Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyJohn Peirce Gazlay

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
John Peirce Gazlay8 (John Gazlay,7 John Gazlay,6 Arvin Gazlay,5 John Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherJohn Arvin Gazlay, Jr. (27 June 1881 - 14 December 1958)
MotherMaude Irene Peirce (13 December 1880 - 3 May 1946)

Personal Information

Record Created: 16 March 2011; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 
Person ID2100
NameJohn Peirce Gazlay
GenderMale
Born 23 May 1904 in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Married 18 April 1929 in Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, Florida to Cora Roberts ‘Cody’ Collins5, 6, 8
Divorced 21 June 1945 in Dade County, Florida from Cora Roberts ‘Cody’ Collins7, 9
Married 15 August 1945 in Coral Gables, Dade County, Florida to Catherine Hartley Chase10, 11
Died 12 February 1996 in Dade County, Florida1, 2, 12

Biography

As a teenager, John moved with his family in 1919 from Ohio to Miami. He graduated from Miami Senior High School and worked with his father raising training and show horses. John entered horse competitions and exhibitions as documented in numerous newspaper articles. He was also trained at the Chicago Art Institute and he painted many oil portraits of horses.12

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyCora Roberts ‘Cody’ Collins
Born 13 October 1906 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Married 18 April 1929 in Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, Florida to John Peirce Gazlay
Married to James A. Baker
Died 21 May 1989 in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina
  
Children of John Peirce Gazlay and Cora Roberts ‘Cody’ Collins:
  
+1.FamilyCol. John Collins Gazlay
Born 2 March 1930 in Miami, Dade County, Florida
Married 26 June 1954 to Carolyn Hoge ‘Petey’ Meyer
Died 22 June 2011 in Salinas, Monterey County, California
  
Spouse 2FamilyCatherine Hartley Chase
Born 15 December 1903 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Married 15 August 1945 in Coral Gables, Dade County, Florida to John Peirce Gazlay
Died 4 September 1988 in Dade County, Florida
  

Sources

  1. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Rootsweb (website). Gazlay, John P.; no. 267-07-4874.
  2. Florida Death Index 1877-1998; available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, Gazlay, John P., born 23 May 1904; died 12 Feb 1996, Dade County, FL, age 91.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Ohio, Sandusky County, Bellevue, Enumeration District 134, Sheet No. 1A, family of John Gazlay Jr. (28, Ohio, traveling salesman, packing house), wife of 7 years Maud (29, Ohio, 1 child, 1 living), son John Gazlay (5, Ohio).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Florida, Dade County, Miami, Enumeration District 33, Sheet No. 11A, family of John A. Gazlay (38, Ohio, salesman, automobiles), wife Maude I Gazlay (39, Ohio), son John Gazlay Jr. (15, Ohio), son Harold J. Gazlay (9, Ohio).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Florida, Dade County, South Miami, Enumeration District 13-105, Sheet No. 2A, family of John Gazley (48, Ohio, salesman, real estate, 21 at first marriage), wife Maude Gazley (49, Ohio, 22 at first marriage), son John Gazley Jr. (25, Ohio, farmer, 23 at first marriage), daughter-in-law Cora F. Gazley (23, Ohio, 21 at first marriage), grandson John Gazley 3 (11/12, FL), son Harold Gazley (19, Ohio, guard, prison).
  6. Florida State Census, 1935, Dade County, Precinct No. 63, Page 4, family of John Gazley (54, Ohio, salesman), wife Maude P. Gazley (54, Ohio), son John P. Gazley (30, Ohio, salesman), son Harold Gazley (24, Ohio, salesman), wife’s mother Olive G. Pierce (85, VT), wife Cody C. Gazley (26, Minn., cashier), son John C. Gazley Jr. (5, Fla).
  7. Gazlay Family Notes, undated and unpublished. This photocopy of five pages of hand-written notes start with what is believed to be the same 1852 interview of Sayrs Gazlay by his brother Theodore that is transcribed elsewhere. The remaining pages focus on the branch of the family that includes John Arvin Gazlay (1846-1911). Some dates in this photocopy differ from other sources. Transcription available at Gazlay Family History (website).
  8. Florida Marriages, 1837-1974, available at familysearch.org. John Pierce Gazlay and Cora Collins, 18 April 1929, Okeechobee, FL.
  9. Florida Divorce Index 1927-2001. Available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, John P. Gazlay and Cora C. Gazlay, 1945, Dade County FL.
  10. Email from Mary Fetter to Lee Gazlay, various dates in April and June 2013. The emails include as attachments 18 pages of hand-written family history notes containing the names, birth, marriage and death dates and places, primarily centered around the ancestors and descendants of Carl Adolph Hildebrand (1886-1965) and his wife Maria Elizabeth Gazlay (1883-1973). The pages include surnames Gazlay, Hildebrand, Rhoades, Morgan, Zehner, and Fetter, among many other surnames. The information in these pages matches the same information found in other (primarily public) records, so is considered highly reliable.
  11. Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, John P. Gazlay and Catherine H. Chase, 1945, Dade County, FL.
  12. Obituary, Miami Herald, Miami, Florida, John P. Gazlay, 18 February 1996, died 12 February 1996.