Gazlay Family History
Jessie Freer
Parents
| Father | Simon Freer ( - ) |
| Mother | Celia C. Markle (ca. 1861 - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 17 November 2009; Last Edited: 22 December 2023 |
| Person ID | 406 |
| Name | Jessie Freer |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 13 May 1887 in Accord, Town of Rochester, Ulster County, New York1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 10 November 1909 in Accord, Town of Rochester, Ulster County, New York to Henry Johnston ‘Harry’ Gazlay4 |
| Died | 1 April 1972 in Genesee County, Michigan1, 5 |
| Buried | in Flushing City Cemetery, Flushing, Genesee County, Michigan1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Henry Johnston ‘Harry’ Gazlay (son of Henry Willis Gazlay and Alice Carrie Johnston) |
| Born | 13 June 1888 in Cortland, Cortland County, New York |
| Married | 10 November 1909 in Accord, Town of Rochester, Ulster County, New York to Jessie Freer |
| Died | 10 May 1967 in Flushing, Genesee County, Michigan |
| Children | of Jessie Freer and Henry Johnston ‘Harry’ Gazlay: |
| +1. | Alice C. Gazlay |
| Born | 21 April 1912 |
| Married | 14 February 1942 in Genesee County, Michigan to Kenneth B. Dyball |
| Died | 18 January 1990 in Flushing, Genesee County, Michigan |
| +2. | Francis Pershing ‘Fran’ Gazlay |
| Born | 10 December 1918 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan |
| Married | 1942 to Elizabeth Anne ‘Biz’ Pettitt |
| Died | 21 May 2012 in Redford, Wayne County, Michigan |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Flushing City Cemetery, Flushing, Genessee County, Michigan, Jessie Gazlay, born: (unknown); died: 1 April 1972 [from record, which indicates her age at death was 78 years].
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), Social Security Applications, Jessie Freer Gazlay, born: 13 May 1887 in Accord, Ulster County, New York; father: Simon Freer; mother: Celia Markle.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New York, Ulster County, Town of Rochester, E.D. 158, Sheet No. 9A, Celia C. Freer, 49, New York, widow, 4 children, 3 living; son-in-law Claude Gillespie, 28, New York, book keeper, stationery; daughter and wife of 4 years Nevah Gillespie, 25, New York, no children; son-in-law Henry J. Gazlay, 21, New York, farmer, general farm; daughter and wife of 0 years [i.e., less than 1 year] Jessie Gazlay, 22, New York, no children.
- Marriage Announcement, New York Times, New York, New York, 14 November 1909; Access Newspaper Archive (website).
- Michigan, Genesee County Clerk/Register Records (www.co.genesee.mi.us). Instrument: 197204010000035, Jessie Gazlay, died on 1 April 1972.