Gazlay Family History
Stewart Lewis Purdy
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Stewart Lewis Purdy7 (James Purdy,6 Stephen Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Stewart Lewis Purdy7 (James Purdy,6 Stephen Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | James Haight Purdy (1816 - 2 January 1899) |
| Mother | Mary A. Lewis (1815 - 20 May 1889) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 24 October 2022; Last Edited: 27 November 2022 |
| Person ID | 12599 |
| Name | Stewart Lewis Purdy |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 13 February 1847 in Benton, Yates County, New York1 |
| Married | 22 December 1870 to Josephine Barnes2, 3 |
| Died | 9 December 1927 in Geneva, Ontario County, New York1 |
| Buried | in Bellona, Yates County, New York1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Josephine Barnes (daughter of Herman Spencer Barnes and Deborah E. Groundy) |
| Born | 1846 in Seneca County, New York |
| Married | 22 December 1870 to Stewart Lewis Purdy |
| Died | 10 November 1899 in Geneva, Ontario County, New York |
| Children | of Stewart Lewis Purdy and Josephine Barnes: |
| +1. | Caroline Stewart Purdy |
| Born | 22 October 1871 in New York |
| Married | ca. 1896 to Henry Bradley Plant Wrenn |
| Married | 27 April 1918 in New York, New York to Albert Shipman Oglesby |
| Married | 26 March 1939 in Baltimore, Maryland to LTC James Edward Abbott |
| Died | 3 April 1954 in Weiser, Washington County, Idaho |
| +2. | Dr. James Spencer Purdy |
| Born | 6 December 1873 in Bellona, Yates County, New York |
| Married | 30 June 1898 in Bellona, Yates County, New York to Lucy Belle Kelsey |
| Married | 24 December 1909 in Ledyard, Cayuga County, New York to Janet Seward Robinson |
| Died | 28 January 1946 in Everett, Snohomish County, Washington |
| +3. | Susan Haight Purdy |
| Born | 26 April 1876 in Benton, Yates County, New York |
| Married | to Dr. George Sherwood Means |
| Died | 4 April 1939 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York |
| +4. | Joseph Stewart Lewis Purdy |
| Born | 1878 in Yates County, New York |
| Married | to Ednadine Paige |
| Died | 24 October 1934 in Medina, Orleans County, New York |
| +5. | Frank Agustus Purdy |
| Born | 3 August 1880 in Yates County, New York |
| Married | to Edith Gaylord Coe |
| Died | 15 February 1963 in Boise, Ada County, Idaho |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Bellona Cemetery, Bellona, Yates County, New York, Stewart L. Purdy, born: 13 February 1847 in Benton, Yates County, New York; died: 9 December 1927 in Geneva, Ontario County, New York (from record, which includes the text from his death notice; and provides the names and links for his wife and five children).
- Find a Grave (website). Bellona Cemetery, Bellona, Yates County, New York, Josephine Barnes Purdy, born: 1845; died: 10 November 1899 in Geneva, Ontario County, New York (from record, which includes a copy of her obituary; and provides the names and links for her parents, siblings, husband, and five children).
- Obituary, Geneva Daily Times, Geneva, New York, 9 December 1927, Stewart Lewis Purdy, died: 9 December 1927 in Geneva. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of his wife and five children.