Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyRalph Gazlay Hollenbeck

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Ralph Gazlay Hollenbeck7 (Mary Gazlay,6 Henry Gazlay,5 Jacob Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherAlexander Hamlin Hollenbeck (8 August 1846 - 28 March 1927)
MotherMary Celestia Gazlay (10 January 1846 - 14 January 1919)

Personal Information

Record Created: 14 November 2009; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 
Person ID237
NameRalph Gazlay Hollenbeck
GenderMale
Born 14 June 1879 in Delavan, Illinois1, 2, 3, 4
Died 9 February 1901 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois3, 5
Buried in Graceland Cemetery, Creston, Union County, Iowa5

Biography

Ralph was born in Delavan, Illinois, June 14, 1879, came to Adams County, Illinois, in 1881, and in 1892 moved to Creston, Iowa, where he attended high school. In 1899 he entered the Art Conservatory at Chicago, where he was attending when he was stricken with and underwent an operation for appendicitis. He died shortly after the operation. He was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Creston, Iowa.3

Sources

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Illinois, Tazewell County, Delavan Village, Enumeration District 245, Page No. 7, family of A. H. Hollenbeck (33, New York, retired merchant); wife Mary C. Hollenbeck (32, New York); son Ralph G. Hollenbeck (11/12, Illinois, Jan.).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Iowa, Union County, Creston, Enumeration District 131, Sheet No. 15A, family of Alexander Holenbeck (53, New York, Aug 1846, grain dealer); wife of 26 years Mary Holenbeck (53, New York, Jan 1847, 2 children, 2 living); son Ralph Holenbeck (20, Illinois, June 1879, artist); daughter Grace Holenbeck (19, Illinois, July 1880).
  3. Obituary, Adams County Free Press, Corning, Iowa; Access Newspaper Archive (website), 21 February 1901.
  4. 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.
  5. Find a Grave (website). Graceland Cemetery, Creston, Union County, Iowa, Ralph Hollenbeck, born: unknown; died: February 1901 [from record].