Gazlay Family History
Melville A. Gazley
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Melville A. Gazley6 (Alonzo Gazley,5 Elnathan Gazley,4 Joseph Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Melville A. Gazley6 (Alonzo Gazley,5 Elnathan Gazley,4 Joseph Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Alonzo D. Gazley (26 April 1836 - 13 April 1908) |
| Mother | Elizabeth A. Hull (26 April 1842 - 17 April 1910) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 12 November 2012; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 |
| Person ID | 4377 |
| Name | Melville A. Gazley |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 6 November 1867 in New York1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Died | 15 September 1895 in Quebec, Canada1, 4 |
| Buried | in Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Pleasant Plains, Dutchess County, New York1 |
Biography
Melville was a member of Typographical Union No. 6, the Typographical Society of New York; Fulton Council of the Royal Arcanum; Press Wheelmen, and president of a benefit association. He was unmarried and lived with his father and mother at 528 Koscuisko Street.4
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Dutchess County, New York, Gazley, Alonzo D.; Alonzo D. Gazley / 1836-1908 [from headstone, one side]. Melville A. Gazley / 1867-1895 [from headstone, another side].
- U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Monroe County, Mendon, Page No. 19, family of Alonzo D. Gazley (34, New York, merchant, drygoods & greens); Elizabeth Gazley (27, New York); Earnest Gazley (6, New York); Melville Gazley (2, New York).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Monroe County, Hamlet of Mendon Center, Enumeration District 53, Page No. 29, family of Alonzo Gazley (44, New York, retired merchant); wife Elizabeth Gazley (38, New York); Melville Gazley [relationship not give; presumed to be a son] (12, New York); daughter Estelle Gazley (6, New York); servant Caroline Greene (17, New York, domestic servant).
- Obituary, Brooklyn Eagle, 17 and 18 September 1895, Melville A. Gazley, died 15 September 1895 in Quebec, Canada of peritonitis, aged 27 years 10 months and 9 days [calcalated birth date: 6 November 1867]. The article provides brief biographical details.