Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyWilbur B. Gazley

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Wilbur B. Gazley7 (Elnathan Gazley,6 Orlando Gazley,5 Elnathan Gazley,4 Joseph Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherElnathan Gazley (9 May 1866 - 12 October 1947)
MotherJennie C. Bowman (ca. July 1865 - 28 December 1950)

Personal Information

Record Created: 14 November 2012; Last Edited: 12 June 2022 
Person ID4429
NameWilbur B. Gazley
GenderMale
Born March 1889 in New York1, 2, 3, 4
Married 27 April 1912 in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York to Eleanor Monell5, 6, 7
Died 11 May 1929 in Newburgh, Orange County, New York8, 9

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyEleanor Monell (daughter of William Wallace Monell and Aletta Van Buren)
Born 26 January 1890 in Newburgh, Orange County, New York
Married 27 April 1912 in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York to Wilbur B. Gazley
Died 25 March 1976 in Highland, Ulster County, New York
  
Children of Wilbur B. Gazley and Eleanor Monell:
  
+1.FamilyElmer Monell ‘Al’ Gazley
Born 26 March 1913 in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York
Married 18 August 1935 in Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts to Frances Joy MacIntire
Married to Barbara H. _____
Married 30 September 1983 in Clark County, Nevada to Cathy Elaine Neil
Died 7 January 1995
  
+2.FamilyEleanor Jane Gazley
Born 14 July 1915 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Married to Stephen Storozuk
Died 29 December 1989 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York
  
3.FamilyMyrta Emily Gazley
Born 28 July 1917 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Died 15 April 2003
  

Sources

  1. 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.).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie City, ED 25, Sheet No. 12A, Jennie Eckert, 35, New York, July 1865, married 3 years, 2 children, 2 living, dressmaker; daughter Mertie Eckert [sic, she was born Gazley, and she retained that name as an adult]; 15, New York, Jan. 1885; son Wilber Eckert [sic, he was born Gazley, and he retained that name as an adult], 11, New York, Mch. 1889.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New York, Orange County, Newburgh City, ED 48, Sheet No. 7B, Elmer E. Eckert, 44, New York, first marriage, manager, grocery store; wife of 12 years Jennie C. Eckert, 42, New York, second marriage, 2 children, 2 living, dressmaker, at home; son Wilber B. Eckert [sic, he was born Gazley and used that name as an adult], 21, New York, plumber, plumbing shop; mother Mary J. Eckert, 74, New York, widowed, 1 child, 1 living.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New York, Westchester County, Yonkers City, Enumeration District 225, Sheet No. 12A, family of William Gazley [understood to be Wilbur Gazley] (31, New York, plumber); Eleanor Gazley (29, New York); son Elmer Gazley (6, New York); daughter Eleanor Gazley (4 5/12, New York); daughter Myrta Gazley (2 1/12, New York).
  5. New York County Marriages, 1908-1935, Wilber B. Gazley, age 23; father: Elnathan Gazley; mother: Jennie C. Bowman; Eleanor Monell, age 22; father: William W. Monell; mother: Aletta Van Buren; married 26 April 1912 in Orange County, New York.
  6. Marriage Announcement, The Yonkers Statesman, Yonkers, New York (available at fultonhistory.com), 2 May 1912, Miss Eleanor Monell, daughter of William Monell, and Wilber B. Gazley, formerly of Peekskill, were married in the parsonage of St. Paul’s Church, Peekskill, N.Y., by Rev. B. C. Warren, D.D., April 27. They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Percy F. Banks, brother-in-law and sister of the groom.
  7. A Genealogy of the Monell Family: an account of James Monell who settled in Wallkill Precinct, part of present Orange County, New York in 1723 and of his known descendants in all Monell branches down to the present time. By Wesley L. Baker, Douglaston, L.I., N.Y. The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1946. Page 103: second child of William Wallace Monell was Eleanor who married Wilbur B. Gazley. The entry provides vital and biographical details, and names their three children.
  8. Obituary, The Evening News, Newburgh, New York. 26 March 1976, Mrs. Eleanora [sic] Gazley, age 86. Died 25 March 1976. The article gives various vital and biographical details, and names her parents, husband, children, and brother.
  9. New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956, available at familysearch.org. 1929, Wilbur B. Gagley [sic, Gazley], died: 11 May in Newburgh, New York.