Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Elizabeth Brown


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 Elizabeth Brown and one of her descendants down to the second generation.


First Generation
1. Elizabeth Brown,1 born ____ (parents not determined). Elizabeth married Zachary Strohauer (born ____, parents not determined).

Child of Elizabeth Brown and Zachary Strohauer:

+2i. Ethel B. Strohauer, born ca. 1885 in Michigan. Married Samuel Wood Gazlay.

Second Generation
2. Ethel B. Strohauer2 (Elizabeth1), born ca. 1885 in Michigan.1, 2 Ethel married, 30 August 1919 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, Samuel Wood Gazlay9, 10 (born 14 June 1883 in Mundy, Genesee County, Michigan, the son of Ira Dunning Gazlay and Hannah Elizabeth Wood;1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Samuel died 26 November 1942 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan4). Their marriage ended in divorce.2

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, Enumeration District 618, Sheet No. 11B; family of Samuel Gazlay (36, Michigan, tool designer, wheel factory); wife Ethel B. Gazlay (35, Michigan); son Harold Gazlay (9, Michigan).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, Enumeration District 82-459, Sheet No. 3A; Ethel Gazlay (45, Michigan, divorced).
  3. Draft Registration Card, World War I, Samuel Wood Gazlay, Serial No. 915, born 14 June 1883, nearest relative: Ira D. Gazlay, father.
  4. Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952. Gazley, Samuel W., age 59; died: 26 November 1942 in Detroit, Wayne [County], Michigan; born: 14 June 1883 in Mundy, Michigan; father: Ira Gazley; mother: Hanna Wood.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Michigan, Genesee County, Mundy Township, Enumeration District 25, Sheet No. 1A; family of Ira D. Gazlay (62, Michigan, Jan. 1838, farmer); wife of 30 years Hanna E. Gazlay (57, Michigan, Nov. 1842, 2 children, 1 living); son Samuel W. Gazlay (16, Michigan, June 1883, farm laborer).
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Genesee County, Flint City, Enumeration District 33, Sheet No. 21A; Samuel Gazley (27, Michigan, border, laborer, odd jobs, first marriage of four years).
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, Enumeration District 82-155, Sheet No. 11B; Samuel W. Gazlay (46, Michigan, saleman, oil co.).
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, Enumeration District 184-146, Sheet No. 86B; Samuel W. Gazlay (56, Michigan, mechanical draftsman, factory).
  9. Gazlay Family Tree, Ancestry (website); Owner: joanneweimer. This site includes numerous references, including US Census records and copies of death certificates and obituaries. The reliability of the information is excellent, although a few relationships are believed to be incorrect, probably because the correct information does not appear in the cited references.
  10. Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, Gazlay, Samuel W., age 36, born in Michigan; father: Ira; mother: Hannah E. Wood; and Ethel B. Strohauer, age 35, born in Michigan; father: Zachary; mother: Eliz. Brown; married 30 August 1919 in Detroit, Wayne [County], Michigan.