Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyWebster Gazlay, Jr.

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Webster Gazlay, Jr.7 (Webster Gazlay,6 Addison Gazlay,5 Aaron Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherWebster Gazlay (17 February 1862 - 17 February 1914)
MotherEliza Emily ‘Lida’ Hampton (12 December 1873 - 14 January 1968)

Personal Information

Record Created: 27 November 2010; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 
Person ID1810
NameWebster Gazlay, Jr.
GenderMale
Born 25 June 1908 in Jefferson County, Kentucky1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Died 3 February 1969 in Santa Clara, California2
Buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky6

Biography

Webster enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942.7

Sources

  1. Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960; Gaslay, male; born: 25 June 1908 in Jefferson County, Kentucky; father: Webster Gaslay; mother: Eliza E. Hampton.
  2. California Death Index 1940-1997; Ancestry (website), and Familysearch (website). Webster Gazlay, died 3 February 1969 in Santa Clara; born 25 June 1908 in Kentucky.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Enumeration District 78, Sheet No. 5B, family of Webster (age 48) and Eliza H. Gazlay (age 36), married for 3 years, with son Webster Jr. (age 1 9/12) and daughter Lida H. (age 0/12).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Enumeration District 80, Sheet No. 1B, family of Eliza Gazley (45, Kentucky, widow, stenographer, private office); mother Josephine Hampton (80, Kentucky, widow); son Webster Gazley (11, Kentucky); daughter Eliza H. Gazley (9, Kentucky); daughter Sallie Gazley (7, Kentucky).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Enumeration District 46-7, Sheet No. 12B, family of Lida H. Gazlay (56, Kentucky, widow, secretary); daughter Lida H. Gazlay (20, Kentucky); son Webster Gazlay (21, Kentucky).
  6. Cemetery Record, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky (website); Section O Lot 340, includes the following people, presumed to be related (burial dates shown): A. M. Gazlay (8/9/1881); Lida Hampton Gazlay (1/17/1968); Reginald Gazlay (8/29/1893); Sallie Josephine Gazlay (11/7/1920); Sallie L. Gazlay (1/4/1917); Webster II Gazlay (2/6/1969); Webster Gazlay (2/19/1914).
  7. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946; Webster Gazlay, born 1908 in Kentucky, enlisted 27 October 1942 in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky, as a Private in the Air Corps. The record shows he has 4 years of college, is an architect, is single without dependents.