Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: William Ray BLY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 23 Feb 1889 in Bushnell, Brookings Co, South Dakota b
  • Death: 12 Mar 1969 in Shell Lake, Wisconsin d
  • Burial: Lorrain Cemetery, Polk Co, Wisconsin u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • William Harvey BLY Birth: 17 Apr 1852 in Berwick, Warren Co, Illinois Death: 14 May 1909
    • Mother:
  • Emma Acephine REXFORD Birth: 30 Jan 1861 in Magog, Quebec, Canada Death: 8 Oct 1931

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Lorraine Adelle BLY Birth: 2 Jun 1919 in Burnett Co, Wisconsin
  2. William Elson BLY Birth: 7 Mar 1928 in Dewey, Burnett Co, Wisconsin

Bibliography
  1. Bartz, Richard E, and Fern Bly Liverance, Bly and Related Families: Book 1: Descendants of William Teft Bly with some ancestry, St Paul, MN: Author, 1999. NYPL APV (Bly) 00-10617. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/833992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bartz BLY p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Bartz BLY p148, Bartz BLY p155],
place:
[Ref: Bartz BLY p148, Bartz BLY p155],
parents:
[Ref: Bartz BLY p148]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Bartz BLY p148, Bartz BLY p155],
place:
[Ref: Bartz BLY p148, Bartz BLY p155]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Bartz BLY p148]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ellen Mable BJUGSTAD
date:
[Ref: Bartz BLY p148, Bartz BLY p155],
place:
[Ref: Bartz BLY p148, Bartz BLY p155],
child:
[Ref: Bartz BLY p155]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of William Ray BLY
                            /-----Benjamin N BLY
                   /-----William C BLY
                  |        |                                    /-----Robert CARR
                  |        |                           /-----Caleb CARR
                  |        |                  /-----Caleb CARR
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----John DeputyGov GREENE
                  |        |                 |         \-----Phyllis GREENE
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Ann ALMY
                  |        |         /-----William CARR
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Ebenezer SLOCUM
                  |        |        |         \-----Joanna SLOCUM
                  |         \-----Joanna CARR
                  |                 |         /-----William CORY
                  |                  \-----Elizabeth CORY
          /-----William Teft BLY
         |         \-----Isabella TEFFT
 /-----William Harvey BLY
|        |                  /-----Abraham MILLER
|        |         /-----Adam Rev MILLER
|        |        |         \-----Mary (MILLER)
|         \-----Elizabeth Rose Prior MILLER
|                 |         /-----Nathaniel PRIOR
|                  \-----Sarah PRIOR
|                           \-----Abigail ROSE
William Ray BLY
 \-----Emma Acephine REXFORD



Descendants of William Ray BLY
1. William Ray BLY m. Ellen Mable BJUGSTAD
m. Ellen Mable BJUGSTAD

2nd generation

2. Lorraine Adelle BLY m. Samuel Wilson WEST
m. Samuel Wilson WEST
3. William Elson BLY m. Elwyn Ellen MANSFIELD
m. Elwyn Ellen MANSFIELD

3rd generation

6. Living BLY m. Living GRUNEWALD
m. Living GRUNEWALD
8. Living BLY m. Living MEASE
m. Living MEASE