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Richard Edwards Gyles

Richard Edwards Gyles

Male 1886 - 1945  (58 years)

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  • Name Richard Edwards Gyles  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 13 Aug 1886  Penzance, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7
    Baptism 25 Oct 1889  St. Ives, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Gender Male 
    Death 27 Jan 1945  Flint, Genesee, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12
    Burial Sunset Hills Cemetery, Flint, Genessee, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 12
    Siblings 4 siblings 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1926, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Mary Edwards,   b. 4 May 1851, Penzance, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jun 1937, East Glamorgan, Glamorgan, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jun 1873  St. Ives, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1974, Flint, Genesee, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 15 Apr 1908  Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15
    Children 
    +1. Gwendolyn Lottie Gyles,   b. 12 Nov 1910, Toronto, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1997, Brevard, Transylvania, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     2. Edna Geraldine Gyles,   b. 3 Oct 1912, Toronto, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1913, Toronto, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     3. Richard Edwards Gyles, Jr.,   b. 2 Feb 1914, Toronto, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1998, Flint, Genesee, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +4. Edith Jean Gyles,   b. 31 Aug 1915, Toronto, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 2010, Osprey, Sarasota, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
    +5. Elizabeth Penberthy Gyles,   b. 28 Dec 1923, Flint, Genesee, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Nov 2018, Flushing, Genesee, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
    Family ID F3281  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jul 2018 

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    Richard Edwards Gyles
    Richard Edwards Gyles

  • 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 
    1. [S1080] Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, on ancestry.com.

    2. [S7014] Death certificate for Gwendolyn L. White, notarized copy held by P & T Nielsen Hayden.

    3. [S7016] Birth certificate for "Lottie Gyles", copy held by P & T Nielsen Hayden.

    4. [S297] England & Wales, FreeBMD birth, marriage, and death indexes, 1837-1915, on ancestry.com., month only.

    5. [S2218] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, on ancestry.com., date and county only.

    6. [S298] Cornwall Online Parish Clerks Database., date only.

    7. [S5712] Find a Grave page for Richard Edwards Gyles., year and place only.

    8. [S306] England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, on ancestry.com.

    9. [S298] Cornwall Online Parish Clerks Database.

    10. [S1263] Personal records held by P & T Nielsen Hayden.

    11. [S22] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, on ancestry.com., date only.

    12. [S5712] Find a Grave page for Richard Edwards Gyles.

    13. [S295] England Marriages 1538-1973, on findmypast.co.uk.

    14. [S2139] Ontario, Canada Births, 1858-1913, on ancestry.com.

    15. [S297] England & Wales, FreeBMD birth, marriage, and death indexes, 1837-1915, on ancestry.com., confirms place and a date between Apr and Jun 1908.