Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyLydia Gazlay

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Lydia Gazlay7 (Richard Gazlay,6 Dickinson Gazlay,5 William Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherRichard Gazlay (1853 - 21 January 1884)
MotherEllen Jane Hill (5 November 1853 - 15 December 1936)

Personal Information

Record Created: 17 July 2013; Last Edited: 8 October 2022 
Person ID5698
NameLydia Gazlay
GenderFemale
Born ca. October 1875 in New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Married 27 July 1897 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York to William Hipkiss9
Died 30 November 19561
Buried in Lancaster Rural Cemetery, Lancaster, Erie County, New York1

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyWilliam Hipkiss (son of William Hipkiss and Ruth Harris)
Born ca. March 1870 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Married 27 July 1897 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York to Lydia Gazlay
Died 5 April 1950 in New York
  
Children of Lydia Gazlay and William Hipkiss:
  
1.FamilyWilliam John Hipkiss
Born April 1899 in New York
Died 7 March 1978
  
2.FamilyHarold Hipkiss
Born ca. 1901
Died 4 July 1908 in Alden, Erie County, New York
  
3.FamilyEsther Ruth Hipkiss
Born 10 October 1902 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Died 3 February 1998
  

Sources

  1. Find a Grave (website). Lancaster Rural Cemetery, Lancaster, Erie County, New York, Lydia Gazley Hipkiss, born: 1875 in New York; died: 30 November 1956 (from record, which provides her date of marriage and the names and links for her father, husband, two siblings, and three children).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Erie County, Buffalo, Enumeration District 168, Page No. 57A; Richard Gazley (26, New York, farmer); wife Ellen J. Gazley (26, New York); daughter Lydia Gazley (5, New York); daughter Elsie Gazley (3, New York); son Percy Gazley (1, New York).
  3. New York State Census, 1892, Erie County, Buffalo, 5th ED, 22nd Ward, Page 3; family of Richard [sic, Dickinson] Gazley (74, retired); wife Lydia Gazley (68); Ellen G. Ryson (41, school t.); lydia Gazley Jr. (16, housek); Elsie R. Gazley (14).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, Erie County, Buffalo City, Enumeration District 210, Sheet No. 14B; family of William Hipkis (29, New York, Mar 1871, mill dealer); wife of 3 years Lydia Hipkis (24, New York, Oct 1875, 1 child, 1 living); son William J. Hipkis (1, New York, July 1899); hired man Hammett Flowers (16, New York, Feb 1884, hired man).
  5. New York State Census, 1905, Genesee County, Darien, Page No. 18, family of William Hipkiss (34, farmer); wife Lydia Hipkiss (30); son William Hipkiss (7); son Harold Hipkiss (4); daughter Esther Hipkiss (3); mother Ruth Hipkiss (66).
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New York, Genesee County, Darien Town, Enumeration District 22, Sheet No. 2B; family of William Hipkiss (38, New York, farmer, general farm); wife of 12 years Lydia Hipkiss (34, New York, 2 children, 2 living); son William J. Hipkiss (11, New York); daughter Esther A. Hipkiss (8, New York).
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New York, Genesee County, Darien Town, Enumeration District 21, Sheet No. 8A, 8B; family of William Hipkiss (47, New York, farmer); wife Lydia Hipkiss (44, New York); son William J. Hipkiss (21, New York); daughter Ester R. Hipkiss (17, New York.
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, New York, Genesee County, Darien Township, Enumeration District 11-32, Sheet No. 8B; family of William Hipkiss (69, New York, farmer); wife Lydia Hipkiss (65, New York); son William Hipkiss, Jr. (42, New York, farm laborer); daughter Esther Hipkiss (37, New York).
  9. Wedding Announcement, The Buffalo Courier-Record, Buffalo, New York. Available at fultonhistory.com. 1 August 1897, Miss Lydia Gazley to Mr. William Hipkiss on 27 July 1897 in Buffalo. The article mentions her attendants, including Miss Elsie Gazley and Miss Ella May Gazley. Mrs. D. Gazley, Lydia’s grandmother, hosted the reception.