Gazlay Family History
Almyra Virginia Van Wyck
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Almyra Virginia Van Wyck7 (Tunis Van Wyck,6 Esther Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Almyra Virginia Van Wyck7 (Tunis Van Wyck,6 Esther Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Tunis Brinkerhoff Van Wyck (9 August 1834 - 20 July 1916) |
| Mother | Virginia A. Woodworth (1847 - 2 August 1872) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 27 December 2022; Last Edited: 28 December 2022 |
| Person ID | 12824 |
| Name | Almyra Virginia Van Wyck |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 3 March 1871 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois1 |
| Married | 14 October 1891 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to George Jackson Pope1, 2, 3 |
| Died | 24 November 1947 in Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois1 |
| Buried | in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  George Jackson Pope (son of George Greenleaf Pope and Susan Jackson Peirce) |
| Born | 21 December 1866 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
| Married | 14 October 1891 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Almyra Virginia Van Wyck |
| Died | 4 December 1960 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois |
| Children | of Almyra Virginia Van Wyck and George Jackson Pope: |
| +1. | George Van Wyck Pope |
| Born | 5 August 1894 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
| Married | 9 June 1919 in Muscogee County, Georgia to Mary Browne Slade |
| Died | 5 March 1972 |
| 2. | Henry Peirce Pope |
| Born | 24 September 1895 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
| Married | 13 November 1903 to Clare Bradley |
| Died | 22 August 1981 |
| +3. | Thomas Brinkerhoff Pope |
| Born | 11 February 1899 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
| Married | 14 June 1924 in Utica, Oneida County, New York to Helen DeWolf Smyth |
| Died | 19 April 1957 |
| +4. | John Leslie Pope |
| Born | 21 October 1909 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
| Married | 1935 to Harriet Belle McLean |
| Died | 22 April 1991 in Arizona |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; Almyra Virginia Van Wyck Pope, born: 3 March 1871 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died: 24 November 1947 in Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois (from record, which includes details from a death record or index; copies of two obituaries; and provides the names and links for her parents, husband, and two children).
- Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968, George J. Pope, age 24; Almyra V. Van Wyck, age 20; married 14 October 1891 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
- Descendants of Cornelius Barentse Van Wyck and Anna Polhemus, by Anne Van Wyck. New York, Tobias A. Wright, Printer and Publisher, 1912. Pages 209,228-9, 303-4, and 361, Stephen Duryea Van Wyck and several descendants, showing detailed vital and biographical information.