married September 1954 in Connecticut; separated July 1973; divorced 9 January 1974 in Hartford County, Connecticut.
- Connecticut Marriage Index, 1959-2001, available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, Robert M. Burney, 60, and Joann M. Lessard, 43; married on 9 March 1976 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.
- Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001, available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, Joanne M. Burney, died: 18 October 1996 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut; age 64; divorced; father’s surname: Bollerer; spouse’s name: Rober [sic, Robert?].