Gazlay Family History
Charles Robert Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Charles Robert Gazlay7 (Carlos Gazley,6 Miles Gazlay,5 William Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Charles Robert Gazlay7 (Carlos Gazley,6 Miles Gazlay,5 William Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Carlos Gazley (ca. 1836 - 6 March 1893) |
| Mother | Mary Augusta Lawrence (February 1844 - 28 November 1916) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 12 October 2011; Last Edited: 19 November 2021 |
| Person ID | 3143 |
| Name | Charles Robert Gazlay |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 3 August 1876 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Died | 28 December 1944 in Valley Stream, Long Island, New York7 |
Biography
Per family stories, he was known as Uncle Bub and worked at one point for Barnum and Bailey Circus as a harness maker. He also was said to have a grocery store in Valley Stream in the 1920s and 1930s.8
Sources
- Draft Registration Card, World War I, Charles Robert Gazlay, born: 3 August 1876; permanent home address (Muskegon, Mich. is stamped and then crossed out, overwritten with Bridgeport, Conn.); equipment inspector, U.S. Government, U.S. Quartermaster, Rice-Sorin Co., Muskegon, Mich.; nearest relative: (sister) Mrs. H. Warden, Brooklyn, N.Y.; permanent station: Grand Rapids Brush Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Enumeration District 114, Page No. 12, family of Charles Gazeley [sic] (42, New York, harness manftr); wife Augusta Gazeley (36, Baltimore, MD); daughter Emma Gazeley (8, Brooklyn NY); son Charles Gazeley (5, Brooklyn NY); son Harry Gazeley (8/12, Brooklyn).
- New York State Census, 1892, Kings County, Brooklyn, 9th Election District of the 13th Ward, Page 6, family of Carlos Gazley (50, harness); Mary Gazley (46); Emma Gazley (19); Charles Gazley (17); Harry Gazley (13); Walter Gazley (10).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Enumeration District 350, Sheet No. 16A, family of Mary Gazlay (55, Maryland, Feb 1844, widow, 10 children, 4 living); daughter Emma Madden (27, New York, Nov 1872, married 3 years, 1 child 1 living); son [of Emma] Walter Madden (2, New York, Oct 1897); son [of Mary] Charles Gazlay (25, New York, Aug 1874, harness maker); son [of Mary] Walter L. Gazlay (18, New York, Apr 1882, plumber appre[ntice?]). [Note: Emma was known to be married to Harry Warden, so the surname for Emma and Walter here is likely an enumeration error.]
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New York, Nassau County, Hempstead Township, Valley Stream, ED 30-77, Sheet No. 5B, Charles R. Gazlay, 50, New York, single, trimmer, automobile.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, New York, Nassau County, Hempstead Township, Valley Stream, Enumeration District 30-119, Sheet No. 10A, Charles R. Gaslay (62, Brooklyn [no occupation given]).
- New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956, available at familysearch.org. 1944, Charles R. Gazlay, died 28 December 1944 in Vall Stream [Valley Stream, Long Island, New York], age 66 years.
- Email from Holly Kirchgessner to Lee Gazlay, 27 August 2012 and 10 September 2012. Includes several corrections and additions to information about the descendants of Carlos Gazley and his daughter Emma Gazley, Holly’s great grandmother.