Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyElnathan Gazley

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Elnathan Gazley6 (Orlando Gazley,5 Elnathan Gazley,4 Joseph Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherOrlando E. Gazley (14 January 1844 - 14 August 1918)
MotherPhoebe Elizabeth Holmes (30 August 1845 - 11 April 1939)

Personal Information

Record Created: 14 November 2012; Last Edited: 23 November 2021 
Person ID4373
NameElnathan Gazley
GenderMale
Born 9 May 1866 in Dutchess County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Married to Jennie C. Bowman6
Married 19 April 1894 in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey to Adelaide ‘Addie’ Howe7, 12
Divorced from Adelaide ‘Addie’ Howe13
Married 20 July 1909 in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut to Ellen Gertrude ‘Nellie’ Morrissey8, 14
Died 12 October 1947 in Waldemere Beach, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut1, 15
Buried in Kings Highway Cemetery, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut1, 15

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyJennie C. Bowman (daughter of Macy Bowman and Sally Ann Couse)
Born ca. July 1865 in Stanfordville, Dutchess County, New York
Married to Elnathan Gazley
Married ca. 1897 to Elmer E. Eckert
Died 28 December 1950 in Newburgh, Orange County, New York
  
Children of Elnathan Gazley and Jennie C. Bowman:
  
1.FamilyMyrta Emily Gazley
Born 21 November 1884 in New York
Married 19 February 1908 in Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York to Percy Fitch Banks
Died 3 January 1963 in Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York
  
+2.FamilyWilbur B. Gazley
Born March 1889 in New York
Married 27 April 1912 in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York to Eleanor Monell
Died 11 May 1929 in Newburgh, Orange County, New York
  
Spouse 2FamilyAdelaide ‘Addie’ Howe (daughter of Morris Howe and Catherine Tolman)
Born May 1876 in Bangall, Dutchess County, New York
Married 19 April 1894 in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey to Elnathan Gazley
Married 24 April 1911 in Bronx County, New York to George Boden
Died 11 June 1942
  
Children of Elnathan Gazley and Adelaide ‘Addie’ Howe:
  
+1.FamilyEva Mae Gazley
Born 26 April 1895 in Stanfordville, Dutchess County, New York
Married 11 November 1913 in Manhattan, New York City, New York to Harold Morris Lyall
Married 26 December 1928 in Manhattan, New York City, New York to Alexander Valentine Bollerer
Died 21 August 1950 in East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut
  
Spouse 3FamilyEllen Gertrude ‘Nellie’ Morrissey
Born 20 December 1881 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Married 20 July 1909 in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut to Elnathan Gazley
Died 13 September 1951 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut
  
Children of Elnathan Gazley and Ellen Gertrude ‘Nellie’ Morrissey:
  
+1.FamilyAgnes H. Gazley
Born ca. 1911 in New York
Married 9 May 1931 in Putnam County, New York to Malcolm Eugene Reynolds
  
+2.FamilyGeorge Elnathan Gazley
Born 17 September 1912 in New York
Married 24 July 1937 in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut to Elizabeth Dorothy Banas
Died April 1972
  
+3.FamilyMarion Gertrude Gazley
Born 11 October 1919 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Married to Thomas Peter Sette
Died 18 July 2000
  

Sources

  1. Find a Grave (website). Kings Highway Cemetery, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, Elnathan Gazley, born: 1864 [sic, although his gravestone also shows 1864, other records indicate his birth year as 1866]; died: October 1947 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut (from record, which includes a note: Waldermere Beach Died at home after a long illness).
  2. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), Claim Files, Elnathan Marshall Gazley, born: 9 May 1872 [sic, his birth year from other sources is 1866].
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Dutchess County, Clinton, Page No. 38, family of Orlando Gazeley (26, NY, farmer); Phebe Gazeley (25, NY); Elihu Gazeley [sic, this is undoubtedly Elnathan] (5, NY); George Gazeley (2, NY) [the age could be mistaken as a 9 but on close inspection is a 2].
  4. New York State Census, 1875, Dutchess County, Clinton, First Election District, page 5, family of Elathan [sic] Gazley (66, Dutchess [County], farmer); wife Sarah B. Gazley (63, Dutchess); son Orlando Gazley (31, Dutchess, farmer); wife Phebe Gazley (30, Dutchess); son Elathan [sic] Gazley (10, Dutchess); son George Gazley (6, Dutchess); sister [of Orlando] Emily Gazley (22, Dutchess); hired [hand] John Dixon (21, Sulivan [sic, Sullivan] farm laborer).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Dutchess County, Clinton, Enumeration District 31, Page No. 33, family of Ellnathan Gasley (71, New York, farmer); wife Sarah Gasley (68, New York); daughter Emily Gasley (27, New York); grandson Ella Gasley (15, New York) [he is believed to be Elnathan, the son of Orlando and Phebe Gazley]; servant Luis Germand (24, New York, farm laborer); servant Fannie Butler (22, New York, servant); servant Mary Esomber (19, New York, servant).
  6. New York State Census, 1892, Dutchess County, Clinton, Page 6, family of George H. Gazley (58, U.S., merchant); Homer Gazley (18, U.S.); Elnathan Gazley (28, U.S.); Jennie Gazley (28, U.S.); Myrta Gazley (8, U.S.); Wilber Gazley (4, U.S.).
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Connecticut, New Haven County, Waterbury Town, Enumeration District 417, Sheet No. 9, family of Elnathan Gazeley (34, New York, May 1866, sawyer, mill); wife of 6 years Addie Gazeley (24, New York, May 1876, 1 child, 1 living); daughter May Gazeley (5, New York, April 1895).
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New York, Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie Town, Enumeration District 76, Sheet No. 2A, family of Elnethon Gazley (40, New York, ____ hand, farm work, 3rd marriage); married 1 year Neley Gazley (30, New York, 1st marriage, housekeeper, private family); sister [of Neley] Edna Morrsey (12, New York).
  9. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New York, Erie County, Buffalo City, Enumeration District 251, Sheet No. 1B, family of Nellie Gazley (38, Connecticut, keeper, lodging house); husband El Nathan [sic] Gazley (49, New York, piano maker, factory); daughter Agnes Gazley (9, New York); son George Gazley (7, New York); daughter Marion Gazley (2/12, New York).
  10. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Stratford Town, Enumeration District 1-215, Sheet No. 6A, family of Elnathan Gazley (53, New York, laborer, factory, first married age 33); wife Nellie Gazley (48, Connecticut, first married age 28); daughter Agnes Gazley (19, Connecticut, ____ factory); son George Gazley (17, Connecticut, work, grocery store); daughter Maryon Gazley (10, Connecticut).
  11. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Stratford Town, Enumeration District 1-206, Sheet No. 11A, family of Elnathan Gazley (74, New York, block maker for E. Wheel Shop); wife Nellie Gazley (58, Connecticut) daughter Marion Gazley (20, Connecticut); br. in law Edward Morrisey (38, Connecticut, assembler, machine shop); niece Margery Morrisey (9, Connecticut).
  12. New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985, Ellie M. Gazly, age 26, and Adeline Howe, age 21, married on 19 April 1894 in Hoboken, Hudson [County], New Jersey.
  13. Divorce Filing, Waterbury Evening Democrat, Waterbury, Connecticut, In several articles from June 1906 to January 1907, divorce suit brought by Elnathan Gazely [sic] against his wife Adelaide, alleging infidelity, and fight for custody of their 10 year old daughter. Mr. Gazely confronted Adelaide and Mr. George Boden and privately agreed to a payment of $600 from Mr. Boden as hush money to preserve his reputation. Ultimately the court dismissed the divorce suit for lack of evidence, and granted custody of their child to Mrs. Gazely. Apparently some time later, the couple did actually divorce, although the date is not known. Adelaide later married George Boden.
  14. Connecticut Vital Records - Index of Marriages, 1897-2001; available at https://www.ctatatelibrarydata.org/marriage-records/ Elnathan Gazley and Nellie Morrissey, married on 20 July 1909 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
  15. Obituary, The Bridgeport Telegram, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 13 October 1947, Elnathan Gazley, age 84. Died 12 October 1947, Waldemere Beach, Milford, Connecticut. The article names survivors including his wife, son, and two daughters.