Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyIra Dunning Gazlay

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Ira Dunning Gazlay5 (William Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherWilliam C. Gazlay (ca. 1781 - 27 September 1858)
MotherBetsey Plank (11 April 1802 - 11 September 1887)

Personal Information

Record Created: 17 October 2011; Last Edited: 29 July 2013 
Person ID3092
NameIra Dunning Gazlay
GenderMale
Born 6 January 1838 in Michigan1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Married May 1870 to Hannah Elizabeth Wood4, 6, 9
Died 21 May 1922 in Michigan1, 10
Buried in Bristol Cemetery, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan1

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyHannah Elizabeth Wood (daughter of Caleb Wood and Jane Esther Sellers)
Born 24 November 1842 in Michigan
Married May 1870 to Ira Dunning Gazlay
Died 29 October 1940 in Genesee County, Michigan
  
Children of Ira Dunning Gazlay and Hannah Elizabeth Wood:
  
1.FamilyJohn Fred Gazlay
Born 19 January 1880 in Michigan
Died 18 August 1880 in Mundy, Genesee County, Michigan
  
+2.FamilySamuel Wood Gazlay
Born 14 June 1883 in Mundy, Genesee County, Michigan
Married 3 December 1905 in Swartz Creek, Genesee County, Michigan to Ida May Bedell
Married 30 September 1911 in Ithaca, Gratiot County, Michigan to Ina M. Calkins
Married 30 August 1919 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan to Ethel B. Strohauer
Died 26 November 1942 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
  

Sources

  1. Find a Grave (website). Bristol Cemetery, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan. Ira D. Gazlay, born 6 Jan 1838, died 21 May 1922, wife Hannah E. Wood Gazlay, Sec Old East Lot 293 Grave 1 (from record).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Michigan, Genesee County, Gaines Township, page 249, family of William Gazley (69, N.York, farmer); Betsey Gazley (47, N.York); Mariah Gazley (15, N.York); Ira Gazley (13, Mich).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Michigan, Genesee County, Town of Gaines, Page No. 358, family of Ira Gazley (23, Mich, farmer); Betsey Gazley (54, NY).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Michigan, Genesee County, Mundy, Page No. 8; family of Ira D. Gazlay (32, Michigan, farmer, married in May 1870); Elizabeth Gazlay (27, Michigan); Henry Spilane (19, Michigan, farm laborer).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Michigan, Genesee County, Mundy, Enumeration District 83, Page No. 25; family of Ira D. Gazlay (42, Michigan, farmer); wife Hannah E. Gazlay (36, Michigan); son Fred j. Gazlay (5/12, Michigan, Jan.).
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Michigan, Genesee County, Mundy Township, Enumeration District 25, Sheet No. 1A; family of Ira D. Gazlay (62, Michigan, Jan. 1838, farmer); wife of 30 years Hanna E. Gazlay (57, Michigan, Nov. 1842, 2 children, 1 living); son Samuel W. Gazlay (16, Michigan, June 1883, farm laborer).
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Genesee County, Mundy, Enumeration District 46, Sheet No. 4A; family of Ira D. Gazlay (72, Michigan, farmer); wife of 39 years Hannah E. Gazlay (66, Michigan, 2 children, 1 living).
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Genesee County, Mundy Township, Enumeration District 73, Sheet No. 11B; family of Ira D. Gazlay (82, Michigan, farmer); wife Hannah H. Gazlay (77, Michigan).
  9. History of Genesee County, Michigan, Her People, Industries, and Institutions, by Edwin Orin Wood. Indianapolis: Federal publishing company, 1916. Available at University of Michigan Library online (quod.lib.umich.edu). Page 352, biographical sketch of William N. Wood. The sketch provides vital and biographical details, and names of various relatives, including sister Hannah E. Wood who married Ira Gazlay.
  10. Gazlay Family Tree, Ancestry (website); Owner: joanneweimer. This site includes numerous references, including US Census records and copies of death certificates and obituaries. The reliability of the information is excellent, although a few relationships are believed to be incorrect, probably because the correct information does not appear in the cited references.