Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Margaret Lincoln Gazlay


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Margaret Lincoln Gazlay and one of her descendants down to the second generation.


First Generation
1. Margaret Lincoln Gazlay,1 born 16 May 1910 in Hamilton, Madison County, New York, the daughter of Arthur Jay Gazlay and Inez E. Lincoln;1 died 15 July 1978 in Manitoba Province, Canada.2 Margaret married, 27 March 1932, Emory F. Howe1 (born 24 January 1907, parents not determined;2 Emory died 15 July 1978 in Manitoba Province, Canada2). Margaret and Emory are buried in Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona.2

Margaret L. was born May 16, 1910, at 33 Maple Ave., Hamilton, N. Y. She has blue eyes, light hair, dimple in the chin, resembles her mother, but like her father, is a good student. In 1932 she graduated with an A. B. degree from New York State College for Teachers. In 1932 she married Emory Howe, a graduate of Colgate University, and they have one child, Lincoln Bennett Howe, named for his grandmothers. Emory entered the employment of Continental Music Co. in Chicago in 1939, later entering the electronic sales field. They have resided in Chicago or vicinity since then.1, 3


Child of Margaret Lincoln Gazlay and Emory F. Howe:

+2i. Lincoln Bennett ‘Link’ Howe, born 24 March 1933 in Nyack, Rockland County, New York; died 24 August 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Married Kathleen Mary ‘Kathy’ Oxler.

  1. Gazlay History, compiled by Margaret Howe in 1955-1956 (copy available at Gazlay Family History - Sources). Margaret Howe indicated that the document is “based on material my mother Inez L. Gazlay collected, but never lived to edit. Her material has just been copied and explains the more extensive material on generation V and VI. Other information has been added which I found from numerous sources.” Unpublished, 29 pages. Several differences in dates have been found between this document and others, especially A Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family; the latter is considered the more accurate source.
  2. Find a Grave (website). Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, Emory F. Howe and Margaret Howe, both died 15 July 1978 in Manitoba in an automobile accident; Emory was born: 24 January 1907; Margaret Howe was born: 1910 [from record, which provides their joint obituary, from the Arizona Republic, July 20, 1978, transcribed by Rhonda Holton].
  3. Madison County, NY (website); Burials in the Madison Street Cemetery; Gazlay, Inez E. (Lincoln); died 22 August 1921, age 42; 1879-1921. The record indicates she was the wife of Arthur J. Gazlay.
Second Generation
2. Lincoln Bennett ‘Link’ Howe2 (Margaret1), born 24 March 1933 in Nyack, Rockland County, New York;1, 2 died 24 August 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii.1 Link married, 27 July 1968 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, Kathleen Mary ‘Kathy’ Oxler4 (born 25 December 1942, parents not determined3).

  1. Obituary, Starbulletin.com (newspaper), Honolulu, Hawaii, 24 August 2004, Lincoln Bennett ‘Link’ Howe, died 24 August 2004; the article provides vital details and the name of his wife.
  2. Gazlay History, compiled by Margaret Howe in 1955-1956 (copy available at Gazlay Family History - Sources). Margaret Howe indicated that the document is “based on material my mother Inez L. Gazlay collected, but never lived to edit. Her material has just been copied and explains the more extensive material on generation V and VI. Other information has been added which I found from numerous sources.” Unpublished, 29 pages. Several differences in dates have been found between this document and others, especially A Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family; the latter is considered the more accurate source.
  3. This is publicly viewable information found in various public information repositories, people finding websites, and/or social media.
  4. Wedding Announcement, Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona; 28 July 1968, Kathleen Mary Oxler and Lincoln Bennett Howe, married on 27 July 1968 in Kansas City, Missouri. The article provides the names of their parents and other relatives and friends.