Gazlay Family History
 

FamilySamuel Wood Gazlay

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Samuel Wood Gazlay6 (Ira Gazlay,5 William Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherIra Dunning Gazlay (6 January 1838 - 21 May 1922)
MotherHannah Elizabeth Wood (24 November 1842 - 29 October 1940)

Personal Information

Record Created: 25 September 2011; Last Edited: 21 July 2013 
Person ID3103
NameSamuel Wood Gazlay
GenderMale
Born 14 June 1883 in Mundy, Genesee County, Michigan1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Married 3 December 1905 in Swartz Creek, Genesee County, Michigan to Ida May Bedell8, 9
Divorced 13 June 1910 in Michigan from Ida May Bedell8
Married 30 September 1911 in Ithaca, Gratiot County, Michigan to Ina M. Calkins10
Married 30 August 1919 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan to Ethel B. Strohauer8, 11
Divorced from Ethel B. Strohauer12
Died 26 November 1942 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan2

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyIda May Bedell (daughter of David Bedell and Alice F. Occomore)
Born 25 November 1889 in Michigan
Married 3 December 1905 in Swartz Creek, Genesee County, Michigan to Samuel Wood Gazlay
Married to John W. Olcott
Died 1 May 1970 in Swartz Creek, Genesee County, Michigan
  
Children of Samuel Wood Gazlay and Ida May Bedell:
  
1.FamilyEloise Alice Gazlay
Born ca. 1907 in Michigan
Died 30 November 1912 in Mundy, Genesee County, Michigan
  
Spouse 2FamilyIna M. Calkins (daughter of Samuel Edmund Calkins and Mary Banks)
Born 30 December 1870 in Clayton, Lenawee County, Michigan
Married 30 September 1911 in Ithaca, Gratiot County, Michigan to Samuel Wood Gazlay
Died 19 April 1955
  
Children of Samuel Wood Gazlay and Ina M. Calkins:
  
1.FamilyHarold Gazlay
Born ca. 1911 in Michigan
  
Spouse 3FamilyEthel B. Strohauer (daughter of Zachary Strohauer and Elizabeth Brown)
Born ca. 1885 in Michigan
Married 30 August 1919 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan to Samuel Wood Gazlay
  

Sources

  1. Draft Registration Card, World War I, Samuel Wood Gazlay, Serial No. 915, born 14 June 1883, nearest relative: Ira D. Gazlay, father.
  2. Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952. Gazley, Samuel W., age 59; died: 26 November 1942 in Detroit, Wayne [County], Michigan; born: 14 June 1883 in Mundy, Michigan; father: Ira Gazley; mother: Hanna Wood.
  3. 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).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Genesee County, Flint City, Enumeration District 33, Sheet No. 21A; Samuel Gazley (27, Michigan, border, laborer, odd jobs, first marriage of four years).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, Enumeration District 618, Sheet No. 11B; family of Samuel Gazlay (36, Michigan, tool designer, wheel factory); wife Ethel B. Gazlay (35, Michigan); son Harold Gazlay (9, Michigan).
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, Enumeration District 82-155, Sheet No. 11B; Samuel W. Gazlay (46, Michigan, saleman, oil co.).
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, Enumeration District 184-146, Sheet No. 86B; Samuel W. Gazlay (56, Michigan, mechanical draftsman, factory).
  8. 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.
  9. Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995; Samuel W. Gazley, born 1883 in Mundy Township, and Ida M. Bedell, born 1889 in Mundy Township, married 3 December 1905 in Swartz Creek, Genessee County, Michigan. The record also gives the names of their parents.
  10. Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995; Samuel W. Gazlay, age 33, born in Swartz Creek; father: Ira Gazlay; mother: Hannah Wood; and Ina M. Calkins, age 35, born in Clayton; father: Samuel. E. Calkins; mother: Mary Banks; married 30 September 1911 in Ithaca, Gratiot [County], Michigan.
  11. Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, Gazlay, Samuel W., age 36, born in Michigan; father: Ira; mother: Hannah E. Wood; and Ethel B. Strohauer, age 35, born in Michigan; father: Zachary; mother: Eliz. Brown; married 30 August 1919 in Detroit, Wayne [County], Michigan.
  12. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit City, Enumeration District 82-459, Sheet No. 3A; Ethel Gazlay (45, Michigan, divorced).