William Myron was the second child of Mary Edna (Richie) Gay and William Bishop Gay. William Myron's first name was after his father, and his middle name was after his mother's father.
On his mother's side, William Myron was the grandson of Helen Agnes (Manion) Richie, originally of Galena, Illinois, whose parents immigrated from Ireland in the 1840s, and Miron/Myron Thomas Richie. Miron/Myron Thomas Richie, originally of Vienna, New York, was a Massachusetts Bay Colony descendant of (1) John Whetcombe/Whitcomb, the progenitor of the Whitcomb family in America; (2) William Walcott, the progenitor of the Walcott family in America, and Frederick Walcott, who served for Massachusetts in the Revolutionary War; (3) Boston Draper and his wife, Tryphena Brown; and (4) Boaz Brown and his wife, Mary Winship. William Myron's mother, Mary Edna "Edna" (Richie) Gay taught school when she was just sixteen years old and later went to secretarial school, working as a "girl friday" prior to her marriage.
William Myron's father, William Bishop Gay, immigrated from England to Canada in 1906 and entered the United States at Sumas, Washington, in 1908. Once William Bishop reached the Central Valley in California, his uncle honored a promise he made to William Bishop and apprenticed him in the painting and decorating trade. On his father's side, William Myron's grandparents were John William Bishop (Manning) Gay, born to a Boatman in Her Majesty's Coastguard in East Stonehouse, Devon, England (and when he became of age followed his adoptive [or step-] father into the printing trade as a printer compositor), and Eliza Sarah Tomkins, born to a Beer Retailer (who owned The Two Brewers at 32 Gough Street) in St Pancras, London, Middlesex, England.
William Myron enlisted in 1945 in the United States Army, serving in World War II for the Branch Corps of Military Police. Six years later, he died tragically when his car collided with a train as he attempted to avoid hitting another car.
On his mother's side, William Myron was the grandson of Helen Agnes (Manion) Richie, originally of Galena, Illinois, whose parents immigrated from Ireland in the 1840s, and Miron/Myron Thomas Richie. Miron/Myron Thomas Richie, originally of Vienna, New York, was a Massachusetts Bay Colony descendant of (1) John Whetcombe/Whitcomb, the progenitor of the Whitcomb family in America; (2) William Walcott, the progenitor of the Walcott family in America, and Frederick Walcott, who served for Massachusetts in the Revolutionary War; (3) Boston Draper and his wife, Tryphena Brown; and (4) Boaz Brown and his wife, Mary Winship. William Myron's mother, Mary Edna "Edna" (Richie) Gay taught school when she was just sixteen years old and later went to secretarial school, working as a "girl friday" prior to her marriage.
William Myron's father, William Bishop Gay, immigrated from England to Canada in 1906 and entered the United States at Sumas, Washington, in 1908. Once William Bishop reached the Central Valley in California, his uncle honored a promise he made to William Bishop and apprenticed him in the painting and decorating trade. On his father's side, William Myron's grandparents were John William Bishop (Manning) Gay, born to a Boatman in Her Majesty's Coastguard in East Stonehouse, Devon, England (and when he became of age followed his adoptive [or step-] father into the printing trade as a printer compositor), and Eliza Sarah Tomkins, born to a Beer Retailer (who owned The Two Brewers at 32 Gough Street) in St Pancras, London, Middlesex, England.
William Myron enlisted in 1945 in the United States Army, serving in World War II for the Branch Corps of Military Police. Six years later, he died tragically when his car collided with a train as he attempted to avoid hitting another car.
William Myron was the second child of Mary Edna (Richie) Gay and William Bishop Gay. William Myron's first name was after his father, and his middle name was after his mother's father.
On his mother's side, William Myron was the grandson of Helen Agnes (Manion) Richie, originally of Galena, Illinois, whose parents immigrated from Ireland in the 1840s, and Miron/Myron Thomas Richie. Miron/Myron Thomas Richie, originally of Vienna, New York, was a Massachusetts Bay Colony descendant of (1) John Whetcombe/Whitcomb, the progenitor of the Whitcomb family in America; (2) William Walcott, the progenitor of the Walcott family in America, and Frederick Walcott, who served for Massachusetts in the Revolutionary War; (3) Boston Draper and his wife, Tryphena Brown; and (4) Boaz Brown and his wife, Mary Winship. William Myron's mother, Mary Edna "Edna" (Richie) Gay taught school when she was just sixteen years old and later went to secretarial school, working as a "girl friday" prior to her marriage.
William Myron's father, William Bishop Gay, immigrated from England to Canada in 1906 and entered the United States at Sumas, Washington, in 1908. Once William Bishop reached the Central Valley in California, his uncle honored a promise he made to William Bishop and apprenticed him in the painting and decorating trade. On his father's side, William Myron's grandparents were John William Bishop (Manning) Gay, born to a Boatman in Her Majesty's Coastguard in East Stonehouse, Devon, England (and when he became of age followed his adoptive [or step-] father into the printing trade as a printer compositor), and Eliza Sarah Tomkins, born to a Beer Retailer (who owned The Two Brewers at 32 Gough Street) in St Pancras, London, Middlesex, England.
William Myron enlisted in 1945 in the United States Army, serving in World War II for the Branch Corps of Military Police. Six years later, he died tragically when his car collided with a train as he attempted to avoid hitting another car.
On his mother's side, William Myron was the grandson of Helen Agnes (Manion) Richie, originally of Galena, Illinois, whose parents immigrated from Ireland in the 1840s, and Miron/Myron Thomas Richie. Miron/Myron Thomas Richie, originally of Vienna, New York, was a Massachusetts Bay Colony descendant of (1) John Whetcombe/Whitcomb, the progenitor of the Whitcomb family in America; (2) William Walcott, the progenitor of the Walcott family in America, and Frederick Walcott, who served for Massachusetts in the Revolutionary War; (3) Boston Draper and his wife, Tryphena Brown; and (4) Boaz Brown and his wife, Mary Winship. William Myron's mother, Mary Edna "Edna" (Richie) Gay taught school when she was just sixteen years old and later went to secretarial school, working as a "girl friday" prior to her marriage.
William Myron's father, William Bishop Gay, immigrated from England to Canada in 1906 and entered the United States at Sumas, Washington, in 1908. Once William Bishop reached the Central Valley in California, his uncle honored a promise he made to William Bishop and apprenticed him in the painting and decorating trade. On his father's side, William Myron's grandparents were John William Bishop (Manning) Gay, born to a Boatman in Her Majesty's Coastguard in East Stonehouse, Devon, England (and when he became of age followed his adoptive [or step-] father into the printing trade as a printer compositor), and Eliza Sarah Tomkins, born to a Beer Retailer (who owned The Two Brewers at 32 Gough Street) in St Pancras, London, Middlesex, England.
William Myron enlisted in 1945 in the United States Army, serving in World War II for the Branch Corps of Military Police. Six years later, he died tragically when his car collided with a train as he attempted to avoid hitting another car.
