Gazlay Family History
Margarette Esther Houghtaling
Parents
| Father | John Houghtaling ( - ) |
| Mother | Parmelia Palmer ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 16 October 2011; Last Edited: 7 March 2024 |
| Person ID | 3186 |
| Name | Margarette Esther Houghtaling |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 25 August 1847 in Hadley, Lapeer County, Michigan1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 14 April 1877 to Harlan Page Gazlay4 |
| Died | 8 July 1906 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan1 |
| Buried | in Avondale Cemetery, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Harlan Page Gazlay (son of Ward Gazlay and Louisa B. Hood) |
| Born | 20 August 1850 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
| Married | 14 April 1877 to Margarette Esther Houghtaling |
| Married | 9 April 1908 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan to Frances Emily Shepherd |
| Died | 21 February 1915 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
| Children | of Margarette Esther Houghtaling and Harlan Page Gazlay: |
| 1. | Louisa B. ‘Lulu’ Gazlay |
| Born | 15 March 1878 in Michigan |
| Died | 3 January 1881 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
| 2. | J. Harlan Gazlay |
| Born | 10 August 1883 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
| Died | 8 April 1904 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Avondale Cemetery, Flint, Genesee County, Michigan; Margaretta Esther Gazlay, born 25 August 1847 in Hadley, Lapeer County, Michigan, died 8 July 1906 in Flint, Michigan. Parents: John Houghtoling and Parmelia Palmer, both born in New York (from record and attached death certificate).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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.