Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Gertrude Schoellkopf


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 Gertrude Schoellkopf and her immediate family.



First Generation
1. Gertrude Schoellkopf,1 born 4 December 1889 in Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, the daughter of John Schoellkopf and Sadie Jane Gazlay (born Gunderman);1, 2, 3, 4 died March 1974.2 Gertrude married Bert Saxton (born ____, parents not determined). Gertrude is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin.2

  1. Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926, available at familysearch.org; Gertrude Schoellkopf, born 4 Dec 1889, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin; Father: John Schoellkopf, born in Cold Spring, Wisconsin; Mother: Sadie Jane Gazlay, born in Koshkonong, Wisconsin.
  2. Find a Grave (website). Lakeview Cemetery, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, Gertrude Schoellkopf Saxton, born: 4 December 1889; died: March 1974 [from record, which provides the names and links for her parents and two siblings; the grave marker provides no additional details].
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Wisconsin, Jefferson County, Koshkonong, Enumeration District 142, Sheet 10B, family of John Schoellkopf (36, WI, June 1863, farmer), wife of 14 years Sadie Schoellkopf (30, WI, Oct 1869, 3 children, 3 living), son John Schoellkopf (13, WI, Feb 1887), daughter Gertrude Schoellkopf (10, WI, Dec 1889), daughter Ester Schoellkopf (6, WI, Apr 1894), father-in-law John Gazley (83, NY, Apr 1817), daughter-in-law/wife of 24 years Hattie Gazley (56, NJ, Sept 1843, 3 children, 1 living), boarder George Parks (52, WI, May 1848, farm laborer), border Elias Roe (15, WI, Mar 1885, farm laborer).
  4. Wisconsin State Census, 1905, Jefferson County, Town of Koshkonong, Sheet Nos. 14-15, family of John Schoellkopf (42, WI, farmer), wife Sadie Schoellkopf (35, WI), son Gunther J. Schoellkopf (18, WI, farm laborer), daughter Gertrude Schoellkopf (15, WI), daughter Esther Schoellkopf (10, WI), daughter Cleodine Schoellkopf (1, WI), father-in-law John Gazley (87, NY), mother-in-law Hattie M. Gazley (56, NJ), border Benjamin Roe (91, NJ, Widow, landlord).