Gazlay Family History
Louisa B. Hood
Parents
| Father | [unknown] |
| Mother | [unknown] |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 16 October 2011; Last Edited: 7 March 2024 |
| Person ID | 3176 |
| Name | Louisa B. Hood |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 28 September 1821 in New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Married | 18 August 1840 in New York to Ward Gazlay5 |
| Died | 22 December 1882 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan5, 6 |
| Buried | in Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan7 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Ward Gazlay (son of William C. Gazlay and Patty Dickinson) |
| Born | 24 December 1814 in Onondaga Hollow, Onondaga County, New York |
| Married | 18 August 1840 in New York to Louisa B. Hood |
| Died | 7 April 1886 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
| Children | of Louisa B. Hood and Ward Gazlay: |
| +1. | Charles Henry Gazlay |
| Born | 11 September 1841 in New York |
| Married | to Lora A. Andrews |
| Died | 17 March 1880 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
| +2. | Elizabeth N. Gazlay |
| Born | 15 May 1844 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
| Married | 20 January 1866 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan to Louis M. Brooks |
| Married | to _____ Watkins |
| Died | 13 November 1900 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
| 3. | Sarah L. Gazlay |
| Born | 1 March 1846 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
| Married | 5 June 1889 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan to James E. Withey |
| Died | 9 April 1918 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
| +4. | Harlan Page Gazlay |
| Born | 20 August 1850 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
| Married | 14 April 1877 to Margarette Esther Houghtaling |
| Married | 9 April 1908 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan to Frances Emily Shepherd |
| Died | 21 February 1915 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
| 5. | Helen C. Gazlay |
| Born | 18 June 1852 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
| Died | 1 July 1942 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
| 6. | Clara Angeline Gazlay |
| Born | 16 July 1854 |
| Died | 20 October 1855 |
| 7. | Alice J. Gazlay |
| Born | 1 September 1856 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
| Married | 12 October 1887 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan to Albert N. Clark |
| Died | 7 February 1889 |
| 8. | Jennie Gazlay |
| Born | ca. 1859 in Michigan |
| 9. | Silas Ward Gazlay |
| Born | August 1861 |
| Died | 25 June 1863 |
| 10. | Otis F. Gazlay |
| Born | 29 December 1864 in Michigan |
| Died | 21 January 1910 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
Sources
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Michigan, Genesee County, Flint, Page 209, family of Ward Gazley (36, NY, saddler); Louisa Gazley (31, NY); Charles H. Gazley (8, NY); Elizabeth Gazley (6, Mich.); Sarah L. Gazley (4, Mich.); Theodore J. Wells (18, NY, saddler); Mary Chase (15, NY).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Michigan, Genesee County, Flint, Page No. 57, family of Ward Gazlay (46, NY, harness maker); Louisa B. Gazlay (38, NY); Charles Gazlay (17, NY, harness maker); Elizabeth Gazlay (15, Mich.); Sarah Gazlay (13, Mich.); Harley Gazlay (11, Mich.); Hellen Gazlay (9, Mich.); Alice Gazlay (4, Mich.); Jennie Gazlay (1, Mich.).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Michigan, Genesee County, Flint, Page No. 1, family of Ward Gazlay (57, New York, harness maker); Louisa B. Gazlay (48, New York); Sarah Gazlay (24, Michigan); Harlan Gazlay (19, Michigan, harness maker); Helen C. Gazlay (18, Michigan); Alice Gazlay (13, Michigan); Otis F. Gazlay (5, Michigan).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Michigan, Genesee County, Flint, Enumeration District 74, Page Nos. 17, 18, family of Ward Gazlay (67, NY, harness maker); wife Louisa Gazlay (58, NY); daughter Sarah L. Gazlay (30, Mich.); daughter Hellen C. Gazlay (27, Mich.); daughter Allice J. Gazlay (23, Mich.); son Otis F. Gazlay (15, Mich.).
- Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer, and Tuscola Counties, Michigan, Chicago, Chapman Bros. 1892. Digitized copy available at Google Books. Pages 707-708, biographical sketch of Harlan Page Gazlay, indicating his birth as 25 August 1850, Onondaga Hollow, Onondaga County, New York, and including details about his wife, children, parents, and siblings.
- Michigan Department of Health & Human Services, Genealogical Death Indexing System (GENDIS) (website: vitalstats.michigan.gov/osr/gendisx), Louisa Gazley, died: 22 December 1882 in City of Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, age 61, born in New York; married; father: Darwin Hood; mother: Betsey Hood.
- Find a Grave (website). Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan; Louisa Wood [sic] Gazlay, born 1821, died 1882 (from record which indicates the names of her husband Ward Gazlay and children Elizabeth Gazlay Brooks Watkins, Charles Gazlay and Otis Gazlay; Louisa’s headstone is unreadable).