Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyWalter Otto Gazlay

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Walter Otto Gazlay7 (Frank Gazlay,6 George Gazlay,5 Ward Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherFrank Madison Gazlay (11 January 1869 - )
MotherHermine ‘Minnie’ Ludde (June 1870 - )

Personal Information

Record Created: 6 November 2011; Last Edited: 13 April 2020 
Person ID3262
NameWalter Otto Gazlay
GenderMale
Born 20 October 1893 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Married to Mary Veronica Ferguson8
Died 13 March 19782
Buried in Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York2

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyMary Veronica Ferguson (daughter of Duncan Ferguson and Ellen Murphy)
Born 19 June 1896 in New York, New York
Married to Walter Otto Gazlay
Died 27 August 1967
  
Children of Walter Otto Gazlay and Mary Veronica Ferguson:
  
+1.FamilyWalter Owen Gazlay
Born 15 October 1932 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Married 1960 in Queens County, New York to Jeanne Clair Gropp
Married ca. 1978 to Sally Ann Beavers
Died 30 July 2004 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
  

Sources

  1. Draft Registration Card, World War I, Walter Otto Gazlay, Serial No. 60, born 20 October 1893, Brooklyn, New York; employer: N.Y.C. Fire Department.
  2. Find a Grave (website). Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York. Walter Otto Gazlay: born: 20 October 1893; died: 13 March 1978 [from record, which indicates Inscription: US Army Sgt WWI].
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Enumeration District 503, Sheet No. 21B, 22A; family of Frank M. Gazlay (31, New York, Jan 1869, printer); wife of 12 years Minnie Gazlay (29, New York, June 1870, 5 children, 5 living); daughter Martha W. Gazlay (10, New York, June 1889); son Frank Gazlay (8, New York, Feb. 1892); son Walter Gazlay (6, New York, Oct. 1893); daughter Minnie Gazlay (4, New York, Apr. 1896); daughter Matilda Gazlay (1, New York, Oct. 1899).
  4. New York State Census, 1905, Kings County, Brooklyn, Eighth Election District, Blocks A and B, Page 8, family of Frank M. Gazlay (36, printer); wife Minnie L. Gazlay (35); daughter Martha W. Gazlay (16); son Frank M. Gazlay (13); son Walter O. Gazlay (12); daughter Minnie J. Gazlay (9); daughter Matilda E. Gazlay (6); daughter Elizabeth D. Gazlay (4).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Enumeration District 829, Sheet No. 6A, family of Frank M. Gazlay (41, New York, printer); wife of 21 years Minnie S. Gazlay (39, New York, 8 children, 7 living); daughter Martha M. Gazlay (20, New York); son Frank M. Gazlay (18, New York, printer); son Walter O. Gazlay (16, New York, printer); daughter Minnie J. Gazlay (14, New York); daughter Matilda E. Gazlay (11, New York); daughter Elizabeth D. Gazlay (9, New York).
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New York, Queens County, New York City, Enumeration District 438, Sheet No. 1B, family of Frank Gazlay (50, New York, printer); wife Minnie Gazlay (49, New York); daughter Martha Gazlay (30, New York, proofreader); son Frank Gazlay (27, New York, printer); son Walter Gazlay (26, New York, fireman); daughter Minnie Gazlay (23, New York, stenographer); daughter Matilda Gazlay (21, New York, teacher, piano); daughter Elizabeth Gazlay (19, New York, stenographer).
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, New York, Queens County, New York City, Enumeration District 41-421, Sheet No. 11A, family of Frank M. Gazlay (61, New York, pressman, printer); wife Minnie L. Gazlay (59, New York); daughter Martha W. Gazlay (40, New York); son Walter O. Gazlay (36, New York, lieutenant, fire dept.); daughter Minnie J. Gazlay (33, New York, stenographer, chemical); daughter Elizabeth D. Gazlay (29, New York).
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, New York, Queens County, New York City, Enumeration District 41-1779, Sheet No. 11B, family of Walter Gazlay (45, New York, captain, fire dept.); wife Mary V. Gazlay (43, New York); son Walter O. Gazlay (7, New York); niece Mary Jean Ferguson (13, New York, residence on 1 April 1935: Landsdown, Pennsylvania).