Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameMinnie Pike 226
Birth29 Mar 1893, TX
Death31 Oct 1912, Big Spring, Howard Co TX Age: 19
BurialMt. Olive Cemetery, Big Springs, Howard Co TX
Spouses
Birth18 Dec 1889, La Vernia, Wilson Co TX
Death5 Aug 1958, Dallas Co TX Age: 68
BurialConcrete Cemetery, in La Vernia, Wilson Co TX
FatherFrancis Marion Lay (1855-1918)
ChildrenPhillip Richard (1911-1911)
 Charles Gilbert (1912-1976)
Notes for Minnie Pike
Minnie died of Phlegmasia alba dolens, a form of deep vein thrombosis commonly seen during pregnancy and in mothers who have just given birth.230
Notes for Charles Gilbert (Spouse 1)
SSN 457-09-8855

Charles Gilbert Lay lived in Big Spring, Howard Co TX and in the 1910 census, he is listed as a single lodger (Charlie Lay) in the home of Frank Stinson and his wife Ruth. At the time he was a painter and worked in a machine shop. This was a rooming house, as there were 16 lodgers, all men between 21 and 48. They all worked for the Rail Road.

Charles married Minnie Pike, who was born to Walter Pike and Sarah Fite on March 29, 1893 in Texas. The were apparently married in 1910, after the census had been taken. On 5 Aug 1911, Minnie had a premature son, who was stillborn. They had a second son, Charles Gilbert Lay Jr., on Oct 9, 1912 and then Minnie died just a few weeks later on Oct 31, 1912 in Big Springs, Howard, Texas. She was only 19 years, 7 months, and 3 days old. She was buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery, Big Springs, Howard Co, TX. Charles Gilbert Lay Jr. was raised by his grandmother, who later adopted him.

Charlie Gilbert Lay was a Sgt. in the U. S. Marine Corps in World War I.224 At the December 1917 Muster of the 61st Company, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, New York, he was listed as a Private who enlisted 5 June 1917.228 On June 28, 1918, he was mentioned in the obituary of his brother, Francis Marion Lay, as being in the United States Marines in Quantico, Virginia.229 At the December 1918 Muster he is listed as a Sergeant with Company “I”, 13th Regiment, U. S. Marines, American Expeditionary Forces.228 The “Remarks column” has the notation “21 to 31 on Det-D at Coutras, Gironde.”

Widower Charles married Orrye (Orrie) Phillips, who had previously been married to Theodore D. Richards, in 1923 in Big Spring TX.

C. G. Lay (age 39) and wife Orrie Lay (age 49) were enumerated in Forth Worth, Tarrant Co TX, in 1930. C. G. Lay was 19 at the time of his first marriage (1910) and Orrie Lay was 20 at the time of her first marriage (1901). C. G. Lay was a business agent with a printer’s union and Orrie Lay was not working at the time of the census.

In the 1940 census of Dallas, Dallas Co TX, Charles and Orrie were listed along with nephew and niece James and Elaine Slay. It is indicated that James and Elaine Slay lived in Miller Co AR in 1935. Charles Gilbert was a painter working for a building contracter.

Texas Death Index, 1903-200013

Name: Charlie G Lay
Death Date: 5 Aug 1958
Death County: Dallas
Certificate: 43660

As shown by his death certificate (see multimedia file), Charles Gilbert Lay lived at 906 Jester Street in Dallas. He died at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital and his body was removed for burial at Lavernia. His parents were given as Francis F. M. Lay and Nannie J. Weems (actually it was Green) and his profession was given as painter (actually it was printer). This information was incorrect in several aspects but it was apparently given by the Registra of the VAH, rather than by a family member.
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