Gazlay Family History
Louise Elizabeth Higby
Parents
| Father | Charles B. Higby ( - ) |
| Mother | Minnie J. Pendergrass (ca. 1886 - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 24 January 2012; Last Edited: 31 January 2023 |
| Person ID | 3512 |
| Name | Louise Elizabeth Higby |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 17 March 1910 in Lynchburg, Virginia1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Married | 6 June 1930 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio to Robert Wallis Gazley1 |
| Married | to Jack Woodworth Sample |
| Died | 4 February 1972 in Pinellas County, Florida2 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Robert Wallis Gazley (son of Charles Clifford Gazley and Charlotte ‘Lottie’ Hammond) |
| Born | 14 September 1899 in Texas |
| Married | 16 August 1919 in Texas to Genevieve B. Evers |
| Married | 27 January 1923 in Bexar County, Texas to Mildred Burge (née Gariss) |
| Married | 25 March 1927 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio to Mildred Gazley (née Gariss) |
| Married | 6 June 1930 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio to Louise Elizabeth Higby |
| Married | to Edrie C. Welch |
| Died | 15 March 1962 in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio |
| Children | of Louise Elizabeth Higby and Robert Wallis Gazley: |
| +1. | Bobette Louise ‘Bobbi’ Gazley |
| Born | 11 July 1931 in Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio |
| Married | 27 December 1952 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio to John L. Gouch |
| Died | 12 July 2016 in Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania |
| +2. | Jane Lee Gazley |
| Born | 23 June 1932 in Ohio |
| Married | 25 August 1950 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio to Ernest Edward ‘Ernie’ Hume, Jr. |
| Married | 1977 in Lorain County, Ohio to Raymond Roland Witbeck |
| Married | 1979 in Lorain County, Ohio to James Arthur White |
| Spouse 2 | Jack Woodworth Sample |
| Born | 1 January 1914 in Ohio |
| Married | to Louise Elizabeth Higby |
| Died | 26 December 2007 |
Sources
- Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973, Application No. 255873; Robert W. Gazley; age 30; born in Rockdale, Tex.; father: Charles C. [Gazley]; mother: Charlotte Hammond; Div 6-10-29 C. P. Ct.; and Louise E. Higbee; age 21; born in Lynchburg, Va.; father: Charles B. [Higbee]; mother: Minnie Pendergrass; marriage date: 6 June 1930.
- Florida Death Index 1877-1998; available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, Louise Elizabeth Sample, died: 4 February 1972 in Pinellas [County], Florida; born: 17 March 1910.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland City, Enumeration District 491, Sheet No. 1B, family of Clifford A. Sheldon (24, Indiana, mechanic, auto supplies); wife Minne J. Sheldon (34, Ohio); step-daughter Niva Higby (11, Virginia); step-daughter Louise E. Higby (9, Virginia).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, City of Lakewood, Enumeration District 18-659, Sheet No. 16A, Louise E. Higby (20, Virginia, legal stenographer, law office).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Lakewood, E.D. 18-177, Sheet No. 3B, Louise Sample, 30, Virginia, married, secretary; daughter Bobette Gazley, 8, Ohio; daughter Jane Gazley, 7, Ohio; aunt Ida Mae Holcomb, 62, Ohio, widow.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Lakewood, E.D. 97-109, Sheet No. 5, Jack W. Sample, 37, Ohio, merchandise control manager, retail auto supply store; wife Louise H. Sample, 40, Ohio, stenographer, insulation mfg. co.; daughter Bobette L. Sample, 18, Ohio, cashier stenographer, loan and finance co.; daughter Jane L. Sample, 17, Ohio.