Marion E. ‘Minnie’ Gazlay

Sources

1. Find a Grave (website). Grafton State Hospital Memorial Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts Marion Gazley, born: April 1865 in Oneida, Madison County, New York; died: 28 June 1934 in North Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts (from record, which includes notes from her death record and names and some details about her parents and two sisters).
2. New York State Census, 1865, Saratoga County, Saratoga Springs, 1st District, Page 8, Henry W. Loomis, 50, Vermont, cabinet maker; wife Julia E. Loomis, 47, Saratoga, 5 children; child Julia E. Gazley, 23, Saratoga, 1 child; child Emma Loomis, 20, Saratoga; child Mary A. Loomis, 17, Saratoga; child Ida Loomis, 7, Saratoga; son in law Charles Gazley, 24, Mich., Jeweller [sic]; grand child Minnie E. Gazley, 2/12, Oneida. [Saratoga and Oneida refer to the counties of birth for the above people.]
3. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Saratoga County, Saratoga Springs, Page No. 65-66, family of Henry Loomis (54, Vermont, cabinet maker); Julia Loomis (52, New York); Emma Loomis (22, New York); Ida Loomis (12, New York); Elizabeth Gasly (26, New York, dressmaker); Minnie Gasly (5, New York); Millie Loomis (73, New York, gardener).
4. New York State Census, 1875, Saratoga County, Saratoga Springs, E.D. 3, Pages 39-40, H. W. Loomis (60, Vermont, cabinet maker); wife Julia E. Loomis (56, Connecticut); daughter Ida Loomis (16, Saratoga); daughter Julia E. Gazlay (33, Saratoga, widow); g. daughter Mary E. Gazlay (3 6/12, Saratoga); g. daughter Minnie Gazlay (9, Saratoga).
5. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Saratoga County, Saratoga Springs, Enumeration District 86, Page No. 25; family of Henry W. Loomis (66, Vermont, cabinet maker); wife Julia E. Loomis (64, New York); daughter Julia E. Gazley (34, New York, widowed/divorced); grand daughter Minnie E. Gazley (15, New York); grand daughter Isabel E. Gazley (8, New York). The birthplace of Minnie and Isabel’s father is listed as Michigan, which may give a clue as to the ancestry of their father.
6. New York State Census, 1892, Saratoga County, Saratoga Springs, Page 9, family of Julia E. Loomis (74); Julia E. Gazley (47); Mary E. Cooke (43); Minnie Gazley (26).
7. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston City, Enumeration District 1463, Sheet No. 21B; family of Mary A. Cook (52, New York, Oct. 1847, widow, no children); border Ida M. Rickard (42, New York, Sept 1857, married 6 years); sister Julia E. Gazlay (58, New York, Feb 1842, widow, 3 children, 1 living); niece Marion E. Gazlay (35, New York, Apr 1865, father born in Michigan); servant Mary Malone (26, Ireland, Jan 1874).
8. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Massachusetts, Worcester County, Grafton Town, Enumeration District 14-301, Sheet No. 7B; Grafton State Hospital, inmate Marion E. Gazlay (64, New Jersey [sic]). Her father’s birthplace is listed as Michigan, and her mother’s birthplace is listed as New York.
9. Deaths, 123rd Annual Report of the Town Officers of Wakefield, Massachusetts: Including the Vital Statistics for the Year 1934. Item Press, Wakefield. Digitized copy available at archive.org. Marion E. Gazlay, died 28 June 1934 in Wakefield, Massachusetts. [Marion was an inmate at the Grafton State Hospital, Worcester County, in 1930 (per the US Census), and is buried in the Grafton State Hospital Memorial Cemetery (now called Hillcrest Cemetery). Her death is shown in FindaGrave as occurring in North Grafton, so her listing as having died in Wakefield, which is about 50 miles from Grafton, is puzzling. It is possible that she had a residence in Wakefield even when she was an inmate in Grafton, so her death was also reported in Wakefield.]