Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Charles Burton Sperry


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 Charles Burton Sperry and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Charles Burton Sperry,1 born 26 June 1908 (parents not determined);1, 2, 3 died 21 June 1992 in Pinellas County, Florida.1, 2, 3 Charles married, 22 December 1989 in Pinellas County, Florida, Gertrude Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Brancaccio (née Gazlay) 6 (born 23 April 1919 in Hamilton, Madison County, New York, the daughter of Silas Howard Gazlay and Edith Blair;4, 5 Betty died 28 May 20064). Charles is buried in Grandview Cemetery, Whitesboro, Oneida County, New York.1 Betty is buried in Dearborn Cemetery, Dearborn, Oneida County, New York.4

Gertrude E. was born in Hamilton, N. Y., April 23, 1919. She was named by her mother for her two sisters Gertrude and Elizabeth Blair. At ten months she weighed 17 1/2 lbs., has brown hair and blue eyes, and was rather quiet like her father. She worked for several years in a Nursery School and at present [1950s] is a nurse at Grasslands Hospital, East View, N. Y., and lives in Ossining, N. Y.5


  1. Find a Grave (website). Grandview Cemetery, Whitesboro, Oneida County, New York, Charles B. Sperry: Charles B. Sperry / 1908-1992 [from grave marker].
  2. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Rootsweb (website). Sperry, Charles B., no. 118-10-5165; died: 21 June 1992; born: 26 June 1908; last place of residence: Oneida [County], New York.
  3. Florida Death Index 1877-1998; available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, Sperry, Charles B., died: 21 June 1992 in Pinellas [County], Florida, age 83.
  4. BillionGraves (website). Dearborn Cemetery, Dearborn, Oneida County, New York, Joseph A. Brancaccio / Apr. 12, 1902 - Mar. 24, 1986 / G. Elizabeth Brancaccio / Apr. 23, 1919 - May 28, 2006 [from gravestone].
  5. 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 Unpublished, 29 pages.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.
  6. Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, Charles B. Sperry and G. Elizabeth Brancaccio, married on 22 December 1989 in Pinellas [County], Florida, Cert# 136342.