Gazlay Family History
Phillip Henry French
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Phillip Henry French5 (Mary Furman,4 Elizabeth Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Phillip Henry French5 (Mary Furman,4 Elizabeth Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Prosper French (ca. 1798 - 24 November 1856) |
| Mother | Mary Wright Furman (6 September 1803 - 13 February 1887) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 24 December 2012; Last Edited: 29 July 2023 |
| Person ID | 4604 |
| Name | Phillip Henry French |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | ca. 1848 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Married | to Katie Mildred Gray5 |
| Died | 24 June 1899 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois6 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Katie Mildred Gray |
| Born | ca. 1859 in Illinois |
| Married | to Phillip Henry French |
| Died | 5 April 1895 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
| Children | of Phillip Henry French and Katie Mildred Gray: |
| +1. | Harriette G. ‘Hattie’ French |
| Born | December 1886 in Illinois |
| Married | to John C. Christenson |
| Died | 1935 |
| +2. | Mary Pearl ‘Mae’ Crowell (born Mary Pearl French) |
| Born | 6 September 1887 in Englewood, Cook County, Illinois |
| Adopted | (adopted by Frank Clinton Crowell and Abby Edwardine ‘Daisie’ French) |
| Married | 1915 to James Bunn Gilchriest |
| Married | to Robert George Bryden |
| Died | 31 October 1960 in Upland, San Bernardino County, California |
| 3. | Edward Lyman French |
| Born | 30 November 1889 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
| Married | to Ann _____ |
| Married | 8 January 1949 in San Diego, San Diego County, California to Lennie Ethel Kerr (née Stanforth) |
| Died | 9 December 1953 in San Diego County, California |
| 4. | Phillip Henry ‘George’ French |
| Born | 12 June 1893 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
| Died | 15 April 1895 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
Sources
- Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949, Birth Registration, Mary Pearl French, born: 6 September 1887 in Chicago, Cook [County], Illinois; father: Philip Henry French, age 40, born in Buffalo, New York; mother: Katie Gray, age 28, born in Woodstock, Wisconsin.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Erie County, Buffalo City, Page 219, family of Prosper French (52, New York, auctioneer); Mary French (47, New York); Edward French (19, New York, clerk); Mary H French (15, New York); Geo. French (12, New York); Phillip H. French (2, New York).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Erie County, Buffalo City, Page No. 113, family of E. J. French (28, New York, merchant); Abba E. F. French (28, New York); Edward French (2, New York); Harriet M. French (10/12, New York); Mary W. French (56, New York); Philip H. French (11, New York).
- New York State Census, 1875, Erie County, Lancaster, Page 3, family of E. F. French (43, Schenectady County); wife Abby E. French (43, Monroe County); daughter Daisie French (17, Erie County); daughter Hattie French (15, Erie County); mother Mary W. French (71, Duchess County); servant Carrie Sudell (18, Erie); brother Phillip French (27, Niagara County).
- California, County Marriages, 1850-1952; County of Los Angeles, Marriage license and certificate, Registrars No. 1016; Edward Lyman French, age: 59; born: Illinois; widowed; 2nd marriage; occupation: clerk, Std. Oil. Co.; father: Phillip French, born in Ill.; mother: Gray, Mildred, born in Illinois; Lennie Ethel Kerr, age: 57; born: Fresno Calif.; widowed; 2nd marriage; father: Allen Stanforth, born in Ohio; mother: Emma Nichols, born in Missouri; maiden name: Lennie Stanforth; married on 8 January 1949 in San Diego, CA.
- Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998, P. H. French, died: 24 June 1899 in Chicago, Cook [County], Illinois; age 51, widowed; clerk; lived in Illinois 18 years.