Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyAlice Carrie Johnston

Parents

FatherJohn Johnston (24 June 1815 - 30 October 1899)
MotherEleanor Gibson Cairns (31 July 1823 - 4 April 1907)

Personal Information

Record Created: 7 November 2009; Last Edited: 18 February 2024 
Person ID194
NameAlice Carrie Johnston
GenderFemale
Born 21 June 1857 in Bloomington, Illinois1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Married 21 December 1882 in Normal, McLean County, Illinois to Henry Willis Gazlay9, 10, 11
Died 8 March 1901 in Cortland, Cortland County, New York1, 2, 12
Buried in Cortland Rural Cemetery, Cortland, Cortland County, New York1, 2

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyHenry Willis Gazlay (son of Dr. Henry Champion Gazlay and Sabra Elvira Cornwall)
Born 26 November 1854 in Cortland County, New York
Married 21 December 1882 in Normal, McLean County, Illinois to Alice Carrie Johnston
Married 31 March 1909 in Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa to Kate K. Kiplinger (née Child)
Married 3 October 1925 in Liberty County, Texas to May Foster
Died 22 February 1934 in Dayton, Liberty County, Texas
  
Children of Alice Carrie Johnston and Henry Willis Gazlay:
  
1.FamilyPearl Alice Gazlay
Born 13 October 1884 in Bloomington, Illinois
Died 6 August 1950 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York
  
2.FamilyPercival Willis ‘Percy’ Gazlay
Born 31 July 1886 in Erie, Neosho County, Kansas
Married 27 February 1907 to Jennie Anderson
Died 10 October 1970 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York
  
+3.FamilyHenry Johnston ‘Harry’ Gazlay
Born 13 June 1888 in Cortland, Cortland County, New York
Married 10 November 1909 in Accord, Town of Rochester, Ulster County, New York to Jessie Freer
Died 10 May 1967 in Flushing, Genesee County, Michigan
  
+4.FamilyHerman Champion Gazlay
Born 12 July 1890 in Cortland, Cortland County, New York
Married 1914 to Florence Smith
Died 20 October 1980 in Kerhonkson, Ulster County, New York
  
+5.FamilyLeo Cornwall Gazlay
Born 7 October 1892 in Cornwall, Dutchess County, New York
Married 30 November 1915 in Accord, Town of Rochester, Ulster County, New York to Maude Gertrude Bush
Died 18 May 1956 in Kerhonkson, Ulster County, New York
  
+6.FamilyCarl Morton Gazlay
Born 23 February 1895 in Cortland, Cortland County, New York
Married 7 October 1925 in Accord, Town of Rochester, Ulster County, New York to Clio Lois Quick
Died 17 October 1989
  

Sources

  1. Find a Grave (website). Cortland Rural Cemetery, Cortland, Cortland County, New York; Alice Carrie Johnston Gazlay, born: 21 June 1857; died: 8 March 1901 in Cortland, Cortland County, New York (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, sibling, husband, and children).
  2. Email from Mark Morrison Johnston, 6-8 November 2011, with information regarding Alice Carrie Johnston and her parents John and Eleanor (Cairns) Johnston, and a photo of their common gravestone that shows all of their birth and death dates.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Illinois, McLean County, Normal, Page No. 113, John Johnston, 44, Ireland, farmer; Elanor, 37, Ireland; George Johnston, 15, Ohio; Moses Johnston, 13, Ohio; Franklin Johnston, 12, Ohio; Thomas Johnston, 10, Ohio; Leander Johnston, 8, Ill.; Thompson Johnston, 6, Ill.; Alice Johnston, 3, Ill.; Isabel Clarence, 73, Ireland, domestic; Elwood Ward, 24, Ohio, laborer.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Illinois, McLean County, Normal Township, Page No. 38, John Johnston, 55, Ireland, farmer; Elenor Johnston, 47, Ireland; Thomas Johnston, 20, Ohio, works on farm; Leander Johnston, 18 [written over 20], Ohio, works on farm; Thompson Johnston, 16 [written over 18], Virginia, works on farm; Clara Johnston, 12 [the 2 appears to be scribbled out, so the age may be 1 year; she does not appear in the 1860 census suggesting she was no older than 10 in 1870], Illinois; Alice Johnston, 12, Illinois; Alfred Johnston, 9, Illinois; Ellen Johnston, 5, Illinois; servant Eliza Jane Kidney, 17, New York.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Illinois, McLean County, Normal Corporation, E.D. 166, Page No. 1, John Johnston, 64, Ireland, Farmer; wife Eleanor G. Johnston, 56, Ireland; daughter Alice Johnston, 22, Ill.; son Alfred Johnston, 19, Ill., farm laborer; daughter Nellie Johnston, 14, Ill.
  6. New York State Census, 1892, Cortland County, Cortlandville, 6th ED, Page 10, family of H. Willis Gazlay (38, tin smith); Alice C. Gazlay (35); Pearl A. Gazlay (9); Percy Gazlay (6); Harry J. Gazlay (4); Herman Gazlay (2).
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, Cortland County, Cortland, Enumeration District 90, Sheet 5, H. Willis Gazlay, 45, New York, Nov 1854, mfg. milk cooler; wife of 17 years Alice C. Gazlay, 42, Illinois, June 1857, 6 children, 6 living; daughter Pearl A. Gazlay, 16, Illinois, Oct 1884; son Percy W. Gazlay, 13, Kansas, July 1886; son Henry J. Gazlay, 11, New York, June 1888; Herman C. Gazlay, 9, New York, July 1890; son Leo C. Gazlay, 7, New York, Oct 1892; son Carl M. Gazlay, 5, [birthplace unreadable], Feb 1895; border Elnor G. Johnston, 76, [birthplace unreadable], July 1823, 10 children, 9 living [? hard to read].
  8. Genealogy, The Champion Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of Henry Champion, by Francis Bacon Trowbridge, New Haven, 1891. Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy Reading Room.
  9. Marriage Certificate, Illinois, H. W. Gazlay and Alice C. Johnston, 21 December 1882, Normal, Illinois. Copy in possession of Lee Gazlay.
  10. Wedding invitation from Mr. and Mrs. John Johnston for their daughter Alice C. Johnston to H. W. Willis, 21 December 1882. Original in possession of Lee Gazlay.
  11. Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, McLean [County], Marriage Records, 1885-1892, 1872-1885, Henry W. Gazlay, age 29, born in N. York, occupation: tinner; father: H. C. Gazlay; mother: S. E. Cornwell; 1st marriage; Alice C. Johnston, age 26, born in Ill.; father: John Johnston; mother: E. G. Cairns; 1st marriage; married on 21 December 1882 in Normal, Ill.
  12. 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.