Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Harold Allen ‘Red’ Glendenning


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Harold Allen ‘Red’ Glendenning and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Harold Allen ‘Red’ Glendenning,1 born 3 June 1913 in Diagonal, Ringgold County, Wyoming (parents not determined);1 died 8 February 1974 in Wyoming.1 Red married, 27 December 1947 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming, Bessie Loretta Gazlay (née Irwin) 4 (born 28 August 1906 in Boyd, Fannin County, Texas, the daughter of Warner Irwin and Myrtle Curtner;2, 3 Bessie died 17 May 1992 in Wheatland, Platte County, Wyoming2). Red and Bessie are buried in Douglas Park Cemetery, Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming.1, 2

  1. Find a Grave (website). Douglas Park Cemetery, Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming; H. A. “Red” Glendenning, born: 3 June 1913 in Diagonal, Ringgold County, Iowa; died: 8 February 1974 in Wyoming (from record, which includes a copy of his obituary; and provides the name and link for his wife).
  2. Find a Grave (website). Douglas Park Cemetery, Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming; Bessie Loretta Irwin Glendenning, born: 28 August 1906 in Boyd, Fannin County, Texas; died: 17 May 1992 in Wheatland, Platte County, Wyoming (from record, which includes the text from her obituary; and provides the names and links for her parents, two siblings, three husbands, and one child).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Wyoming, Converse County, Douglas, E.D., 5-23B, Sheet No. 81A, George Gazlay, 41, Wyoming, bartender; wife Bessie L. Gazlay, 36, Texas; daughter Betty Lou Galay, 13, Wyoming; son Alvin Duane Gazlay, 8, Nebraska. [Betty Lou and Alvin Duane are children of Bessie from her first marriage, and probably did not take the Gazlay surname.]
  4. Wyoming, Reclaim the Records, State Archives Vital Records, 1908-1966, Wyoming, Index to Marriages, Wyoming Civil Registrations, 1941-1952, Marriage Record Indexes, 1952-1966, 1941-1952 (available at familysearch.org), Harold Allen Glendenning and Bessie L. Gazlay, married on 27 December 1947 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming.