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John Glazeby |
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typed by: Pat O'Dell - genpat@netins.net for David Colwell:david.colwell@sympatico.ca |
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1870 Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa census |
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John Glazeby, 29, carriage mfr, born Canada |
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Mary J. Glazeby, 28, born Canada |
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William Glazeby, 10, born Canada |
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John Glazeby, 1, born Iowa |
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1880 Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa census |
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Jno. Glaisby, 40, carriage maker, born Canada parents born Eng and Iowa |
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Jemima M. Glaisby, 38, born Ireland parents born Ireland and Scotland |
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William Glaisby, 21, born Canada, parents born Canada and Ireland |
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John Glaisby, 10, born Iowa, parents born Canada and Ireland |
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1900 Nodaway Twp, Page County, Iowa census |
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John Glazby, born Sep 1841, 58, married 35 yrs, naturalized in 1860, born Can, parents England |
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Mary Glazby, born Jan 1842, 57, married 35 yrs, 1 child 0 living, born Scot, parents born Scotland |
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1910 Detroit, Wayne Co, Michigan census |
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John Glazeby, 69, married 1 for 45 yrs, born Can parents born Eng; naturalized 1860 |
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Mary Glazeby, 68, married 2 for 45 yrs, 2 children 1 living; born Can parents born Ireland and England [this indicates that it was her second marriage - could be wrong] |
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DIED AT DETROIT Word was received by William Orr this week that John Glazeby, a former resident of Clarinda [Iowa] died at Detroit, Mich. Mr Glazeby built the brick building a block north of the square now owned by Mr Henderson and used for a garage. It was used by the deceased as a cornice factory. Page County Democrat, Clarinda, Iowa, Feb 19, 1920 |
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JOHN GLAZEBY John Glazeby, a former resident of Clarinda for many years, died at his home in Detroit, Mich., Feb 4, 1920. The remains will be brought to Clarinda for burial as soon as Mrs Glazeby’s health will permit her to make the journey. Mr Glazeby will be remembered by many of the older residents of this city. He built the brick building at the corner of Fifteenth and Chestnut streets, which is now owned by A.F. Henderson. In this building he established the Clarinda Carriage factory where he conducted a very successful business for several years. Afterwards he became proprietor of the Clarinda Greenhouse which he also conducted for some time. Clarinda Journal, Clarinda, Iowa, Feb 26, 1920 |
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JOHN GLAZEBY The remains of a former Clarinda resident, John Glazeby, were brought home for burial Tuesday morning, being laid to rest in the Clarinda cemetery beside the grave of his son, in the family lot. Mrs Glazeby accompanied the remains of her husband from their recent home in Detroit, as did her niece, Mrs Carrie Flower of Detroit, and Mrs Glazeby’s half brother, Ceylon Robinson. A number of friends of the family met the funeral cortege at the railway station Tuesday morning, accompanying the body to the cemetery, where short services were held, conducted by Rev W.C. Williamson, pastor of the United Presbyterian Church. John Glazeby was born Sept 22, 1840. He died Apr [sic] 4th, 1920, at his home 975 Fourteenth Street, Detroit, Mich. A few Clarinda people will remember that he conducted the greenhouse here up until about eighteen years ago, the Glazeby home being on N. 16th Street, where the Charles Davisons now reside. He was born in Canada, but came to the states when about twenty years of age, being by profession a carriage builder, at which trade he worked in Burlington, and then came to Clarinda, his location being what is now the Henderson building on N. 15th Street, where the firm of Glazeby & Gray had their buggy factory. Mrs Glazeby, who has been his life’s companion all these years, was Miss Bagnell before marriage. She has been meeting many friends and acquaintances of former years, during her stay here the present week. The Clarinda Herald, Clarinda, Iowa, April 8, 1920 |
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Interment in Clarinda The remains of John Glazeby, who died at Detroit, Mich, Feb 4, 1920, and which had been in a receiving vault in that city, arrived in Clarinda Tuesday morning, and were conveyed from the Burlington Route station to the Clarinda city cemetery where they were laid at rest beside the grave of the son of the deceased, John W. Glazeby, who died at the age of 22 years, about twenty-nine years ago. The remains were accompanied from Detroit to this city by Mrs Glazeby, her niece, Mrs Fred Flower, and Ceylon Robinson, half brother of the deceased, all of Detroit. The Clarinda Journal, Clarinda, Iowa April 8, 1920 |
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OBITUARY – John Glazeby was born Sept 22, 1840 and died at Detroit, Michigan, April [sic] 4, 1920. His death was caused by old age. The remains were brought to Clarinda and buried in the family lot in the Birchwood cemetery, by the side of a son who preceded the father in death a good many years ago. Mrs Glazeby accompanied the body, also a half-brother of Mr Glazeby, Mr Ceylon Robinson of Detroit. Short services were held at the grave by Rev W.C. Williamson. Mr Glazeby came to Clarinda in 1882 and was in the carriage business with George gray. He later ran a greenhouse at the corner of 16th and Tarkio, where Chas Davison now resides. Page County Democrat, April 8, 1920 |
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Note: these do not agree on whether Ceylon Robinson is her half-brother or John Glazeby’s half-brother. |
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Note: Birchwood Cemetery is now the north part of the Clarinda City Cemetery. |
| LETTER FROM DAVID COLWELL - |
| Dear Ms. O'Dell I am writing to request any further leads you may be able to provide on the family of John and Mary J. Glazeby, both buried in the Clarinda County Cemetary with their son, John Wesley (Westley) Glazeby. I wish to thank whoever is responsible for providing the references to these burials online. My research about this family is motivated by a very small pioneer cemetary outside my home in Kingston, which includes a gravestone to the first John's father, also a John, who died March 31, 1840. I would be happy to provide a photograph of this gravestone. The inscription on the gravestone indicates that it was erected by this son, obviously many years later. If you are interested what I do know about this family, please read on. The graveyard is on land once owned by Marmaduke Welbourne, and includes burials of himself, his wife Mary, and a second wife or daughter-on-law who was also married to a Marmaduke Welbourne. They had eight children, including a Marmaduke, Jr. Their first child was Susanna, born October 14th, 1813, who then married John Glazeby on December 12, 1839, three months before his death and nine months before the birth of their son, John, who I am now confident is the father buried in Clarinda. The widow Susanna and infant John were presumably supported by Marmaduke's family until she remarried a William Robinson in 1845. They had seven children together. All this information is from a family bible that was passed down to one line of their descendants and has been posted online. The bible is likely originally Susanna's since the first entries in separate parts of the bible are: her first marriage (to John); her firstborn (John, Jr.); and the death of a John Glazeby in 1920. These references read: John Glazeby born on the 21 of September in the year 1840 and: John Glazeby died Feb 4th 1920 aged 19 years 4 mos 14 days John Glazeby departed this life on the 31 of March in the year 1840 John Glazeby died Dec 12 1891 age 22y 3 months 11 days The birth reference is a strong match with the Page County records I have found. The first death reference is confusing as stated, appearing before references to others who died much earlier, but the mystery is solved if we presume that his age has been mistranscribed and he was in fact 79 when he died in 1920. The second death reference has been discussed above. The third death reference also matches Iowa references precisely, except that the bible did not provide a middle name or initial. The name Wesley or Westley may provide a clue to his family line and/or religious affiliation. I interpret the age detail to mean that he was born on September 1, 1869. Of Mary J Glazeby I have no information other than that provided by the Iowa records, but from their son's birthdate I consider it likely that they married in the mid 1860's. Other than the Iowa cemetary records cited below I have failed to find other references to them in the Iowa links associated with your webpages: From: http://iowawpagraves.org/view.php?id=360717
John Glazeby, b. 1840, d. 1920, buried Clarinda (Cem.?), Nodaway Twp, Page County
Mary J Glazeby, wife of John, b. 1840, d. 1927, same burial location
John Westley Glazeby, Age 22years, d. 12/12/1891, Clarinda, Nodaway Twp, Page Co - son of John and Mary
From: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iataylor/ANI/g-names/G421.htm
G421 Glazeby, John, b 22 Sep 1840 Canada; d 04 Apr 1920 Detroit, Mi; i Clar. CH 08 Apr 1920
G421 Glazeby, John (Mrs), d; i Clar. CH 15 Sep 1927
G421 Glazeby, John Wesley, 22y 3m 16d; b Burlington, Ia; d 12 Dec 1891 Clar. CH 16 Dec 1891 |