Gazlay Family History
Helen Barden Purdy
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Helen Barden Purdy9 (James Purdy,8 Stewart Purdy,7 James Purdy,6 Stephen Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Helen Barden 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 | Janet Seward Robinson (ca. 1875 - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 7 November 2022; Last Edited: 7 November 2022 |
| Person ID | 12656 |
| Name | Helen Barden Purdy |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 15 November 1910 in Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho1, 2 |
| Married | 9 February 1941 in Snohomish County, Washington to Robert Hugh Boyd3 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Robert Hugh Boyd (son of Ralph Vernon Boyd and Irene Zally Baker) |
| Born | 21 July 1914 |
| Married | 9 February 1941 in Snohomish County, Washington to Helen Barden Purdy |
| Married | to Teresa Ortiz Gonzaga |
| Died | 25 June 1991 in Dade County, Florida |
| Children | of Helen Barden Purdy and Robert Hugh Boyd: |
| 1. | Janet Susan Boyd |
| Born | ca. 1946 in Washington |
Sources
- U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Washington, Island County, Oak Harbor, E.D. 15-1, Sheet No. 13, Purdy Helen Boyd, 34, Idaho, divorced, owner, self service laundry; daughter Janet Susan Boyd, 4, Washington; mother Janet Purdy, 75, New York, widow.
- 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, Male, Index to Marriage Records, Snohomish County, Washington, Robert H. Boyd and Helen B. Purdy; married on 9 February 1941.