Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyHenrietta Elmira ‘Etta’ Morgan

Parents

FatherHenry R. Morgan (4 August 1833 - November 1853)
MotherPhoebe Lucy Rhoades (2 June 1833 - 10 November 1908)

Personal Information

Record Created: 1 March 2011; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 
Person ID2091
NameHenrietta Elmira ‘Etta’ Morgan
GenderFemale
Born 13 November 1853 in Medina, Medina County, Ohio1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Married 1 September 1872 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio to John Arvin Gazlay1, 4, 5, 8, 9
Died 10 January 1913 in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio1, 7, 10
Buried in McPherson Cemetery, Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio9

Biography

Henrietta played the organ in the First Methodist Church, Bellevue, Ohio.9

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyJohn Arvin Gazlay (son of Arvin Haight Gazlay and Charlotte Seeman)
Born 21 May 1846 in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York
Married 1 September 1872 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio to Henrietta Elmira ‘Etta’ Morgan
Died 26 August 1911 in Bellevue, Sandusky County, Ohio
  
Children of Henrietta Elmira ‘Etta’ Morgan and John Arvin Gazlay:
  
+1.FamilyCharlotte Morgan ‘Lottie’ Gazlay
Born 6 January 1877 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio
Married 28 December 1903 in Bellevue, Sandusky County, Ohio to Herbert DeCamp Laycox
Died 8 February 1963 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
  
+2.FamilyPhoebe May ‘Mae’ Gazlay
Born 23 May 1878 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio
Married 22 July 1903 in Huron County, Ohio to Frank A. Peirce
Died 4 December 1942 in South Miami, Dade County, Florida
  
3.FamilyEmily Maria ‘Emma’ Gazlay
Born 22 September 1879 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio
Died 21 October 1881 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio
  
+4.FamilyJohn Arvin Gazlay, Jr.
Born 27 June 1881 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio
Married 15 June 1902 in Bellevue, Sandusky County, Ohio to Maude Irene Peirce
Married March 1949 in Miami, Dade County, Florida to Marilee Hill
Died 14 December 1958 in Miami, Dade County, Florida
  
+5.FamilyMaria Elizabeth Gazlay
Born 25 June 1883 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio
Married 22 September 1909 in Sandusky County, Ohio to Carl Adolph Hildebrand
Died 31 October 1973 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
  
+6.FamilyJane Estelle ‘Jenne’ Gazlay
Born 29 November 1884 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio
Married 10 October 1906 in Wakeman, Huron County, Ohio to Carl Christian Zehner
Died 20 July 1970 in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio
  

Sources

  1. Email from Mary Fetter to Lee Gazlay, various dates in April and June 2013. The emails include as attachments 18 pages of hand-written family history notes containing the names, birth, marriage and death dates and places, primarily centered around the ancestors and descendants of Carl Adolph Hildebrand (1886-1965) and his wife Maria Elizabeth Gazlay (1883-1973). The pages include surnames Gazlay, Hildebrand, Rhoades, Morgan, Zehner, and Fetter, among many other surnames. The information in these pages matches the same information found in other (primarily public) records, so is considered highly reliable.
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Ohio, Sandusky County, Clyde, Green Creek Township, Page 105, family of Solomon Wolverton (36, Ohio, artist); Phebe L. Wolverton (26, Ohio); Mary J. Wolverton (11, Ohio); Henrietta J. Wolverton (6, Ohio). [This is believed to actually be the family of Samuel Wolverton and his wife Phoebe (nee Rhoades) Morgan Wolverton, who was born in New York. The child Mary is probably from a previous marriage of Samuel. THe child Henrietta is believed to be the daughter of Phoebe from her first marriage to Henry Morgan.]
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Ohio, Sandusky County, Green Creek Township, Page No. 62, family of James Carter (44, New York, carpenter + joiner); Phebe Carter (37, New York); George Carter (3/12, Ohio, Mar[ch]); Etta Morgen (16, Ohio); Saml. Woolverton (9, Ohio).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Ohio, Sandusky County, Clyde, Enumeration District 73, Page No. 27, family of John A. Gazlay (34, NY, harnessmaker), wife Henrietta A. Gazlay (26, Ohio), daughter Lottie M. Gazlay (3, Ohio), daughter Phoebe M. Gazlay (2, Ohio), daughter Emily M. Gazlay (9/12, Aug, Ohio), Charlotte Gazlay (67, NY, widow).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Ohio, Sandusky County, Bellevue, Enumeration District 93, Sheet No. 13B, family (indexed as Gooley) of John A. Gazley (54, NY, May 1846, grocer), wife of 28 years Henrietta Gazley (46, Ohio, Nov 1853, 6 children, 5 living), son John Gazley Jr. (20, Ohio, June 1881, clerk in grocery), daughter Lotta Gazley (23, Ohio, Jan 1877, teacher in public school), daughter Phebe Gazley (21, Ohio, Nov 1878, teacher in public school), daughter Maria Gazley (17, Ohio, Jan 1883), daughter Jennie (15, Ohio, Nov 1884).
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Ohio, Sandusky County, Bellevue, Enumeration District 134, Sheet No. 18B, family of John A. Gazlay (63, NY, traveling salesman for cleaning co.), wife of 40 years Henrietta A. Gazlay (55, Ohio, 6 children, 5 living), son-in-law Carl A. Hildebrant (24, Ohio, proprietor, ice plant), daughter and wife of 0 years Maria E. Hildebrant (26, Ohio, no children).
  7. Gazlay Family Tree, available at ancestry.com; owner: Charles Lee Gazlay. Although this online family tree is unsourced, public records and other sources provide confirmation of many of the event dates and places presented in this family tree, with few conflicts. Therefore, the information in this family tree is considered highly reliable.
  8. Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958, available at familysearch.org. John Gazlay and Henrietta Morgan, married 1 September 1872 at Sandusky County, Ohio.
  9. Gazlay Family Notes, undated and unpublished. This photocopy of five pages of hand-written notes start with what is believed to be the same 1852 interview of Sayrs Gazlay by his brother Theodore that is transcribed elsewhere. The remaining pages focus on the branch of the family that includes John Arvin Gazlay (1846-1911). Some dates in this photocopy differ from other sources. Transcription available at Gazlay Family History (website).
  10. Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007, available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, Henrietta Gazlay, died 10 January 1913 in Huron County.