Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyHarlan Page Gazlay

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Harlan Page Gazlay6 (Ward Gazlay,5 William Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherWard Gazlay (24 December 1814 - 7 April 1886)
MotherLouisa B. Hood (28 September 1821 - 22 December 1882)

Personal Information

Record Created: 17 October 2011; Last Edited: 3 February 2022 
Person ID3180
NameHarlan Page Gazlay
GenderMale
Born 20 August 1850 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Married 14 April 1877 to Margarette Esther Houghtaling8
Married 9 April 1908 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan to Frances Emily Shepherd2, 9
Died 21 February 1915 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan1, 2
Buried in Avondale Cemetery, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan1, 2

Biography

The following is a portion of a biographical sketch of Harlan; the portion of his sketch about his father, Ward Gazlay, is presented on Ward’s family record.8

HARLAN PAGE GAZLAY is a harnessmaker located at No. 1100 South Saginaw street, Flint. He is a native of this place, his father Ward Gazlay, having come here in 1837.

Harlan P. Gazlay, our subject, was born in Flint, August 25, 1850. [the correct date is believed to be August 20, 1850.] He received a common-school education in his native place and afterward learned the trade of harness-making from his father, and March 1, 1882, established in business for himself. He later purchased the property at the corner of Saginaw and Sixth Streets, South, where he opened his shop and had his residence located in the same block. They have continued in this location ever since. Our subject served for eleven years as a member of the Hook and Ladder company during the volunteer service.

He of whom we write was married April 14, 1877, to Miss Margaretta Houghtaling, of Lapeer County, and to them have been born one son—J. Harlan. Otis F. Gazlay, brother of our subject, was born December 29, 1864, and after receiving a fair education, also learned the trade of a harness-maker under the tutelage of his father, continuing in his employ until the death of Mr. Gazlay. He has resided most of the time with our subject. He has an interest in the estate left by his father. Our subject is one of the well-known and successful business men in Flint.

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyMargarette Esther Houghtaling (daughter of John Houghtaling and Parmelia Palmer)
Born 25 August 1847 in Hadley, Lapeer County, Michigan
Married 14 April 1877 to Harlan Page Gazlay
Died 8 July 1906 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
  
Children of Harlan Page Gazlay and Margarette Esther Houghtaling:
  
1.FamilyLouisa B. ‘Lulu’ Gazlay
Born 15 March 1878 in Michigan
Died 3 January 1881 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
  
2.FamilyJ. Harlan Gazlay
Born 10 August 1883 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
Died 8 April 1904 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
  
Spouse 2FamilyFrances Emily Shepherd
Born 2 September 1862 in Michigan
Married 9 April 1908 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan to Harlan Page Gazlay
Died 23 September 1941 in Genesee County, Michigan
  

Sources

  1. Death Certificate, Michigan; Gazlay, Harlan Page; born 20 August 1850 in Michigan; father: Ward Gazlay, born in New York; mother: Louisa B. Hood, born in New York; died 21 February 1915 in Flint, Michigan; place of burial: Avondale, Flint, Michigan.
  2. Find a Grave (website). Avondale Cemetery, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan; Harlan Page Gazlay, born 20 August 1850, died 21 February 1915 in Flint, Michigan; married Frances Shepherd in 1908 (from record and attached obituary from an unidentified newspaper).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Michigan, Genesee County, Flint, Page No. 57, family of Ward Gazlay (46, NY, harness maker); Louisa B. Gazlay (38, NY); Charles Gazlay (17, NY, harness maker); Elizabeth Gazlay (15, Mich.); Sarah Gazlay (13, Mich.); Harley Gazlay (11, Mich.); Hellen Gazlay (9, Mich.); Alice Gazlay (4, Mich.); Jennie Gazlay (1, Mich.).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Michigan, Genesee County, Flint, Page No. 1, family of Ward Gazlay (57, New York, harness maker); Louisa B. Gazlay (48, New York); Sarah Gazlay (24, Michigan); Harlan Gazlay (19, Michigan, harness maker); Helen C. Gazlay (18, Michigan); Alice Gazlay (13, Michigan); Otis F. Gazlay (5, Michigan).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Michigan, Genesee County, Flint, Enumeration District 73, Page No. 44, family of Harlen P. Gazlay (29, Mich., harness maker); wife Maggie Gazlay (32, Mich.); daughter Louisa B. Gazlay (2, Mich).
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Michigan, Genesee County, Flint, Enumeration District 14, Sheet No. 16B, family of Harley Gazley (50, Michigan, Aug 1849, harness maker); wife of 23 years Margaret Gazley (52, Michigan, Aug 1847, 2 children, 1 living); son J. Harland Gazley (16, Michigan, Aug 1883); brother Otis Gazley (35, Michigan, Dec. 1864, harness maker).
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Michigan, Genesee County, Flint City, Enumeration District 24, Sheet No. 1B, family of Harley P. Gazlay (59, Michigan, retired merchant, harness, second marriage); wife of 2 years Francis C. Gazlay (44, Michigan, no children).
  8. Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer, and Tuscola Counties, Michigan, Chicago, Chapman Bros. 1892. Digitized copy available at Google Books. Pages 707-708, biographical sketch of Harlan Page Gazlay, indicating his birth as 25 August 1850, Onondaga Hollow, Onondaga County, New York, and including details about his wife, children, parents, and siblings.
  9. Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995; Harlay P. Gazlay, son of Ward Gasl... and Louisa Hood; Frances E. Shephard; married 9 Apr. 1908 in Flint, Genesee [County], Michigan.