Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Ralph Gazlay Hollenbeck


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This family history features Ralph Gazlay Hollenbeck and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Ralph Gazlay Hollenbeck,1 born 14 June 1879 in Delavan, Illinois, the son of Alexander Hamlin Hollenbeck and Mary Celestia Gazlay;1, 2, 3, 4 died 9 February 1901 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.3, 5 Ralph is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Creston, Union County, Iowa.5

Ralph was born in Delavan, Illinois, June 14, 1879, came to Adams County, Illinois, in 1881, and in 1892 moved to Creston, Iowa, where he attended high school. In 1899 he entered the Art Conservatory at Chicago, where he was attending when he was stricken with and underwent an operation for appendicitis. He died shortly after the operation. He was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Creston, Iowa.3

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Illinois, Tazewell County, Delavan Village, Enumeration District 245, Page No. 7, family of A. H. Hollenbeck (33, New York, retired merchant); wife Mary C. Hollenbeck (32, New York); son Ralph G. Hollenbeck (11/12, Illinois, Jan.).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Iowa, Union County, Creston, Enumeration District 131, Sheet No. 15A, family of Alexander Holenbeck (53, New York, Aug 1846, grain dealer); wife of 26 years Mary Holenbeck (53, New York, Jan 1847, 2 children, 2 living); son Ralph Holenbeck (20, Illinois, June 1879, artist); daughter Grace Holenbeck (19, Illinois, July 1880).
  3. Obituary, Adams County Free Press, Corning, Iowa; Access Newspaper Archive (website), 21 February 1901.
  4. Genealogy, The Champion Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of Henry Champion, by Francis Bacon Trowbridge, New Haven, 1891. Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy Reading Room.
  5. Find a Grave (website). Graceland Cemetery, Creston, Union County, Iowa, Ralph Hollenbeck, born: unknown; died: February 1901 [from record].