Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Lucy Gifford


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 Lucy Gifford and her immediate family.



First Generation
1. Lucy Gifford,1 born ca. 1818 in New York (parents not determined);1 died 12 September 1853 in Eden, Erie County, New York.2 Lucy married, 8 May 1850, Hamilton Spaulding2, 8 (born 19 February 1819 in Scipio, Cayuga County, New York, the son of John Spaulding and Julia Avery;1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Hamilton died 19 July 1896 in Evans, Erie County, New York8).

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Erie County, Eden, Page 692, family of Hamilton Spalding (31, NY, farming) and Lucy Spalding (32, NY).
  2. The Spaulding Memorial: A Genealogical History of Edward Spaulding of Virginia and Massachusetts Bay, and His Descendants, by Charles Warren Spaulding, A.M. Chicago: American Publishers’s Association, 1897. Pages 247, 439.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Ohio, Williams County, Springfield, Page 143, family of Hamilton Spaulding (41, NY, farm hand), and Emeline Spaulding (26, Ohio).
  4. New York State Census, 1865, Erie County, Evans, Page 70, Marriages, Hamilton Spaulding, 47, and Jane A. Gazley 47, 7 May 1865, Evans.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Erie County, Evans, Page 53, family of Ham Spaulding (50, NY, farmer), Jane Spaulding (50, NY), John F. Gazley (82, NY), Sarah S. Boise (70, NY)
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Erie County, Evans, Enumeration District 92, Page No. 38, family of Hamilton Spaulding (61, NY, farmer), and wife Jane Spaulding (66, NY). [Her age here conflicts with other records.]
  7. New York State Census, 1892, Erie County, Evans, Page 8, Hamilton Spaulding (73).
  8. The Groton Avery Clan, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery (No. 3112). Volume I. Chicago, 1912. Page 673.