Gazlay Family History
Merle Gazlay Miller
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Merle Gazlay Miller6 (Huldah Gazlay,5 Theodore Gazlay,4 James Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Merle Gazlay Miller6 (Huldah Gazlay,5 Theodore Gazlay,4 James Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Albert William Miller (ca. April 1849 - 20 October 1912) |
| Mother | Huldah Gazlay (11 September 1853 - 12 May 1934) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 10 July 2012; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 |
| Person ID | 3866 |
| Name | Merle Gazlay Miller |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 25 August 1885 in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio1, 2, 3 |
Biography
Merle traveled overseas several times, as indicted by both her passport, applied for and issued in March 1925 when she lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, and several entries in New York passenger lists, traveling to Italy, France, Hawaii, Croatia, and possibly other places. She was accompanied on several trips by her aunt Hannah or sister Clara.1
Sources
- U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925, available at ancestry.com and familysearch.org; Application No. 10038; Miller, Merle G.; born 29 August 1885 in Sandusky, Ohio; father: Albert W. Miller, born in Monroeville, Ohio, deceased; currently living in Cincinnati, Ohio; desires passport to visit England, France, Switzerland, Spain, and Italy; passport issued 26 March 1925, Washington. She is identified in the application by Oscar W. Kuhn, attorney at law, and her uncle. The application includes an Affidavit for a Relative, completed by her aunt, Hanna F. Gazlay, indicating “she is the sister of Merle Gazlay Miller’s mother, and she was at the home of her sister within a week after the birth of said Merle Gazlay Miller.”
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Enumeration District 23, Sheet No. 9A, family of William H. Gasley (50, Indiana, Nov 1849, clerk]; sister Hannah Gasley (48, Indiana, July 1852); niece Merle Miller (14, Ohio, Aug 1886). [Birth months/years William and Hannah are believed inaccurate compared with other records.]
- U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Enumeration District 42, Sheet No. 14A, family of William H. Gazlay (63, Indiana); sister Fitch H. Gazlay (60, Indiana); niece Merle G. Miller (24, Ohio).