Gazlay Family History
James Mallett Purdy
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
James Mallett Purdy9 (Frank Purdy,8 Stewart Purdy,7 James Purdy,6 Stephen Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
James Mallett Purdy9 (Frank Purdy,8 Stewart Purdy,7 James Purdy,6 Stephen Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Frank Agustus Purdy (3 August 1880 - 15 February 1963) |
| Mother | Edith Gaylord Coe (2 October 1881 - 29 September 1919) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 13 November 2022; Last Edited: 14 November 2022 |
| Person ID | 12713 |
| Name | James Mallett Purdy |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 14 August 1905 in Geneva, Ontario County, New York1, 2 |
| Married | 1930 to Maude Belle Martin3 |
| Died | 15 March 1989 in Boise, Ada County, Idaho1, 2 |
| Buried | in Twin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Maude Belle Martin (daughter of William Smith Martin and Elizabeth Hemphill) |
| Born | 25 November 1911 in Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee |
| Married | 1930 to James Mallett Purdy |
| Died | 14 April 2000 |
| Children | of James Mallett Purdy and Maude Belle Martin: |
| 1. | Wallace James Purdy |
| Born | 26 October 1931 |
| Married | 1 September 1959 in Ada County, Idaho to Jodell Lund |
| Died | 20 January 1994 |
| +2. | Barbara Lavon Purdy |
| Born | 15 July 1936 in Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho |
| Married | 29 May 1955 in Weiser, Washington County, Idaho to Gerald Arthur ‘Jerry’ Strutz |
| Married | to (unidentified) |
| Married | to John Bernard Payne |
| Died | 12 August 1994 |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Twin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho, James M. Purdy, born: 14 August 1905; died: 15 March 1989 (from record, which provides the name and link for his wife).
- Obituary, Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho (available at archive.org), 17 March 1989, John Mallett Purdy, died: 15 March 1989 in Boise, Idaho; born: 14 August 1905 in Geneva, New York. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of his parents, wife, and two children.
- Find a Grave (website). Twin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho, Maude Belle Martin Purdy, born: 25 November 1911 in Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee; died: 14 April 2000 (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, siblings, and husband).