Gazlay Family History
Mary Elizabeth Austin
Parents
| Father | Alfred Ely Austin (1 June 1848 - ) |
| Mother | Caroline Richardson Converse ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 31 October 2020; Last Edited: 3 November 2020 |
| Person ID | 9910 |
| Name | Mary Elizabeth Austin |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 22 March 1886 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Married | 16 June 1910 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut to Alvin Ford Miller4, 5 |
| Married | 8 October 1919 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut to David Swing Starring4, 5 |
| Died | 7 February 1960 in New York, New York6 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Alvin Ford Miller |
| Born | 14 December 1888 in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana |
| Married | 16 June 1910 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut to Mary Elizabeth Austin |
| Children | of Mary Elizabeth Austin and Alvin Ford Miller: |
| +1. | Carolyn May Starring (born Miller) |
| Born | 5 December 1911 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
| Married | 29 June 1934 in Southport, Fairfield County, Connecticut to John Edward Meyer, Jr. |
| Died | 26 August 2003 |
| +2. | Elizabeth Austin Starring (born Miller) |
| Born | 21 June 1914 in New York |
| Married | 22 September 1939 in Southport, Fairfield County, Connecticut to Donald Rafferty Fraser |
| Died | 1968 |
| Spouse 2 | David Swing Starring (son of Mason Brayman Starring and Helen Beth Swing) |
| Born | 18 October 1887 in Calmar, Winneshiek County, Iowa |
| Married | 8 October 1919 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut to Mary Elizabeth Miller (née Austin) |
| Married | 6 October 1962 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut to Ysabel Adams Ingram (née Muecke) |
| Died | 18 April 1973 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut |
| Children | of Mary Elizabeth Austin and David Swing Starring: |
| 1. | David Swing Starring, Jr. |
| Born | 8 January 1929 in New York, New York |
Sources
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Norwalk, E.D. 138, Sheet No. 28A, Alfred E. Austin, 71, Massachusetts, widow, lawyer, patent attorney; son-in-law David S. Starring, 33, Michigan, broker; daughter Elizabeth A. Starring, 33, Connecticut; daughter [of David and Elizabeth] Carolyn M. Starring, 8, Michigan; daughter [of David and Elizabeth] Elizabeth A. Starring, 5, New York; servant Elizabeth McDonald, 32, New Jersey, cook, house; servant Clementine B. Rory, 41, France, nurse, family.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Westport, E.D. 1-224, Sheet No. 13A, David S. Starring, 42, Iowa, manufacturer; wife Elizabeth Starring, 43, Connecticut; daughter Carolyn M. Starring, 18, Illinois; daughter Elizabeth Starring, 15, New York; son David S. Starring, Jr., 1 4/12, New York; and four servants.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Westport, E.D. 11-223, Sheet No. 64B, David S. Starring, 52, Iowa, executive, wire factory; wife Elizabeth Starring, 53, Connecticut; son David Starring, 11, New York; servant Elizabeth Garaham, 38, England, servant, private home; butler Enoch Franklin, 47, Sweden, butler, private home; maid Janet Nedville, 42, England, maid, private home.
- The Ancestors and Descendants of Dr. David Rogers, by Edward Francis Fremaux de Beixedon, Jr. 1921. Available at archive.org. Family of Mary Elizabeth Converse Austin. The paragraph provides her birth date and place, the names of her two husbands with their marriage dates and places, and the names of her two children by her first marriage. Page 80 provides the names and approximate birth dates and places of the two daughters.
- Obituary Record, Bulletin of Yale University, Obituary Record of Yale Graduates, 1920-1921. New Haven, Published by the University, Seventeenth Series, August 1, 1921, Number Twenty-Two. Pages 59-60, obituary of Alfred Ely Austin, B.A., 1869. The article provides extensive vital and biographical details and the names of his parents (with brief details about the ancestry of both of his parents), wife and her parents, and their only daughter, Mary Elizabeth Converse Austin, and her two marriages, first to Alvin Ford Miller, and second to David Swing Starring on 8 October 1919. The article mentions two grandchildren are living [these are children of Mary and her first husband Alvin].
- Obituary, The Bridgeport Post, Bridgeport, Connecticut (available at newspapers.com, and newspaperarchive.com), 9 February 1960, Mrs. Elizabeth Austin Starring, died 7 February 1960 in New York City. The article provides the names of her husband and three children.