Gazlay Family History
Bernard Joseph ‘Red’ Donovan
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Bernard Joseph ‘Red’ Donovan9 (Rachael Payne,8 Julia Crippin,7 Thomas Crippen,6 Karinda Gazlay,5 Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Bernard Joseph ‘Red’ Donovan9 (Rachael Payne,8 Julia Crippin,7 Thomas Crippen,6 Karinda Gazlay,5 Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | William Patrick Donovan (15 August 1888 - 10 January 1960) |
| Mother | Rachael Margaret Payne (31 December 1891 - 21 November 1924) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 7 April 2023; Last Edited: 10 April 2023 |
| Person ID | 13680 |
| Name | Bernard Joseph ‘Red’ Donovan |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 26 December 1912 in Lawrence, Van Buren County, Michigan1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Married | to Ethel Luella Olson |
| Married | to Kathryn Jean ‘Katie’ Koeningshof |
| Died | 2 April 1992 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan1 |
| Buried | in Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Van Buren County, Michigan1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Ethel Luella Olson (daughter of Joseph Olson and Ida Sangren) |
| Born | 30 November 1910 in Dassel, Meeker County, Minnesota |
| Married | to Bernard Joseph ‘Red’ Donovan |
| Died | 22 December 1944 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan |
| Children | of Bernard Joseph ‘Red’ Donovan and Ethel Luella Olson: |
| 1. | Rodean Ann ‘Deanie’ Donovan |
| Born | 7 March 1936 in Michigan |
| Married | 2 June 1956 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan to Gordon Moerdyk |
| Married | 1983 in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana to Kenneth Wayne Strate |
| 2. | John Thomas Donovan |
| Born | 30 January 1939 in Michigan |
| Died | 31 December 1969 |
| 3. | Ethel Lowella Donovan |
| Born | 18 December 1944 |
| Died | 14 December 1985 |
| Spouse 2 | Kathryn Jean ‘Katie’ Koeningshof (daughter of Edward Koeningshof and Sylvia Wolkins) |
| Born | 20 November 1923 in Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan |
| Married | to Bernard Joseph ‘Red’ Donovan |
| Died | 12 August 1995 in Oshtemo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan |
| Children | of Bernard Joseph ‘Red’ Donovan and Kathryn Jean ‘Katie’ Koeningshof: |
| 1. | Joseph Lawrence ‘Joe’ Donovan |
| Born | 22 December 1951 |
| 2. | Ellen Marie Donovan |
| Born | 15 December 1953 |
| 3. | Margaret Anne ‘Peggy’ Donovan |
| Born | 19 July 1957 |
| 4. | William Edward Donovan |
| Born | 26 December 1959 |
| 5. | Teresa Eileen Donovan |
| Born | 29 September 1961 |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Van Buren County, Michigan, Bernard J. Donovan, born: 26 December 1912 in Lawrence, Van Buren County, Michigan; died: 3 April 1992 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (from record, which includes information from his second marriage record, social security claims index, and death index; and provides the names and links for his parents, one sibling, and one wife).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Van Buren County, Lawrence, E.D. 196, Sheet No. 7B, William Donovan, 31, Michigan, laborer, machine shop; wife Rachael Donovan, 28, Michigan; son Charles Donovan, 8, Michigan; son Bernard Donovan, 7, Michigan; daughter Christine Donovan, 5, Michigan; daughter Helen Louise Donovan 3 3/12, Michigan; son William T. Donovan 1 4/12, Michigan.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Berrien County, Watervliet, E.D. 11-59, Sheet No. 5A-5B, Bernard Donovan, 17, Michigan [he is a border in the household of Frank Barden].
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Kalamazoo County, Kalamazoo, E.D. 39-16, Sheet No. 13B, Bernard Donovan, 27, Michigan, street work, city; wife Ethel Donovan, 29, Minnesota; daughter Rodean Donovan, 4, Michigan; son Thomas Donovan, 1, Michigan.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Michigan, Kalamazoo County, Kalamazoo, E.D. 89-42, Sheet No. 3, Bernard J. Donovan, 37, Michigan, welder, making checker taxi co.; wife Kathryn J. Donovan, 26, Michigan, nurse, state hospital; son John T. Donovan, 11, Michigan.