Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Melville A. Gazley


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 Melville A. Gazley and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Melville A. Gazley,1 born 6 November 1867 in New York, the son of Alonzo D. Gazley and Elizabeth A. Hull;1, 2, 3, 4 died 15 September 1895 in Quebec, Canada.1, 4 Melville is buried in Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Pleasant Plains, Dutchess County, New York.1

Melville was a member of Typographical Union No. 6, the Typographical Society of New York; Fulton Council of the Royal Arcanum; Press Wheelmen, and president of a benefit association. He was unmarried and lived with his father and mother at 528 Koscuisko Street.4

  1. Find a Grave (website). Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Dutchess County, New York, Gazley, Alonzo D.; Alonzo D. Gazley / 1836-1908 [from headstone, one side]. Melville A. Gazley / 1867-1895 [from headstone, another side].
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Monroe County, Mendon, Page No. 19, family of Alonzo D. Gazley (34, New York, merchant, drygoods & greens); Elizabeth Gazley (27, New York); Earnest Gazley (6, New York); Melville Gazley (2, New York).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Monroe County, Hamlet of Mendon Center, Enumeration District 53, Page No. 29, family of Alonzo Gazley (44, New York, retired merchant); wife Elizabeth Gazley (38, New York); Melville Gazley [relationship not give; presumed to be a son] (12, New York); daughter Estelle Gazley (6, New York); servant Caroline Greene (17, New York, domestic servant).
  4. Obituary, Brooklyn Eagle, 17 and 18 September 1895, Melville A. Gazley, died 15 September 1895 in Quebec, Canada of peritonitis, aged 27 years 10 months and 9 days [calcalated birth date: 6 November 1867]. The article provides brief biographical details.