Gazlay Family History
Eleanor Monell
Parents
| Father | William Wallace Monell (14 April 1857 - ) |
| Mother | Aletta Van Buren ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 14 November 2012; Last Edited: 20 April 2020 |
| Person ID | 4439 |
| Name | Eleanor Monell |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 26 January 1890 in Newburgh, Orange County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Married | 27 April 1912 in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York to Wilbur B. Gazley1, 6, 7 |
| Died | 25 March 1976 in Highland, Ulster County, New York5 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Wilbur B. Gazley (son of Elnathan Gazley and Jennie C. Bowman) |
| 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 |
| Children | of Eleanor Monell and Wilbur B. Gazley: |
| +1. | Elmer 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. | Eleanor 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. | Myrta Emily Gazley |
| Born | 28 July 1917 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut |
| Died | 15 April 2003 |
Sources
- 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.
- 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).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, New York, Westchester County, Yonkers City, ED 60-378, Sheet No. 7A, nurse [in the Van Valen Sanatorium] Eleanor Gazley, 40, New York, widowed, first married age 22, practical nurse, private house.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, New York, Westchester County, Yonkers, Enumeration District 68-401, Sheet No. 13B, Eleanor Gazley (50, New York, widow); daughter Eleanor Gazley (24, Connecticut, nurse, hospital); daughter Myrta Gazley (22, Connecticut, stenographer, advertising corp.); cousin Homer Gazley (65, New York, retired, U.S. Post Office); border Grace Wilson (61, New York).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.