Gazlay Family History
William C. Hildebrand
Parents
| Father | Adam Hildebrand ( - ) |
| Mother | Anna Martha Ratankz (17 January 1829 - 21 February 1914) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 20 March 2011; Last Edited: 9 March 2013 |
| Person ID | 2117 |
| Name | William C. Hildebrand |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | April 1857 in Hesse Cassel, Germany1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Emigrated | 1881 from Germany4, 6 |
| Married | 16 February 1885 to Christine Sophia Bodeman2, 5, 6 |
| Died | 5 April 1921 in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio6 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Christine Sophia Bodeman (daughter of Dr. Earl Adolph Von Bodeman and Christine Hoffman) |
| Born | 17 September 1850 in Marion, Marion County, Ohio |
| Married | 16 February 1885 to William C. Hildebrand |
| Died | 17 February 1925 in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio |
| Children | of William C. Hildebrand and Christine Sophia Bodeman: |
| +1. | Carl Adolph Hildebrand |
| Born | 12 March 1886 in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio |
| Married | 22 September 1909 in Sandusky County, Ohio to Maria Elizabeth Gazlay |
| Died | 8 January 1965 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio |
| +2. | Ralph Elmer Hildebrand |
| Born | 29 May 1892 in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio |
| Married | 18 September 1917 in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio to Florence E. Bitler |
| Died | 11 July 1977 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Bellevue Cemetery, Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio; Carl Adolph Hildebrand, b. Mar. 12, 1886 Bellevue, Huron County Ohio; d. Jan. 8, 1965, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Notes give his wife’s name, marriage date, parents names, and names of two of his children, Helen Marie and Arvin Carl, and their birth/death years.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Ohio, Huron County, Bellevue, Enumeration District 25, Sheet No. 1B, family of Wm. Hildebrand (43, Germany, Apr 1857, janitor, schoolhouse), wife of 15 years Sophia Hildebrand (49, Ohio, Sep 1850, 2 children, 2 living), son Carl Hildebrand (14, Ohio, March 1886), son Ralph Hildebrand (8, Ohio, May 1892).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Ohio, Huron County, Bellevue, Enumeration District 23, Sheet No. 23A; family of William Hildebrand (52, Germany, janitor, school bldg., immigrated 1882); wife of 25 years Sophie Hildebrand (58, Ohio, 2 children, 2 living); son Ralph Hildebrand (18, Ohio, janitor, school bldg.).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Ohio, Huron County, Bellevue, Enumeration District 46, Sheet No. 20A, B; family of William Hildebrand (62, Germany, electrician, power house, immigrated 1881); wife Sophie Hildebrand (69, Ohio). They are living next door to their son Ralph Hildebrand and his wife Florence.
- History of North Central Ohio, by William A. Duff, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka-Indianapolis, 1931. Biographical sketch of Carl A. Hildebrand, pages 918-920.
- 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.