Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Hannah Fitch Gazlay


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 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Hannah Fitch Gazlay and her immediate family.



First Generation
1. Hannah Fitch Gazlay,1 born 12 February 1848 in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana, the daughter of Theodore Gazlay and Jane Eliza Fitch;1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 died 1 January 1930 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.2, 3 Hannah is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.2

Hanna traveled overseas several times, as indicted by both her passport, applied for and issued in March 1925 when she lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, and several entries in New York passenger lists, traveling to Hawaii, England, Italy, and possibly other places. She was accompanied on at least one trip in 1925 by her sisters Emma Donaldson and Huldah Miller, and her nieces Clara and Merle Miller.1

  1. U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925, available at ancestry.com and familysearch.org; Application No. 10003; Gazlay, Hanna F.; born 12 February 1848 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana; father: Theodore Gazlay, born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. [sic], deceased; currently living in Cincinnati, Ohio; desires passport to visit England, France, Switzerland, Spain, and Italy; passport issued 26 March 1925, Washington. She is identified in the application by Oscar W. Kuhn, attorney at law, and her brother-in-law. The application includes an Affidavit for a Relative, completed by her sister, Clara G. Kuhn, indicating “she is a sister of the said Hanna F. Gazlay.”
  2. Cemetery Record, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (website); Gazlay, Hannah Fitch, card no. 107596, born 12 Feb 1848, died 1 Jan 1930, parents: Theodore & Eliza J. Fitch Gazlay, Sec 88 Lot 103.
  3. Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953, Hannah Fitch Gazlay, died 1 January 1930 in Cincinnati, Hamilton [County], Ohio; born 12 February 1848 in Lawrenceburg,Indiana; father: Theodore Gazlay, born in New York; mother: Eliza Fitch, born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Indiana, Dearborn County, Lawrenceburg, Page 266, family of Theodore Gazlay (35, New York, attorney); Jane E. Gazlay (24, Ind.); William C. Gazlay (3, Ind.); Hannah Gazlay (2, Ind.); Margaret Gazlay (24, Germany) [the identity of Margaret has not been ascertained; she could be a servant who assumed the Gazlay surname, or the surname could be an enumerator error].
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Indiana, Dearborn County, Lawrenceburg, family of Theodore Gazlay (46, N York, attorney); Jane E. Gazlay (33, Inda.); Wm. H. Gazlay (13, Inda.); Hannah Gazlay (12, Inda.); Allen W. Gazlay (9, Inda.); Huldah Gazlay (6, Inda.); Emma J. Gazlay (4, Inda.); Julia D. Gazlay (2, Inda.); Kate Murphy (22, Ireland, domestic).
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Page 100, family of Theodore Gazlay (55, New York, lawyer); Jane Gazlay (40, Indiana); William H. Gazlay (23, Indiana, R.R. clerk); Hannah Gazlay (21, Indiana); Allen W. Gazlay (18, Indiana); Huldah Gazlay (16, Indiana); Emma Gazlay (13, Indiana); Julia D. Gazlay (12, Indiana); Clara Gazlay (8, Indiana); Sallie Sullivan (23, Indiana, domestic servant).
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Enumeration District 175, Page No. 39, family of Theodore Gazlay (65, N.Y., lawyer); wife Jane Gazlay (45, Indiana); son H. William Gazlay (32, Indiana, bookkeeper); daughter Hannah Gazlay (29, Indiana); daughter Emma Gazlay (25, Indiana); daughter Julia Gazlay (20, Indiana); daughter Clara Gazlay (16, Indiana); servant Mary Jones (21, Ohio); plus several borders.
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Enumeration District 23, Sheet No. 9A, family of William H. Gasley (50, Indiana, Nov 1849, clerk]; sister Hannah Gasley (48, Indiana, July 1852); niece Merle Miller (14, Ohio, Aug 1886). [Birth months/years William and Hannah are believed inaccurate compared with other records.]
  9. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Enumeration District 42, Sheet No. 14A, family of William H. Gazlay (63, Indiana); sister Fitch H. Gazlay (60, Indiana); niece Merle G. Miller (24, Ohio).
  10. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Enumeration District 62, Sheet No. 2B, Hannah F. Gazlay (69, Indiana); niece Merl G. Miller (28, Ohio).
  11. History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio, Their Past and Present, Cincinnati, Ohio: S. B. Nelson and Co., publishers; S. B. Nelson and J. M. Runk. 1894, pages 550-551.