Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Webster Gazlay, Jr.


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Webster Gazlay, Jr. and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Webster Gazlay, Jr.,1 born 25 June 1908 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, the son of Webster Gazlay and Eliza Emily ‘Lida’ Hampton;1, 2, 3, 4, 5 died 3 February 1969 in Santa Clara, California.2 Webster is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.6

Webster enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942.7

  1. Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960; Gaslay, male; born: 25 June 1908 in Jefferson County, Kentucky; father: Webster Gaslay; mother: Eliza E. Hampton.
  2. California Death Index 1940-1997; Ancestry (website), and Familysearch (website). Webster Gazlay, died 3 February 1969 in Santa Clara; born 25 June 1908 in Kentucky.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Enumeration District 78, Sheet No. 5B, family of Webster (age 48) and Eliza H. Gazlay (age 36), married for 3 years, with son Webster Jr. (age 1 9/12) and daughter Lida H. (age 0/12).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Enumeration District 80, Sheet No. 1B, family of Eliza Gazley (45, Kentucky, widow, stenographer, private office); mother Josephine Hampton (80, Kentucky, widow); son Webster Gazley (11, Kentucky); daughter Eliza H. Gazley (9, Kentucky); daughter Sallie Gazley (7, Kentucky).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Enumeration District 46-7, Sheet No. 12B, family of Lida H. Gazlay (56, Kentucky, widow, secretary); daughter Lida H. Gazlay (20, Kentucky); son Webster Gazlay (21, Kentucky).
  6. Cemetery Record, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky (website); Section O Lot 340, includes the following people, presumed to be related (burial dates shown): A. M. Gazlay (8/9/1881); Lida Hampton Gazlay (1/17/1968); Reginald Gazlay (8/29/1893); Sallie Josephine Gazlay (11/7/1920); Sallie L. Gazlay (1/4/1917); Webster II Gazlay (2/6/1969); Webster Gazlay (2/19/1914).
  7. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946; Webster Gazlay, born 1908 in Kentucky, enlisted 27 October 1942 in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky, as a Private in the Air Corps. The record shows he has 4 years of college, is an architect, is single without dependents.