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Gwendolyn Lottie Gyles

Gwendolyn Lottie Gyles

Female 1910 - 1997  (86 years)

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  • Name Gwendolyn Lottie Gyles 
    Birth 12 Nov 1910  Toronto, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Death 17 Oct 1997  Brevard, Transylvania, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 7
    Burial 24 Oct 1997  Summit Cemetery, Williamston, Ingham, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8, 9, 10
    Person ID I9490  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of PNH
    Last Modified 25 Nov 2023 

    Father Richard Edwards Gyles,   b. 13 Aug 1886, Penzance, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1945, Flint, Genesee, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Mother 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  [2, 11
    Family ID F3281  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Everett Luke White,   b. 15 Mar 1905, Goldbug, Whitley, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1967, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 5 Aug 1930  Court Street Methodist, Flint, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Joanne Louise White,   b. 29 Jan 1933, Flint, Genesee, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Oct 2014, Brevard, Transylvania, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +2. Jeannette Mary White,   b. 28 Sep 1935, Flint, Genesee, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    +3. Jane Elizabeth White,   b. 31 Jan 1941, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    +4. Nancy Jean White,   b. 30 Sep 1944, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 2014, Williamston, Ingham, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     5. Edward Brian White,   b. 26 Apr 1950, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F2161  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2014 

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  • Notes 
    • Born at 65-7 Bloor Street East, Toronto.

      "WHITE, GWENDOLYN L. [...] Age 86, died October 17, 1997. Born November 12, 1910 in Toronto, Canada, Mrs. White was a former member of O.E.S. #29, Williamston and the Women's Club and Child Study Club. She moved to Williamston in 1945 and was the Future Homemakers State Mother of the Year in 1949. She was preceded in death by her husband, Everett in 1967; and her parents, Richard Gyles and Lottie (Couch). Surviving are 4 daughters, Joanne (Neil) Van Syckle of Brevard, NC, Jeannette (James) Hayden of Mt. Pleasant, NC, Jane (Francis) Van Gigch of Savannah, GA and Nancy (Robert) Jonckheere of Williamston; 1 son, Edward (Beverly) White of Charlevoix; 14 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren; 1 brother, Richard Gyles of Flint; 2 sisters, Beth (Robert) Smith of Flint and Jean (Paul) Cameron of Florida. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 24, 11 a.m. at St. Katherine's Episcopal Church, 4650 N. Meridian Road, Williamston, with the Rev. Jannel Glennie, Pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in Summit Cemetery, Williamston. Friends may call at the Chapel beginning Thursday 2 p.m., where the family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m." [Lansing State Journal, 22 Oct 1997, p. 2B]

  • Sources 
    1. [S61] Descendants of James Freeman., date only.

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

    3. [S2141] Find a Grave page for Gwendolyn Gyles White.

    4. [S2776] "White, Gwendolyn L." Lansing State Journal, 22 Oct 1997, p. 2B.

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

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

    7. [S2140] North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004, on ancestry.com.

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

    9. [S2141] Find a Grave page for Gwendolyn Gyles White., place only.

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

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