Gazlay Family History
Ella Josephine Purdy
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Ella Josephine Purdy9 (James Purdy,8 Stewart Purdy,7 James Purdy,6 Stephen Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Ella Josephine Purdy9 (James Purdy,8 Stewart Purdy,7 James Purdy,6 Stephen Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Dr. James Spencer Purdy (6 December 1873 - 28 January 1946) |
| Mother | Lucy Belle Kelsey (23 September 1874 - 2 August 1903) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 7 November 2022; Last Edited: 10 November 2022 |
| Person ID | 12654 |
| Name | Ella Josephine Purdy |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 6 July 1899 in Seneca Falls, Seneca County, New York1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 12 March 1927 in Snohomish County, Washington to Robert Angus Hay4 |
| Died | 15 July 1943 in Everett, Snohomish County, Washington2 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Robert Angus Hay (son of Alexander Hay and Jane Kitchin) |
| Born | 28 October 1887 in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland |
| Married | to Gertrude Lilian Grant |
| Married | 12 March 1927 in Snohomish County, Washington to Ella Josephine Purdy |
| Died | 27 July 1937 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington |
| Children | of Ella Josephine Purdy and Robert Angus Hay: |
| +1. | Lynne Hay |
| Born | 17 August 1928 in Seattle, King County, Washington |
| Married | 24 June 1948 in Snohomish County, Washington to Robert William Collins |
| Married | 24 November 2002 in Pierce County, Washington to Sanford Thornely ‘Sandy’ Shaub |
| Died | 21 January 2017 |
| +2. | Janet Hay |
| Born | 17 August 1928 in Seattle, King County, Washington |
| Married | 16 August 1947 in Snohomish County, Washington to George Leroy Rasmussen |
Sources
- Washington, Western District, Naturalization Records, 1853-1957 (available at familysearch.org), Petition for Naturalization, No. 13912, Robert Angus Hay, born: 28 October 1887 in Edinburgh, Scotland; emigrated to the United States from Vancouver B.C. to Seattle, Washington, on 5 February 1919; wife: Josephine, born: 6 February 1899 [sic, the month is in error; she was born in July] in Seneca Falls, N.Y.; 2 children: Marjorie, born: 2 March 1920 in Seattle, Washington; Robert Grant, born: 3 August 1921 in Seattle, Washington. In a Memorandum of Continuance dated 22 September 1928: 2 additional children: Janet, age 5 weeks, and Lynn, age 5 weeks.
- Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960 (transcriptions or certificates). Certificate of Death, Registrar’s No. 323, Josephine Hay, died: 15 July 1943 in Everett, Snohomish County, Washington; born: 6 July 1899 in Seneca Falls, N.Y.; age: 44 years, 9 days; husband: Robert; occupation: secretary, local draft board; father: J. Spencer Hay, born in N.Y.; mother: Janett Robinson [sic, this is her step-mother], born in N.Y.
- Washington, West of the Cascades: Historical and Descriptive; the Explorers, the Indians, the Pioneers, the Modern, Volume 2. Herbert Hunt, Floyd C. Kaylor. S. J. Clark Publishing Co., Chicago, Seattle, Tacoma. 1917. Pages 509-511, biography of J. Spencer Purdy, M.D., providing vital and biographical details of James Spencer Purdy, including his Purdy ancestors, two marriages and two daughters, one from each marriage. [A few dates and places, and names of individuals, in this biography differ from other sources.]
- Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008, Index to Marriage Records - Snohomish County, Washington: Robert A. Hays and E. Josephine Purdy, married on 12 March 1927.