Gazlay Family History | Descendants of Eliza S. Hamilton

Gazlay Family History

Family History - Eliza S. Hamilton

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 Eliza S. Hamilton and her immediate family.

First Generation

1. Eliza S. Hamilton,¹ born ca. 1857 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, the daughter of Adolphus Hamilton and Matilda Jane Boyd.^{1, 2, 3}

U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, Page No. 40, family of Adolphus Hamilton (39, N.Y., merchant); Martha J. [sic, Matilda] Hamilton (36, Del.); Wm. George Hamilton (15, La.); R. C. Hamilton (12, La.); James A. Hamilton (6, La.); Eliza S. Hamilton (3, La.); Margaret Trular (52, Ireland).
U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie, Page No. 74, family of Adolphus Hamilton (51, NY, retired merchant); Matilda J. Hamilton (45, Delaware); Jane A. Hamilton (17, NY) [sic, even though listed as a female, this is believed to be the son James A. Hamilton]; Edward Hamilton (13, NY) [sic, even though listed as a male, this is believed to be the daughter Eliza Hamilton]; Edith B. Hamilton (9, Louisiana); domestic Mary Galigan (19, Ireland); domestic Ellen Driscoll (18, Ireland); coachman Homas Willas (38, Ireland).
U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie, Enumeration District 50, Page No. 32, family of Adolphus Hamilton (62, New York, retired merchant); wife Matilda Jane Hamilton (60, Delaware); daughter Elise Hamilton 22, New Orleans); daughter Edith B. Hamilton (19, Louisiana); servant Ellen LeRoy (17, Louisiana, waitress); son James A. Hamilton (25, Louisiana, clerk); servant Elizabeth Grieve (47, Scotland, cook); servant Sarah Herman (32, New York, waitress).