Gazlay Family History
Orla Leslie Wood, Jr.
Parents
| Father | [unknown] |
| Mother | [unknown] |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 13 November 2012; Last Edited: 2 February 2023 |
| Person ID | 4391 |
| Name | Orla Leslie Wood, Jr. |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 21 November 1900 in New York, New York1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 9 October 1924 in White Plains, Westchester County, New York to Madeleine Gazley4, 5 |
| Died | 7 March 1964 in Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York1 |
| Buried | in Memory Gardens Memorial Park, Colonie, Albany County, New York1 |
Biography
Orla graduated from Cornell College in 1923 with an EE degree. He worked in the testing department of the General Electric Company in Schenectady, New York. He conducted experimental work on the Emmet mercury vapor process.5
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Madeleine Gazley (daughter of George Henry Gazley and Elizabeth Rosilla ‘Bessie’ Gerow) |
| Born | 4 July 1900 in New Utrecht (Brooklyn), Kings County, New York |
| Married | 9 October 1924 in White Plains, Westchester County, New York to Orla Leslie Wood, Jr. |
| Died | 29 December 1990 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York |
| Children | of Orla Leslie Wood, Jr. and Madeleine Gazley: |
| 1. | Joann Wood |
| Born | 10 March 1929 in New York |
| Married | to David Sayles |
| Died | 19 November 1979 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut |
| 2. | Joyce Wood |
| Born | 13 March 1932 in Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York |
| Married | to Richard Van Patten |
| Died | 11 March 1964 in Schenectady County, New York |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Memory Gardens Memorial Park, Colonie, Albany County, New York; Wood, Orla Leslie; born Nov. 21, 1900 in New York, New York; died Mar. 7, 1964 in Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York [from record]. The record also provides the name of his wife Madeleine Gazley Wood and a child Joann Wood Sayles.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, New York, Saratoga County, Ballston Township, E.D. 46-4, Sheet No. 5B, Orla L. Wood, 29, New York, electrical engineer, General Electric; wife Natelein [sic, Madeleine] Wood, 29, New York; daughter Joann Wood, 1, New York; [?]-in-law Frances P. Jerow [sic, Gerow], 80, New York, widow; [?]-in-law Elizabeth G. Jerow [sic], 57, New York, widow. [The latter two are Madeleine’s grandmother and mother respectively.]
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, New York, Schenectady County, Niskayuna, E.D. 47-18, Sheet No. 27A, Orla L. Wood, 39, New York, elec. engineer, elec. mfg. ind.; wife Madeleine Wood, 39, New York; daughter Joann Wood, 11, New York; daughter Joyce Wood, 8, New York; mother-in-law Elizabeth R. Gazley, 67, New York, widow.
- Find a Grave (website). Memory Gardens Memorial Park, Colonie, Albany County, New York; Wood, Madeleine Gazley Wood; born Jul. 4, 1900 in New Utrecht, Kings County, New York; died Dec. 29, 1990 in Manhattan, New York County, New York [from record]. The record also provides the names of her parents, husband Orla Leslie Wood, and child Joann Wood Sayles.
- Cornell Alumni News, Vol. XXVII, No. 13, December 18, 1924, Ithaca, New York. Page 170, Alumni Notes, entry for Orla L. Wood, Jr., ’23, provides the date and place of his marriage to Madeline Gazley, and details of his employment at the time.