Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyStephen Hollis

Parents

Father[unknown]
Mother[unknown]

Personal Information

Record Created: 8 December 2013; Last Edited: 18 December 2013 
Person ID6203
NameStephen Hollis
GenderMale
Born ca. 1827 in Massachusetts1
Married 26 February 1844 to Lavantia C. Coons2

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyLavantia C. Coons (daughter of Jacob Coons and Polly Rowley)
Born 30 November 1827 in New York
Married 26 February 1844 to Stephen Hollis
Died 10 June 1918
  
Children of Stephen Hollis and Lavantia C. Coons:
  
1.FamilyAurelia Hollis
Born 30 April 1845 in New York
Married to Willie C. Clifford
  

Sources

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Rensselaer County, Nassau, Enumeration District 176, Page No. 12, family of Stephen Hollas (53, Mass., farmer); wife Lavantia Hollas (53, New York); daughter Aurelia Hollas (26, New York, makes collars); mother Caroline H. Hollas (81, Mass., widow); Carrie Gazlay (12, New York). Carrie is a step-niece of Lavantia through Carrie’s grandmother, Martha (nee ?) Coons, and her then-husband, Abram Coons, i.e., Lavantia and Abram are siblings. This Hollas family is living near Abram and Martha Coons.
  2. Koon and Coons Families of Eastern New York, compiled by William Solyman Coons. The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont. 1937. Available at Heritage Quest Online. Extensive family history that includes, on page 122, Abraham Coons (b.1808 or 1809; d. 1890), preceded by his ancestors and followed by his descendants. His entry indicates his first wife was Angelina or Julina Adams, and after she died, Abraham returned to Rensselaer County and married, second, “some woman from Albany (name and date unknown). This 2nd wife was a widow and they made their new home not far from W. Stephentown or Alps.” All of his eight children were by his first wife.