Gazlay Family History
Virginia Elizabeth Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Virginia Elizabeth Gazlay8 (William Gazlay,7 Addison Gazlay,6 Addison Gazlay,5 Aaron Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Virginia Elizabeth 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: 20 November 2021 |
| Person ID | 1674 |
| Name | Virginia Elizabeth Gazlay |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 19 October 1912 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois1, 2 |
| Married | 21 April 1939 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Seely McCann Chapman2 |
| Died | 25 April 2006 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware3 |
Biography
Virginia attended the Francis Parker School in Chicago and Groucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. She was a member of Theta Sorority, Trinity Episcopal Church and its Altar Guild, the Junior league of Wilmington and the National Society of Colonial Dames in America. She was a volunteer and later a professional guide at the Winterthur Museum for 30 years. She established a dancing class at the Tatnall School.3
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Seely McCann Chapman |
| Born | 13 May 1906 |
| Married | 21 April 1939 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Virginia Elizabeth Gazlay |
| Died | April 1975 |
| Children | of Virginia Elizabeth Gazlay and Seely McCann Chapman: |
| +1. | James Kingsbury Chapman |
| Born | 5 February 1940 |
| Married | to Judith Marie ‘Judy’ Weckesser |
| +2. | Virginia Stuart Chapman |
| Born | 28 August 1943 |
| Married | to James Richard Cobb |
| +3. | Lucinda Clarke ‘Cindy’ Chapman |
| Born | 19 January 1945 |
| Married | to Norris Pilling Wright |
Sources
- 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.
- Obituary, Delaware Online, Virginia E. Gazlay Chapman, 27 April 2006. Died 25 April 2006 in Wilmington, Delaware.