Ancestry of
Zac Efron

Movie Actor

Elmer Joy Glidden

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Zac Efron — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 28 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Henry Glidden 
  • Mother:
  • Frances Van Antwerp   
  • Birth Date:
  • 19 Dec 1862 
  • Birth Location:
  • Paw Paw, Van Buren, Michigan 
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  • Death Date:
  • 4 Apr 1946 
  • Death Location:
  • Seattle, King, Washington 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Luzell Richmond
  • Marriage Date:
  • 22 Mar 1896 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Mattawan, Van Buren, Michigan 
  • Child:

  Joseph Henry Glidden (Ahnentafel No:14 )

  • Notes: 

  • Elmer Glidden's middle name was originally Ellsworth. Apparently it was changed at some point to Joy.

    Elmer Glidden's birthplace was given as Paw Paw, Van Buren County, Michigan, on his son Joseph's WWI draft registration. Other published sources give other locations in Van Buren County.

• Sources for Elmer Joy Glidden

  • ¹ Federal Census, MI, Van Buren, 1900, Almena, E.D. 129, Sheet 1A, Image 1 of 21.
  • ² Federal Census, WA, Kittitas County, 1910, South Ellensburg, E.D. 93, Sheet 8B, Image 16 of 21.
  • ³ Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995, Marriage record for Elmer J. Glidden and Luzell Richmond.
  • ⁴ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Draft registration for son Joseph Glidden.
  • ⁵ Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960, Death certificate for spouse Luzell Glidden.
  • ⁶ Washington, U.S., Select Death Index, 1907-1960, Death record for Elmer J. Glidden.
  • ⁷ Chamberlain, George Walter and Lucia Glidden Strong, ed., The Descendants of Charles Glidden of Portsmouth and Exeter, New Hampshire, Boston, Massachusetts: Unknown (1925), 294, 358.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 341.

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