Gazlay Family History
Thomas Brinkerhoff Pope
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Thomas Brinkerhoff Pope8 (Almyra Van Wyck,7 Tunis Van Wyck,6 Esther Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Thomas Brinkerhoff Pope8 (Almyra Van Wyck,7 Tunis Van Wyck,6 Esther Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | George Jackson Pope (21 December 1866 - 4 December 1960) |
| Mother | Almyra Virginia Van Wyck (3 March 1871 - 24 November 1947) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 27 December 2022; Last Edited: 29 December 2022 |
| Person ID | 12828 |
| Name | Thomas Brinkerhoff Pope |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 11 February 1899 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 14 June 1924 in Utica, Oneida County, New York to Helen DeWolf Smyth2 |
| Died | 19 April 19573, 4 |
| Buried | in Sunset Hill Cemetery, Clinton, Oneida County, New York3 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Helen DeWolf Smyth (daughter of Delos DeWolf Smyth and Helen Townley) |
| Born | 8 May 1901 in Clinton, Dutchess County, New York |
| Married | 14 June 1924 in Utica, Oneida County, New York to Thomas Brinkerhoff Pope |
| Died | April 1976 |
| Children | of Thomas Brinkerhoff Pope and Helen DeWolf Smyth: |
| +1. | Thomas Van Wyck Pope |
| Born | 18 March 1925 |
| Married | 29 January 1949 in Utica, Oneida County, New York to Elizabeth Wilcox Reid |
| Died | March 1983 |
| 2. | Helen Townley Pope |
| Born | 18 January 1927 in New York |
| Married | 15 June 1949 in Clinton, Dutchess County, New York to Laurance Pond Miller |
| Died | 23 February 2012 in Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts |
| +3. | Henry DeWolf ‘Andy’ Pope |
| Born | 17 May 1928 in Utica, Oneida County, New York |
| Married | November 1966 to Barbara Atwell |
| Died | 22 January 2013 in Eagle Bay, Herkimer County, New York |
Sources
- Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949, Birth Registration, 17 August 1939, Thomas Brinkerhoff Pope, born: 11 February 1899 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; father: George J. Pope, born in Chicago, Illinois, age 33; mother: Almyra Virginia Van Wyck, born in Chicago, Illinois, age 28.
- New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848, 1908-1936, available at familysearch.org, Marriage License and Certificate, Thomas Brinkerhoff Pope, age 25, banker, born in Chicago, Ill., father: George; mother: Almayra Van Wuck [sic, Almyra Van Wyck]; Helen De Wolf Smyth, age 23, born in Clinton, N.Y., father: Delos Smyth; mother: Helen Townley; married on 14 June 1924 in Utica, Oneida County, New York.
- Find a Grave (website). Sunset Hill Cemetery, Clinton, Oneida County, New York, Thomas Brinkerhoff Pope, born: 1899; died: 1957 (from record, which provides the name and link for his wife).
- United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, Thomas Brinkerhoff Pope, born: 11 February 1897; died: 19 April 1957.