Gazlay Family History
Cornelia Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Cornelia Gazlay5 (Daniel Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Cornelia Gazlay5 (Daniel Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Daniel Gazlay (8 May 1778 - 6 May 1847) |
| Mother | Susannah Leavenworth (21 September 1784 - 2 October 1841) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 6 November 2010; Last Edited: 12 December 2021 |
| Person ID | 1534 |
| Name | Cornelia Gazlay |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 15 October 1819 in New York1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Married | 26 June 1856 in Cook County, Illinois to James Johnson Baker: (the date listed in Gazlay History is 22 June 1856)4, 5 |
| Died | 22 June 1888 in Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota6 |
| Buried | in Kinkead Cemetery, Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota6 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  James Johnson Baker (son of Thomas E. Baker and Susanna Hobbs) |
| Born | 17 May 1835 in Tompkins County, New York |
| Married | 26 June 1856 in Cook County, Illinois to Cornelia Gazlay |
| Married | ca. 1889 to Sarah Josephine Thayer |
| Died | 20 August 1914 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota |
| Children | of Cornelia Gazlay and James Johnson Baker: |
| +1. | Lodema Susanna Baker |
| Born | 9 February 1858 in Cook County, Illinois |
| Married | 23 September 1879 in Eden, Fayette County, Iowa to James William Kaufman |
| Died | 11 December 1933 in Eden, Fayette County, Iowa |
Sources
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Illinois, Cook County, Maine, family of John Gasley (33, NY, farmer); Mary Sa. Gasley (40, NY) [this is believed to be John’s sister Mary Louise]. Also, family of Erasmus D. Gasley (38, NY, farmer); Cornelius Gasley (30, NY, farmer, male) [this is strongly believed to be Cornelia (female), a sister of John, Mary, and Erasmus]; James Sherman (2, Illinois) [this is believed to be the orphaned child of Ann (Gazlay) and Nicholas Sherman; Ann is another sister of the above siblings]; M. L. Gasley (23, NY) [the identity of this male has not been determined but may be a heretofore unknown brother of the above siblings].
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Iowa, Fayette County, Township of Eden, Page No. 17, family of Johnson Baker (24, Pennsylvania, farmer); Cornelia Baker (38, New York); James Sherman (12, Illinois); Lodina S. Baker (2, Illinois); Erasmus D. Gazley (48, New York).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Minnesota, Douglas County, Alexandria, Enumeration District 14, Page No. 20, family of Johnson Baker (44, New York, laborer), and wife Cornelia Baker (61, New York). They are living two houses away from their daughter Lodema Kaufmin and her husband Jas. [James] W. Kaufmin.
- Gazlay History, compiled by Margaret Howe in 1955-1956 (copy available at Gazlay Family History - Sources). Margaret Howe indicated that the document is “based on material my mother Inez L. Gazlay collected, but never lived to edit. Her material has just been copied and explains the more extensive material on generation V and VI. Other information has been added which I found from numerous sources.” Unpublished, 29 pages. Several differences in dates have been found between this document and others, especially A Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family; the latter is considered the more accurate source.
- Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900; Baker, John; and Gazlay, Cornelia; 26 June 1856, Cook County, Illinois. This source also lists the marriage of her sister M. L. Gazlay [i.e., Mary Louise] to James Townsend on the same date and place.
- Find a Grave (website). Kinkead Cemetery, Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota, Cornelia Gazley Baker, born: unknown; died: 22 June 1888 in Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota (from record, which includes the text of two obituaries; and provides the names and links for her mother, three siblings, husband, and one child).