Gazlay Family History
John Gazlay Furman
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
John Gazlay Furman6 (Ashley Furman,5 John Furman,4 Elizabeth Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
John Gazlay Furman6 (Ashley Furman,5 John Furman,4 Elizabeth Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Ashley B. Furman (1818 - 1872) |
| Mother | Harriet Clark (5 June 1820 - 2 July 1889) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 21 January 2013; Last Edited: 21 January 2013 |
| Person ID | 4840 |
| Name | John Gazlay Furman |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | May 1852 in Michigan1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Married | 4 January 1877 in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan to Laura Marie Bee2, 3, 5 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Laura Marie Bee |
| Born | November 1858 in Vermont |
| Married | 4 January 1877 in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan to John Gazlay Furman |
| Children | of John Gazlay Furman and Laura Marie Bee: |
| 1. | Fred B. Furman |
| Born | ca. 1878 in Michigan |
| Married | 10 October 1898 in Coloma, Berrien County, Michigan to Agnes M. Bennett |
| 2. | Harriet L. ‘Hattie’ Furman |
| Born | January 1882 in Michigan |
| Married | 6 July 1904 in Coloma, Berrien County, Michigan to Louis Dorstewitz |
| 3. | Cora A. Furman |
| Born | March 1884 in Michigan |
| 4. | John Ashley Furman |
| Born | 23 July 1888 in Coloma, Berrien County, Michigan |
| Married | 28 April 1917 in Lawrence County, Indiana to Ethel Hatfield Sherwood |
| 5. | Marjorie L. Furman |
| Born | 25 September 1890 in Watervliet, Berrien County, Michigan |
| 6. | L. Marie Furman |
| Born | 27 May 1894 in Coloma, Berrien County, Michigan |
Sources
- U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Michigan, Muskegon County, Muskegon, Page No. 39, family of Ashley Furman (52, New York, restaurant keeper); Harriet Furman (50, New York); John G. Furman (18, Michigan, clerk in grocery); Ashley Furman, Jr. (13, Michigan); George Furman (11, Michigan); Kathie Culberton (20, Wisconsin, domestic); Fred J. Culberton (3/12, Michigan).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Michigan, Muskegon County, Muskegon, Enumeration District 192, Page No. 70B; family of John G. Furman (28, Mich., lumber inspector); wife Laura M. Furman (23, Vermont); son Fred B. Furman (2, Mich.); mother Harriet Furman (60, New York); brother George Furman (21, Mich., in music store).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Michigan, Berrien County, Watervleit Township, Coloma Village, Enumeration District 82, Sheet No. 6B; family of John G. Furman (48, Michigan, May 1852, dairyman); wife of 23 years Laura A. Furman (41, Vermont, Nov. 1858, 7 children, 6 living); daughter Hattie S. Furman (18, Michigan, Jan. 1882, servant); daughter Cora A. Furman (16, Michigan, Mar. 1884); son Johnie A. Furman (11, Michigan, July 1888); daughter Margery S. Furman (9, Michigan, Sep. 1890); daughter L. Marie Furman (6, Michigan, May 1894).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Berrien County, Hagar Township, Enumeration District 88, Sheet No. 3A; family of John G. Furman (67, Michigan, farmer, fruit farm); wife Laura M. Furman (62, Vermont); daughter Cora A. Furman (35, Michigan); daughter Marjorie L. Furman (29, Michigan, bookkeeper, bank).
- Michigan, Return of Marriages for the County of Muskegon, John G. Furman, age 24, born in Newaygo Co., Mich., butcher; and Laura M. Bee, age 19, born in Stowe, Vermont; married on 4 January 1877 in Muskegon.