Gazlay Family History
Lillian Anna Ruff
Parents
| Father | Augustus Ruff ( - ) |
| Mother | Catherine Rothaermel ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 22 April 2012; Last Edited: 8 March 2024 |
| Person ID | 3599 |
| Name | Lillian Anna Ruff |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 22 December 1887 in Pulaski, Jackson County, Michigan1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Married | 16 December 1916 in Calhoun County, Michigan to Bird Pearl Gazlay4, 6 |
| Died | 10 May 1970 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan1, 7 |
| Buried | in Oakwood Cemetery, Fenton, Genesee County, Michigan1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Bird Pearl Gazlay (son of Eugene Miles Gazlay and Mary Elizabeth Watters) |
| Born | 21 July 1889 in Westwood, Kalamazoo County, Michigan |
| Married | 16 December 1916 in Calhoun County, Michigan to Lillian Anna Ruff |
| Died | 8 February 1960 in Fenton, Genesee County, Michigan |
| Children | of Lillian Anna Ruff and Bird Pearl Gazlay: |
| +1. | Mary Catherine Gazlay |
| Born | 8 January 1918 in Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan |
| Married | 3 January 1938 in LaGrange County, Indiana to Donald Francis Freeman |
| Died | 18 May 2011 in Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma |
| +2. | Marjorie Joy Gazlay |
| Born | 8 September 1919 in Michigan |
| Married | 13 November 1943 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado to John Gerych, Sr. |
| Died | 28 May 1998 |
| +3. | Marilyn Lillian Gazlay |
| Born | 11 November 1920 in Michigan |
| Married | to Charles Tindle |
| Married | 24 August 1947 in Genesee County, Michigan to Robert Edward Freeman |
| Died | 24 October 1968 in Michigan |
| +4. | Arlene Pearl Gazlay |
| Born | 28 February 1923 in Ferndale, Oakland County, Michigan |
| Married | 5 September 1942 in Oakland County, Michigan to Ronald Frederick O’Connell |
| Died | 19 August 1997 in West Branch, Ogemaw County, Michigan |
| +5. | Dorothy Mae Gazlay |
| Born | 28 December 1924 in Sidnaw, Houghton County, Michigan |
| Married | 28 November 1942 in Genesee County, Michigan to Hal W. Pettis |
| Married | 15 November 1948 in Steuben County, Indiana to Donald William Black |
| Died | 23 October 1999 |
| 6. | Donna Maude Gazlay |
| Born | 7 January 1928 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan |
| Died | 9 January 1928 in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan |
| +7. | Edythe Lorraine Gazlay |
| Born | 27 October 1929 in Michigan |
| Married | 1 November 1947 in Genesee County, Michigan to Richard James McSwain |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Fenton, Genesee County, Michigan; Lillian Anna Ruff Gazlay, born: 22 December 1887 in Pulaski, Jackson County, Michigan; died: May 1970 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, eight siblings, husband, and six children).
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), Social Security Applications, Lillian Anna Gazlay, born: 22 December 1887 in Pulaski, Jack[son] [County], Michigan; father: Augustus Ruff; mother: Catherine Rothaermel.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Wayne County, Highland Park City, Enumeration District 704, Sheet No. 25B, family of Bird P. Gazlay (31, Michigan, filer, automobile fact[ory]); wife Lillian Gazlay (32, Michigan); daughter Mary K. Gazlay (1 11/12, Michigan); daughter Marjorie Gazlay (3/12, Michigan); brother Arnol Gazlay (18, Michigan).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Oakland County, Ferndale City, Enumeration District 63-20, Sheet No. 12B, family of Bird Gazlay (40, Michigan, filer, body factory, first married age 27); wife Lillian Gazlay (42, Michigan, first married age 28); daughter Mary C. Gazlay (12, Michigan); daughter Marjorie J. Gazlay (10, Michigan); daughter Marilyn Gazlay (9, Michigan); daughter Arlene P. Gazlay (7, Michigan); daughter Dorothy Gazlay (5, Michigan); daughter Edythe L. Gazlay (5/12, Michigan).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Oakland County, Holly Village, Enumeration District 63-49, Sheet No. 4A, family of Bird P. Gazley (50, Michigan, press operator, Foster Body manufacturing); wife Lillian A. Gazley (52, Michigan); daughter Marjorie Gazley (20, Michigan, waitress, tavern); daughter Marilyn Gazley (19, Michigan, waitress, tavern); daughter Arlene Gazley (17, Michigan); daughter Dorothy Gazley (15, Michigan); daughter Edythe Gazley (10, Michigan); daughter Mary Freeman (22, Michigan, cook, tavern); grand daughter Sandra Freeman (1, Michigan).
- Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, Bird Gazlay, age 27, born in Michigan; Lillian Ruff, age 28, born in Michigan; married 16 December 1916 in Calhoun [County], Michigan; groom’s parents: Eugene [Gazlay] and Mary Walters [sic, Waters]; bride’s parents: Augusta [Ruff] and Catherine.
- Obituary, Battle Creek Enquirer, Battle Creek, Michigan (available at newspapers.com), 13 May 1970, Lillian (Ruff) Gazlay, 82, died 10 May 1970 in Flint (Michigan). The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of several family members.