Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyObernus Gazlay

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Obernus Gazlay5 (Sayrs Gazlay,4 James Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherRev. Sayrs Gazlay (12 July 1787 - 24 May 1874)
MotherSusan Hay (17 April 1796 - 17 February 1861)

Personal Information

Record Created: 6 August 2012; Last Edited: 6 August 2012 
Person ID4061
NameObernus Gazlay
GenderMale
Born 9 September 18371
Died 14 July 18381
Buried in Williamsburg Cemetery, Williamsburg, Clermont County, Ohio1

Sources

  1. Cemetery Record, Williamsburg Cemetery, Clermont County, Ohio; Clermont County Genealogical Society (website: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohclecgs/); Headstone inscription: Verna Silens Nata / Apr. 3 1836 / Obernus / Born / Sept. 9 1837 / Died / July 14 1838 / Child of / S. Gazlay. The inscription documented in the separate list of Additional Inscriptions suggests that the two children are “Obernus” and “Verna Silens Nata”. We agree that Obernus is the name of one child, with the associated birth and death dates. However, we interpret the other inscription as the name Verna followed by the Latin “Silens Nata”, meaning “Verna, born in silence”, i.e., stillborn, on 3 April 1836. The “S. Gazlay” is believed to be Sayrs Gazlay based on the proximity of this headstone with the headstones of Sayrs and his wife Susan.