Gazlay Family History
Richard Clarke Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Richard Clarke Gazlay8 (William Gazlay,7 Addison Gazlay,6 Addison Gazlay,5 Aaron Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Richard Clarke Gazlay8 (William Gazlay,7 Addison Gazlay,6 Addison Gazlay,5 Aaron Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | William Soaper Gazlay (21 November 1881 - 17 February 1950) |
| Mother | Virginia Elizabeth Miller (9 February 1880 - 18 October 1976) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 10 November 2010; Last Edited: 21 June 2014 |
| Person ID | 1673 |
| Name | Richard Clarke Gazlay |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 18 October 1909 in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 3 April 1936 in Pensacola, Florida to Mary Louise Baker3 |
| Died | 17 August 1992 in Alameda County, California1, 4 |
| Buried | in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana4 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Mary Louise Baker |
| Born | 19 September 1914 in Indiana |
| Married | 3 April 1936 in Pensacola, Florida to Richard Clarke Gazlay |
| Died | 15 April 1983 in Alameda County, California |
| Children | of Richard Clarke Gazlay and Mary Louise Baker: |
| +1. | Richard Clarke ‘Dick’ Gazlay, Jr. |
| Born | 19 April 1938 in San Diego, San Diego County, California |
| Married | 2 March 1962 in Wiesbaden, Germany to Joyce C. Falconer |
| Married | 1995 to Terry Kay Cook |
| Died | 12 July 2013 |
| +2. | Stephen Baker Gazlay |
| Born | 21 July 1941 in Corpus Christi, Texas |
| Married | 12 June 1966 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas to Virginia Lee Harper |
| Died | 2 September 2022 |
Sources
- California Death Index 1940-1997; Ancestry (website), and Familysearch (website). Gazlay, Richard Clarke, born: 18 October 1909 in Wisconsin; died: 17 August 1992 in Alameda, California; mother: Miller.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Enumeration District 1434, Sheet No. 5B, family of Addison M. Gazlay (67, Kentucky, widow); son Wm. S. Gazlay (38, Ky., chief clerk, Northwestern); daughter-in-law Virginia M. Gazlay (39, Wisconsin); grand-son Wm. S. Gazlay Jr. (12, Wisconsin); grand-son Richard C. Gazlay (10, Wisconsin); grand-daughter Virginia E. Gazlay (7, Illinois); servant Alma Swanson (25, Sweden).
- The Gazlay Family in America, with sections titled “Ten Generations of American Gazlays” for several branches of the Gazlay family. Document is marked on one page, “From Gerard Gazlay, Jr. Jan. 1980.” Unpublished, nine unnumbered pages. Photocopy in possession of Lee Gazlay.
- Find a Grave (website). Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, Richard Gazlay, born: unknown; died: 1992; buried: 21 August 1992.