Richard Edwards Gyles

1886 - 1945  (58 years)

• Name	Richard Edwards Gyles  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	13 Aug 1886	Penzance, Cornwall, England   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Baptism	25 Oct 1889	St. Ives, Cornwall, England   [8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Jan 1945	Flint, Genesee, Michigan   [10, 11, 12]
  Burial	Sunset Hills Cemetery, Flint, Genesee, Michigan   [10, 12]
  Person ID	I8922	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of PNH
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Thomas Gyles,   b. 5 Jul 1850, Penzance, Cornwall, England d. 4 Dec 1926, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mary Edwards,   b. 4 May 1851, Penzance, Cornwall, England d. 27 Jun 1937, East Glamorgan, Glamorgan, Wales (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	1 Jun 1873	St. Ives, Cornwall, England   [9, 13]
  Notes	Witnesses: Anthony Grenfell Edwards, Jane Edwards.
  Family ID	F446	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lottie Couch,   b. 12 Jul 1886, Penzance, Cornwall, England d. 29 Jun 1974, Flint, Genesee, Michigan (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	15 Apr 1908	Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   [14, 15]
  Children	+ 1. Gwendolyn Lottie Gyles,   b. 12 Nov 1910, Toronto, Ontario d. 17 Oct 1997, Brevard, Transylvania, North Carolina (Age 86 years)   2. Edna Geraldine Gyles,   b. 3 Oct 1912, Toronto, Ontario d. 26 Mar 1913, Toronto, Ontario (Age 0 years)   3. Richard Edwards Gyles, Jr.,   b. 2 Feb 1914, Toronto, Ontario d. 12 Feb 1998, Flint, Genesee, Michigan (Age 84 years) + 4. Edith Jean Gyles,   b. 31 Aug 1915, Toronto, Ontario d. 4 May 2010, Osprey, Sarasota, Florida (Age 94 years) + 5. Elizabeth Penberthy Gyles,   b. 28 Dec 1923, Flint, Genesee, Michigan d. 7 Nov 2018, Flushing, Genesee, Michigan (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F3281	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2018

  
  

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• Notes

  Emigrated to Canada 1 May 1908; arrived in Quebec City. [According to notes on his 1921 arrival form, Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924, on ancestry.com.] The birth certificate for his daughter Lottie lists his occupation as "moulder." The 1940 US census describes his occupation as "foundry man." His 1942 draft card shows his employer in Flint, Michigan, as the Buick Motor Company.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1080] Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, on ancestry.com. [S7014] Death certificate for Gwendolyn L. White, notarized copy held by P & T Nielsen Hayden. [S7016] Birth certificate for "Lottie Gyles", copy held by P & T Nielsen Hayden. [S297] England & Wales, FreeBMD birth, marriage, and death indexes, 1837-1915, on ancestry.com., month only. [S2218] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, on ancestry.com., date and county only. [S298] Cornwall Online Parish Clerks Database., date only. [S5712] Find a Grave page for Richard Edwards Gyles., year and place only. [S306] England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, on ancestry.com. [S298] Cornwall Online Parish Clerks Database. [S1263] Personal records held by P & T Nielsen Hayden. [S22] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, on ancestry.com., date only. [S5712] Find a Grave page for Richard Edwards Gyles. [S295] England Marriages 1538-1973, on findmypast.co.uk. [S2139] Ontario, Canada Births, 1858-1913, on ancestry.com. [S297] England & Wales, FreeBMD birth, marriage, and death indexes, 1837-1915, on ancestry.com., confirms place and a date between Apr and Jun 1908.