Gazlay Family History
Nira Melbourne Truland
Parents
| Father | [unknown] |
| Mother | [unknown] |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 1 December 2012; Last Edited: 1 December 2012 |
| Person ID | 4559 |
| Name | Nira Melbourne Truland |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 22 March 1886 in Quebec, Canada1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 12 November 1914 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey to Harriet C. Leonard4 |
| Died | 19292 |
| Buried | in Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Kingston, Somerset County, New Jersey2 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Harriet C. Leonard (daughter of Walter Leonard and Mary _____) |
| Born | 9 February 1889 in New Jersey |
| Married | 12 November 1914 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey to Nira Melbourne Truland |
| Died | August 1971 |
| Children | of Nira Melbourne Truland and Harriet C. Leonard: |
| 1. | Mary Cornelia Truland |
| Born | 7 July 1916 in New Jersey |
| Married | to _____ Harrison |
| Died | 10 August 1998 |
| +2. | John Walter Truland |
| Born | 4 April 1919 in New Jersey |
| Married | to Rose Gentile |
| Died | 10 February 2000 in Boonton, Morris County, New Jersey |
| 3. | Leonard William Truland |
| Born | 13 August 1920 in Collingswood, Camden County, New Jersey |
| Married | to Grace Martin |
| Married | 20 November 1943 in Caldwell, Essex County, New Jersey to Alice Maud Mason |
| Died | 18 October 1987 in Port Richey, Pasco County, Florida |
| +4. | Harriet Jane Truland |
| Born | 10 September 1922 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey |
| Married | February 1942 in Elkton, Maryland to Arthur Junior Anderson |
| Married | 1946 to George Gottschling |
| Married | to Edward Carl Matthews (born Edward Carl May) |
| Married | December 1961 to Francis Mertin ‘Frank’ Medley |
| Married | ca. 1969 to Earl Tilton Johnson |
| Died | 7 September 1997 in Sun City, Hillsborough County, Florida |
Sources
- Draft Registration Card, World War I, Nira Melbourne Truland, serial number 2652; born 22 March 1886; occupation: ship worker; nearest relative: Harriett C. Turland, Collingswood, NJ.
- Find a Grave (website). Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Kingston, Somerset County, New Jersey; Nira M. Truland / 1886 - 1929 [from gravestone].
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New Jersey, Camden County, Collingswood, Enumeration District 100, Sheet No. 9A, family of Nira Truland (32, Quebec, checker, shipyard); wife Hariette C. Truland (30, New Jersey); daughter Mary C. Truland (3 5/12, New Jersey); son Walter J. Truland (8/12, New Jersey).
- Marriage Announcement, New York Times, New York, New York, 16 November, 1914; marriage of Nira Truland and Harriet Leonard, 12 November 1914 in Newark, NJ.