The Dutch and American Gase and related families

The Family Tree of the American Gase, Moermond, Boes, Steigmeyer, Elchert, Nye and Yost families
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Family Group Sheets
(compiled by Ronald A. Gase. Please email me for corrections, additions, questions or if you have special personal requests)
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(site updated Saturday, October 24th, 2025)
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Family Group Sheet

HUSBAND James Russell "Jay" PAYNE
	Birth	13 January 1917	McClure, Henry County, Ohio, USA
	Death	30 January 1982	Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA
	SSN		273-16-7731 (Ohio, bef. 1951). Last residence: Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana;
	Burial		Elm Grove Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, USA
	Marriage	28 February 1940	Henry County, Ohio, USA
	Father	George Sheldon "Sheldon" PAYNE
	Mother	Delcie E. JENNINGS
WIFE Gwendolyn Baker "Gwen" SOMMERS
	Birth	6 October 1922	Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA
	Death	6 September 2012	Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, USA
	Burial		Elm Grove Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, USA
	Father	Herbert Melvin SOMMERS
	Mother	Monna Vernell RUMMELL
CHILDREN
F	Virginia Lou PAYNE
	Birth	12 November 1940	Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, USA
	Death	11 July 2003	Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA
	Burial	15 July 2003	Six Mile Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, USA
	Note		Virginia died of cardiovascular disease (from death certificate);
	Marriage	23 May 1959	William Joseph "Bill" HARTMAN; Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, USA