Family History - Elsie Ryerson Gazlay

1. Elsie Ryerson Gazlay,¹ born 18 May 1877 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, the daughter of Richard Gazlay and Ellen Jane Hill.^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10} Elsie married, 4 July 1921 in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada, Frederick A. Johnston¹¹ (born ____, parents not determined).

1. U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925, available at ancestry.com and familysearch.org; Application No. 33537 dated 11 July 1918; Elsie Ryerson Gazlay, born: 18 May 1877 in Buffalo, New York; father: Richard Gazlay, born in Buffalo, New York. Residence: Buffalo, New York; occupation: teacher; for travel to France and the British Isles to work as a Secretary of the War Work Council of the Y.M.C.A. of the United States.
2. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Erie County, Buffalo, Enumeration District 168, Page No. 57A; Richard Gazley (26, New York, farmer); wife Ellen J. Gazley (26, New York); daughter Lydia Gazley (5, New York); daughter Elsie Gazley (3, New York); son Percy Gazley (1, New York).
3. New York State Census, 1892, Erie County, Buffalo, 5th ED, 22nd Ward, Page 3; family of Richard [sic, Dickinson] Gazley (74, retired); wife Lydia Gazley (68); Ellen G. Ryson (41, school t.); lydia Gazley Jr. (16, housek); Elsie R. Gazley (14).
4. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, Erie County, Buffalo City, Enumeration District 187, Sheet No. 1A; family of Lydia D. Gazlay (76, Pennsylvania, Aug 1823, widow, 2 children, 1 living); daughter Ellen G. Ryerson (49, New York, July 1850, school teacher, widow, 1 child, 1 living); grand daughter Elsie R. Gazlay (23, New York, May 1877, school teacher); border, sister Sylvia D. Rogers (73, Ohio, Feb 1827, widow, 1 child, 1 living); servant Elizabeth E. Rexinger (24, Canada, July 1875, immigrated 1888).
5. New York State Census, 1905, Erie County, Buffalo, Fifth Ed, Ward 22nd, Page 3; family of Lydia D. Gazlay (81); sister Sylvia D. Rogers (78); daughter Ellen G. Ryerson (54, teacher); grand daughter Elsie R. Gazlay (28, teacher).
6. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New York, Erie County, Buffalo City, Enumeration District 181, Sheet No. 8B; family of Lydia Gazlay (86, Pennsylvania, widow, 2 children, 1 living); daughter Ellen G. Ryerson (59, New York, teacher, high school, widow, no children); sister Silvia Rogers (83, Ohio, widow, 1 child, no children); grand daughter Elsie R. Gazlay (32, New York, teacher, city school); border Alice G. Conally (43, New York, stenographer, shop).
7. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New York, Erie County, Buffalo City, Enumeration District 203, Sheet No. 1B; family of Christian J. Bartz (49, New York, machinist, transportation); wife Anna May Bartz (38, New York); daughter Ellen May Bartz (11, New York); mother-in-law Ellen Mahaney (66, New York, widow); aunt-in-law Ellen Ryerson (69, New York, widow); sister-in-law Elsie R. Gazlay (42, New York, teacher grammar school).
8. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Washington, Grays Harbor County, Aberdeen City, Enumeration District 14-5, Sheet No. 1B; family of Charles Albertson (61, Pennsylvania, widow, first married age 48, president, bank); father Edward H. Albertson (90, New Jersey, widow, first married age 28); housekeeper Elsie R. G. Johnston (52, New York, widow, first married age 21, housekeeping, private family).
9. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Washington, King County, Seattle City, Enumeration District 40-196, Sheet No. 1B; Elsie R. G. Johnston (62, New York, widow, librarian, WPA library project).
10. U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Washington, King County, Seattle, E.D. 40-164, Sheet No. 71, Elsie R. G. Johnston, 72, New York, widow.
11. Marriage Announcement, Buffalo Courier, Buffalo, New York. Available at fultonhistory.com. 9 July 1921: Johnston-Gazlay. Mrs. Ellen G. Ryerson announces the marriage of her niece, Elsie Ryerson Gazlay, to Frederick A. Johnston of Ketchikan, Alaska, at Prince Rupert, Alaska [sic, Prince Rupert is in British Columbia, Canada], July 4, 1921.