Bryant Guernsey Gay
1918 - 1956 (38 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Bryant Guernsey Gay was born on 31 Aug 1918 in Wheatland, Platte County, Wyoming (son of Charles Nelson Burnham and Antoinette Guernsey); died on 30 Nov 1956 in Merced County, California; was buried in San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. Notes:
Note from Find a Grave
Major Bryant G. Gay was born in Wheatland, Wyoming, 31 Aug 1918. He attended high School in Monterey, California, graduating in 1937. He attended Sacramento College, receiving an AA Degree in 1940.
Major Gay entered the Army Air Corps in August 1940 He was graduated from communications School at Scott AFB in December, 1941 and commissioned a Second Lieutenant. He held assignments as Post Communications Officer, Flight Control Officer and Communications Inspection Officer. He was a veteran of the European Campaign, serving in the Mediterranean Theater from September 1944 to August 1945, leaving the service in December 1945. During this time he attended the University of California for two years.
Upon recall in September 1948, Major Gay was assigned as Communications Officer, and served in Germany, Puerto Rico, Alaska and England. He was assigned to the 93rd Bombardment Wing at Castle AFB, California in September 1955 as Special ECM Project Officer.
Major Gay received the following decorations, awards and citations: American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign medal, European--African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, World War II Victory medal, and National Defense Service Medal.
Major Gay is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Milus O. Gay, a daughter, Alycia, age 9, and a son, Robert, age 7.
On 3-28-2018 I was sent the information from Susan Houghtaling, that his biological father is #70678099, Charles Nelson Burnham, Jr and that his adoptive father is Milus Osgood Gay #125528285
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 June 2019), memorial page for MAJ Bryant Guernsey Gay (31 Aug 1918-30 Nov 1956), Find A Grave Memorial no. 3527659, citing San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA ; Maintained by Nancy Berntson (contributor 47687744) .
Name: Bryant Guernsey Gay
Service Info.: MAJ US AIR FORCE WORLD WAR II, KOREA
Birth Date: 31 Aug 1918
Death Date: 30 Nov 1956
Service Start Date: 9 Sep 1940
Interment Date: 7 Dec 1956
Cemetery: San Francisco National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 1 Lincoln Blvd Presidio of San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94129
Buried At: Section Osd Site 45
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3527659/bryant-guernsey-gay
Section OSD, Site 45.Family/Spouse: Beatrice Emily Raiter. Beatrice was born on 23 Jun 1917 in Jersey City, Hedson County, New Jersey; died on 03 Oct 2001 in Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California; was buried in Monterey City Cemetery, Monterey, Monterey County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Charles Nelson Burnham was born on 28 Sep 1895 in Middlefield, Middlesex County, Connecticut; died on 6 Jun 1979 in Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut; was buried in Middlefield Cemetery, Middlefield, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70678099/charles-nelson-burnhamCharles married Antoinette Guernsey in 1917. Antoinette (daughter of Charles Arthur Guernsey and Mary Vick Bryant) was born on 04 Jan 1894 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died on 17 Oct 1981 in Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. 
Antoinette Guernsey was born on 04 Jan 1894 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (daughter of Charles Arthur Guernsey and Mary Vick Bryant); died on 17 Oct 1981 in Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California. Notes:
Antoinette Gay Oct 17, 1981
Antoinette Guernsey Gay, a former Pacific Grove resident and a reporter for several years for The Herald, died in Puyallup, Wash., after a prolonged illness Oct. 17. She was 87.
Mrs. Gay was active in newspaper work for 39 years, from 1925 when she became a reporter on the then Peninsula Daily Herald until 1964 when she and her husband, Milus Gay, also a former Herald reporter, sold their interest in a weekly newspaper in Buckley, Wash., and retired. The couple published the Monterey Trader, a weekly newspaper, from 1933 to 1954.
Mrs. Gay was brought by her mother, Mary Bryant Guernsey, as a little girl from Chicago to Pacific Grove, where she attended elementary and high schools.
Mrs. Gay was a member of the Pacific Grove High girls basketball team that won a tri-county championship in 1911, and was described as a “jumping center” on the team. She also wrote the words and music for Pacific Grove High’s school song, “All Hail, Pacific Grove.”
After high school, Mrs. Gay was a social worker for the Child Welfare Society on the lower East Side of New York City. When she returned to Pacific Grove after World War I, Mrs. Gay taught a private kindergarten class, filling a need not provided then by public schools.
In 1933, she and her husband started the Monterey Trader, which got its name from the “trade warrants” issued by the city of Monterey as a means of financing unemployment relief.
In 1941, she wrote a condensed history of the Presidio of Monterey from 1770 to 1940 for the city of Monterey.
She was elected to the Monterey County Democratic Central Committee in 1936. Two years later, she was appointed to the state Democratic Central Committee.
Mrs. Gay is survived by her husband; a son, Henry G. Gay of Shelton, Wash.; and daughters, Antoinette G. Korngold of Palo Alto and Beverly Gage of Buckley, Wash.; 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
A son, Air Force Maj. Bryant G. Gay, died in the crash of a B-52 bomber in 1956.
Private memorial services have been held in Buckley. Cremated remains will be buried in the family plot of her husband’s great-grandfather in El Carmelo Cemetery in Pacific Grove.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125528247/antoinette-bryant-gayChildren:
- Antoinette Chevalier Gay was born on 12 Oct 1920 in Wheatland, Platte County, Wyoming; died on 02 Jan 2007 in Markleeville, Alpine County, California; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California.
- 1. Bryant Guernsey Gay was born on 31 Aug 1918 in Wheatland, Platte County, Wyoming; died on 30 Nov 1956 in Merced County, California; was buried in San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California.
Generation: 3
6. Charles Arthur Guernsey was born on 03 Nov 1854 in Oneida County, New York (son of Morrell Guernsey and Betsy Ann Marks); died on 02 Jul 1940 in Santa Clara County, California; was buried in Unknown. Other Events:
- Occupation: stock raising; real estate agent
- Census: 1900, Hartville, Laramie County, Wyoming
- Census: 1910, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California
- Census: 1920, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California
- Census: 1930, Denver, Denver County, Colorado
Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernsey,_Wyoming
Guernsey is a town in Platte County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 1,147 at the 2010 census.
The town was named for C. A. Guernsey, a cattle rancher.
Census:
1930 US census Charles A. Guernsey, age 75, married. A lodger in a large boarding house. Occupation is mining.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187826632/charles-arthur-guernsey
Note on Find a Grave
Cremated, location of cremains are unkonwn.Charles married Mary Vick Bryant on 11 Jun 1890 in Cook County, Illinois, and was divorced before 1930. Mary (daughter of Henry Beadman Bryant and Lucy Ann Stratton) was born on 21 Oct 1859 in Palmyra, Portage County, Ohio; died on 04 Feb 1950 in Seaside, Monterey County, California; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Mary Vick Bryant was born on 21 Oct 1859 in Palmyra, Portage County, Ohio (daughter of Henry Beadman Bryant and Lucy Ann Stratton); died on 04 Feb 1950 in Seaside, Monterey County, California; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California. Other Events:
- Census: 1930, Gilroy, Santa Clara County, California
- Census: 1940, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California
- Census: 1940, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California
Notes:
Census:
In the 1930 US census, Mary B. Guernsey, age 70, divorced, is in the household of her son, Henry Bryant Guernsey.
Census:
In the 1940 US census, Mary Bryant Guernsey, age 80, married, is in the household of her daughter and son-in-law, Antoinette and Milus Gay.
Census:
In the 1940 US census, Charles A. Guernsey, b.abt 1855, NY, is listed as a patient.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125527775/mary-vick-guernseyChildren:
- Henry Bryant Guernsey was born on 31 Jan 1892 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died on 19 Aug 1965 in California; was buried in San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California.
- 3. Antoinette Guernsey was born on 04 Jan 1894 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died on 17 Oct 1981 in Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California.
Generation: 4
12. Morrell Guernsey was born on 8 Nov 1828 in New York (son of Richard Guernsey and Orilla Delesdernier); died on 31 Jan 1857. Other Events:
- Census: 1850, Sangerfield, Oneida County, New York
Morrell married Betsy Ann Marks on 28 Apr 1850. Betsy (daughter of John Finch Marks and Candace Merrill) was born on 16 Jan 1829 in New York; died in 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Betsy Ann Marks was born on 16 Jan 1829 in New York (daughter of John Finch Marks and Candace Merrill); died in 1928. Other Events:
- Census: 1860, Burlington, Otsego County, New York
Children:
- 6. Charles Arthur Guernsey was born on 03 Nov 1854 in Oneida County, New York; died on 02 Jul 1940 in Santa Clara County, California; was buried in Unknown.
14. 
Henry Beadman Bryant was born on 05 Apr 1824 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England (son of John Bryant and Pamela Collins); died on 25 Apr 1892 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Occupation: president of business school
- Census: 1870, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Census: 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Beadman_Bryant
Note from Find a Grave
Bio from Wikipedia:
Henry Beadman Bryant (1824?1892) was an author and co-founder and namesake of Bryant & Stratton College and Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
Henry B. Bryant was born in Gloucestershire, England on April 5, 1824 and was the youngest son of six children. His father, John Bryant, was a farmer who brought the family to Ohio to a farm near a Native American settlement. Bryant's first education was during the winters in a log school house, and while at home he worked on the family farm during the rest of the year. He then attended the Norwalk Seminary, a Methodist school, and began teaching school before entering college in Cleveland. He married Lucy A. Stratton in 1854 in Cleveland in a double wedding ceremony with his sister and brother-in-law Henry Stratton. The wedding was officiated by Dr. Charles Finney, a Protestant minister who was the president of Oberlin College.[1] The Bryants had three children. Along with his brother, John Collins Bryant, and his brother-in-law, Henry Dwight Stratton, Bryant graduated from Folsom Business College in Cleveland, Ohio. The trio later purchased the school from the owner, Ezekiel G. Folsom, who founded his school in 1848. Bryant & Stratton College was officially organized in 1854 to provide practical workplace education, and was formerly known as Bryant and Stratton Business Institute. In addition to purchasing the Cleveland school, Bryant and Stratton established a number of business schools that operated under the name of Bryant & Stratton & Co's chain of International Commercial Colleges in most major US cities. By 1864 as many as 50 schools existed. After the death of Mr. Stratton in 1867, the brothers sold most of the schools except the ones in Chicago and Buffalo. Henry Bryant led the one in Chicago and his brother, John, led the school in Buffalo, New York. Bryant died in 1892.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 June 2019), memorial page for Henry Beadman Bryant (5 Apr 1824-25 Apr 1892), Find A Grave Memorial no. 122007903, citing Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Grave Recorder (contributor 47359603) .
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122007903/henry-beadman-bryant
Section N, Lots 77-78 and 91-82Henry married Lucy Ann Stratton on 27 May 1854 in Lorain County, Ohio. Lucy (daughter of Jonas Stratton and Lucy Redington Smith) was born on 23 Dec 1832 in Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio; died on 11 Feb 1873 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Lucy Ann Stratton was born on 23 Dec 1832 in Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio (daughter of Jonas Stratton and Lucy Redington Smith); died on 11 Feb 1873 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Census: 1860, Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio
Notes:
From A book of Strattons: being a collection of Stratton records from England Scotland, and a genealogical hisotry of the early colonial strattons in America, with five generations of their descendants.
By Harriet Russell Stratton. New York, Grafton Press, 1908-18.
page 203.
Lucy Ann, B. Dec. 23, 1823; m. Henry Beadman Bryant, May 29, 1854. This was a double wedding, as her brother, Henry D. Stratton, married Henry B. Bryant's sister same date and place. Dr. Finney of Oberlin officiated. These young people had all been Oberlin College Students. She died in Chicago Feb. 11, 1870.
https://archive.org/details/bookofstrattonsb02stra/page/n9
Census:
In the 1860 US census, Lucy (Stratton) Bryant and her two children, Henry and Mary, are counted in the household of her parents< Jonas and Lucy Stratton.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122008322/lucy-a_-bryantChildren:
- Henry Willis Bryant was born on 22 Jul 1854 in Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio; died on 26 Jul 1925 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried on 29 Jul 1925 in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
- 7. Mary Vick Bryant was born on 21 Oct 1859 in Palmyra, Portage County, Ohio; died on 04 Feb 1950 in Seaside, Monterey County, California; was buried in El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California.
- Dwight Stratton Bryant was born in 1868 in Illinois; died on 14 Dec 1931 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, Los Angeles County, California.