Gazlay Family History
 

FamilySpencer Moor Gazlay

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Spencer Moor Gazlay6 (Albert Gazlay,5 Aaron Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherAlbert S. Gazlay (ca. 1811 - 29 September 1886)
MotherHarriet L. Moor (ca. 1810 - 15 March 1878)

Personal Information

Record Created: 27 December 2010; Last Edited: 18 November 2021 
Person ID1907
NameSpencer Moor Gazlay
GenderMale
Born 6 August 1846 in New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Married ca. 1871 to Eliza R. Lyon4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Died 8 November 1925 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York1, 11
Buried in Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York1, 11

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyEliza R. Lyon (daughter of William Lyon and Catherine _____)
Born January 1851 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Married ca. 1871 to Spencer Moor Gazlay
Died 13 July 1936 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
  
Children of Spencer Moor Gazlay and Eliza R. Lyon:
  
+1.FamilyStella L. Gazlay
Born April 1873 in New York
Married 26 May 1895 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York to John Henry Stack
Married 27 June 1900 in Kings County, New York to David Mullon
Died 9 May 1943 in Hollis, Queens County, New York
  
+2.FamilyAlbert Mortimer ‘Bertie’ Gazlay
Born 25 September 1877 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Married 20 May 1896 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York to Josephine F. ‘Josie’ Haight
Died 10 December 1902 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
  
+3.FamilyLillian S. Gazlay
Born 25 August 1883 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Married 20 March 1907 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York to Harry Dale Cowan
Married 21 June 1919 in Kings County, New York to Clarence Devere Scofield
  

Sources

  1. Find a Grave (website). Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, Spencer Moor Gazley, born: 6 August 1846 in New York; died: 8 November 1925 in Kings County (Brooklyn), New York (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents, wife, and two children).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Kings County, Village of Williamsburgh [now Brooklyn], Page 388, family of Albert (age 39, book seller) and Harriet Gaslin (age 39), Cath (age 13), Ann E. (age 8), and Spencer (age 4).
  3. New York State Census, 1855, New York County, New York City, First ED, 20th Ward, family of Albert S. Gasley (45, Dutchess Co., mason, resident for 18 years); wife Harriet Gasley (45, New York, resident for 20 years); daughter Ann Gasley (14, Otsego Co., resident for 12 years); son Spencer Gasley (9, New York, resident for 9 years); John Reidench [sic, Reidenbach] (26, Germany, marble cutter, resident for 17 years); wife Amanda Reidench (18, New York, resident for 18 years); son John Reidench (10/12, New York, resident for 10/12 years); plus two other families including surnames Cushing, Brennan, and Briggs.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Enumeration District 129, Page No. 24, family of William Lyons (age 63, shoemaker) and wife Catherine Lyons (age 58), with daughter Eliza Gazlay (age 28), son-in-law Spencer M. Gazlay (age 25, shoemaking), niece Stella L. Gazlay (age 7; she is actually daughter of Eliza and Spencer), and nephew Bertie A. Gazlay (age 2; he is actually son of Eliza and Spencer)
  5. New York State Census, 1892, Kings County, Brooklyn, Fifth Election District of the Fifteenth Ward, Page 15, family of Spencer Gazlay (age 45, shoemaker), with Eliza (age 41), Stella (age 18), Albert (age 14), and Lillian (age 8).
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Enumeration District 209, Sheet No. 16B, family of Spencer Gazlay (age 53), with wife Eliza (age 49), daughter Stella L. Stack (age 27, widow), grandson Spencer Stack (age 4), granddaughter Edna Stack (age 2), and daughter Lillian Gazlay (age 16).
  7. New York State Census, 1905, Kings County, Brooklyn, Third Election District, Block D and E, Page 32, family of Spencer M. Gazlay (age 58, shoemaker), wife Eliza R. Gazlay (age 54), daughter Lillian S. Gazlay (age 21), David Mullon (age 29, iron molder), wife Stella Mullon (age 32) [daughter of Spencer and Eliza], Spencer Stack (age 9, incorrectly listed as granddaughter and female, when actually grandson and male), and Edna Stack (age 7, granddaughter).
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Enumeration District 683, Sheet No. 12B and 13A, family of Spencer M. Gazlay (age 63, machine operator in shoe factory), wife Eliza A. Gazlay (age 59), with son-in-law David Mullon (age 35, manufacturer of iron railings), daughter Stella L. Mullon (age 37), grandson Lester Mullon (age 3), grandson Spencer T. Stack (age 15), granddaughter Edna Stack (age 12), daughter Lillian Cowan (age 25), and grandson Howard Cowan (age 2).
  9. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Enumeration District 333, Sheet No. 3B, family of Spencer M. Gazley (age 73, shoemaker), wife Eliza R. Gazley (age 68), with David Mollins (age 36, iron worker), wife Stella Mollins (age 46), son Lester Mollins (age 13) and stepdaughter Edna Stack (age 20).
  10. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Enumeration District 24-348, Sheet No. 12A, family of Estelle L. Mullon (57, New York, widow, first married age 20); son Lester D. Mullon (22, New York, inspector, insurance); mother Eliza Gazlay (79, New York, widow, first married age 19).
  11. Obituary, Brooklyn Eagle, 10 November 1925, Gazlay, Spencer M., died: 8 November 1925, age 79. The article provides the names of his wife and two daughters, and place of burial.