Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyElizabeth ‘Bessie’ Whiteley

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ Whiteley6 (Jane Knight,5 Adelia Gazlay,4 James Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherSimeon Whiteley (18 March 1831 - 13 January 1890)
MotherJane G. Knight (3 March 1836 - 11 July 1907)

Personal Information

Record Created: 22 July 2012; Last Edited: 2 December 2012 
Person ID3951
NameElizabeth ‘Bessie’ Whiteley
GenderFemale
Born 4 July 1867 in Wisconsin1, 2, 3, 4

Sources

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Wisconsin, Racine County, City of Racine, Page No. 25, family of Simon Whiteley (39, England, insurance agent); Jane Whiteley (34, N.Y.); Elizabeth Whiteley (2, Wis.); Albert Whiteley (8/12, Wis., Oct.); Delia Knight (12, Wis.); Barbery Servery (12, Wis., Dom. Servt.); Minney Lawson (20, Denmark, Dom. Servt.).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine, Enumeration District 160, Page No. 9, family of Simon Whiteley (49, England, agent for fire ins. co.); wife Jane Whiteley (43, N.Y.); daughter Bessie Whiteley (12, Wis.); Littia Whiteley (2, Wis.); servant Minnie Thompson (19, Denmark).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine, Enumeration District 32, Sheet No. 3A, family of Jane Whiteley (64, New York, March 1836, widow, 7 children, 2 living); daughter Elizabeth A. Whiteley (32, Wisconsin, July 1867, P. O. Clerk); border John W. Knight (48, Wisconsin, April 1858 [sic, probably an error, believed to be May 1851 from other sources], real estate agent); wife of 1 year Cora B. Knight (29, Wisconsin, Oct. 1870, 1 child, 1 living); daughter Helen C. Knight (6, Wisconsin, March 1894); servant Maggio Nelson (21, Denmark, Dec. 1878).
  4. The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin, Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879, pages 615-17, biographical sketch of Simeon Whiteley. Digitized by Google and available at Google Books.