Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyDorothea Foley

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Dorothea Foley7 (Louisa Heartt,6 Charles Heartt,5 Jonas Heartt,4 Deidamia Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherJohn Arthur Foley (ca. 1841 - 26 January 1915)
MotherLouisa Pamela Heartt (17 April 1852 - 1935)

Personal Information

Record Created: 10 April 2022; Last Edited: 21 January 2023 
Person ID12273
NameDorothea Foley
GenderFemale
Born 16 October 1884 in New York, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Married ca. 1903 in England to Reginald Phillips Ward4, 8
Married 2 July 1932 in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut to Paul Alexandre Ferrand9
Died 5 June 1960 in Massachusetts10

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyReginald Phillips Ward (son of Heorates F. Ward and Cornelia Stetson)
Born 11 October 1876 in New York
Married ca. 1903 in England to Dorothea Foley
Died 29 November 1929 in Staten Island, New York
  
Children of Dorothea Foley and Reginald Phillips Ward:
  
+1.FamilyJohn Phillips Ward
Born 21 August 1904 in Richmond County, New York
Married 1 July 1944 in Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut to Mildred V. Bullwinkle
Died February 1972
  
+2.FamilyStetson Ward
Born 17 March 1907 in New York, New York
Married to Marianne C. Evans
Died 27 January 1974
  
Spouse 2FamilyPaul Alexandre Ferrand
Born 15 January 1876
Married 2 July 1932 in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut to Dorothea Foley
Died 28 July 1965
  

Sources

  1. U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925, available at ancestry.com and familysearch.org; Application No. 19957, 22 January 1895 in New York City, New York, Louisa P. W. Heartt Foley, born: 17 April 1852 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. The application also names three of her children and their birth dates and places: Harold Heartt Foley, born: 21 January 1878 in New York City, New York; Elizabeth Louise Foley, born: 23 June 1880 in Seabright, New Jersey; and Dorothea Foley, born: 16 October 1884 in New York City, New York.
  2. New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957, Dorothea Ward, age 40 years, married, born: 16 October 1885 in New York, N.Y.; son Stetson Ward, age 19, single, born: 17 March 1907 in New York, N.Y. On the same page: Marianne Evans, age 18, single, born: 18 August 1908 in New York, N.Y. [she is the future wife of Stetson Ward].
  3. New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957, S.S. Conte Di Savoia, sailing from Villefranche, 30 March 1933, arriving at Port of New York, 6 April 1933, Alexandre Ferrand, 57, naturalized in November 1905 in Richmond, N.Y.; Dorothea Ferrand, 48, born: 16 October 1885 in New York, N.Y.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New York, Richmond County, New Brighton, E.D. 1296, Sheet No. 14A, Reginald Ward, 34, New York, artist; wife of 7 years Dorothy Ward, 25, New York, 2 children, 2 living; son John Ward, 5, New York; son Stetson Ward, 3, New York; maid Margaret Domaelly, 16, New York, maid, private family.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Brookfield, E.D. 93, Sheet No. 5B, Reginald P. Ward, 43, New York, printer, magazine; wife Dorothea F. Ward, 32, Wisconsin [sic, this is incorrect, she was born in New York]; son John P. Ward, 15, New York; son Stetson Ward, 12, New York.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, New York, Richmond County, New Brighton-St. George, Louise Foley, 77, New York, widow, first married age 24; living next door: Dorothea Ward, 43, New York, widow, first married age 18, practitioner, Christian Science.
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Sherman, E.D. 1-139, Sheet No. 6B, Dorothea F. Ward, 55, New York, widow, Christian Science practicioner; son John P. Ward, 36, New York, craft man, furnitture [sic].
  8. Marriage Announcement, The Pelham Sun, Pelham, New York (available at fultonhistory.com), 24 June 1932, upcoming marriage of Dorothea Ward, widow of the late Reginald Ward, will become the wife of M. Alexandre Ferrand on 2 July 1932. The article provides biographical detail including Dorothea living in Paris from early childhood until her marriage to Mr. Ward in __bury [Salisbury?] Cathedral in England. mentions her two sons, John Ward, who lives in the Philippines, and Stetson Ward of __erman [Sherman?], Conn. [Note: the left portion of the newspaper is torn away, cutting off several words.]
  9. Marriage Announcement, The Pelham Sun, Pelham, New York (available at fultonhistory.com), 8 July 1932, Mrs. Dorothea Ward and M. Alexandre Ferrand, married on 2 July 1932 in Brookfield, Connecticut. The article indicates that the former Mrs. Ward is the widow of Reginald Ward.
  10. Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001, available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, Dorot[hea] Ward, died: 5 June 1960 in Massachusetts; age: 75 years; widow; spouse: Regi[nald]; residence: New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut.