Gwendolyn Lottie Gyles

1910 - 1997  (86 years)

• Name	Gwendolyn Lottie Gyles
  Birth	12 Nov 1910	Toronto, Ontario   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Death	17 Oct 1997	Brevard, Transylvania, North Carolina   [1, 3, 4, 5, 7]
  Burial	24 Oct 1997	Summit Cemetery, Williamston, Ingham, Michigan   [4, 8, 9, 10]
  Siblings	4 siblings
  + 1. Gwendolyn Lottie Gyles ,   b. 12 Nov 1910, Toronto, Ontario d. 17 Oct 1997, Brevard, Transylvania, North Carolina  (Age 86 years) ▻ Everett Luke White ,  m. 5 Aug 1930   2. Edna Geraldine Gyles ,   b. 3 Oct 1912, Toronto, Ontario d. 26 Mar 1913, Toronto, Ontario  (Age 0 years) ▻ John Matthews   3. Richard Edwards Gyles, Jr. ,   b. 2 Feb 1914, Toronto, Ontario d. 12 Feb 1998, Flint, Genesee, Michigan  (Age 84 years) ▻ Laura Herbert ,  m. 4 Jun 1944 + 4. Edith Jean Gyles ,   b. 31 Aug 1915, Toronto, Ontario d. 4 May 2010, Osprey, Sarasota, Florida  (Age 94 years) ▻ Paul Parker Cameron ,  m. 29 May 1940 + 5. Elizabeth Penberthy Gyles ,   b. 28 Dec 1923, Flint, Genesee, Michigan d. 7 Nov 2018, Flushing, Genesee, Michigan  (Age 94 years) ▻ Robert Nathan Smith ,  m. 9 Mar 1943
  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 d. 27 Jan 1945, Flint, Genesee, Michigan (Age 58 years)
  Mother	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   [2, 11]
  Family ID	F3281	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Everett Luke White,   b. 15 Mar 1905, Goldbug, Whitley, Kentucky d. 5 Dec 1967, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	5 Aug 1930	Court Street Methodist, Flint, Michigan
  Children	+ 1. Joanne Louise White,   b. 29 Jan 1933, Flint, Genesee, Michigan d. 5 Oct 2014, Brevard, Transylvania, North Carolina (Age 81 years) + 2. Jeannette Mary White,   b. 28 Sep 1935, Flint, Genesee, Michigan (Age 88 years) + 3. Jane Elizabeth White,   b. 31 Jan 1941, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan (Age 83 years) + 4. Nancy Jean White,   b. 30 Sep 1944, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan d. 7 Oct 2014, Williamston, Ingham, Michigan (Age 70 years)   5. Edward Brian White,   b. 26 Apr 1950, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan (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

  [S61] Descendants of James Freeman., date only. [S2139] Ontario, Canada Births, 1858-1913, on ancestry.com. [S2141] Find a Grave page for Gwendolyn Gyles White. [S2776] "White, Gwendolyn L." Lansing State Journal, 22 Oct 1997, p. 2B. [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. [S2140] North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004, on ancestry.com. [S1263] Personal records held by P & T Nielsen Hayden. [S2141] Find a Grave page for Gwendolyn Gyles White., place only. [S7014] Death certificate for Gwendolyn L. White, notarized copy held by P & T Nielsen Hayden., place only. [S297] England & Wales, FreeBMD birth, marriage, and death indexes, 1837-1915, on ancestry.com., confirms place and a date between Apr and Jun 1908.