Gazlay Family History
Lewis Humphrey Lamberson
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Lewis Humphrey Lamberson6 (Samuel Lamberson,5 Nancy Furman,4 Elizabeth Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Lewis Humphrey Lamberson6 (Samuel Lamberson,5 Nancy Furman,4 Elizabeth Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Rev. Samuel Lewis Lamberson (14 September 1809 - 17 July 1875) |
| Mother | Delia Buell (ca. 1822 - 20 July 1903) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 25 December 2012; Last Edited: 22 February 2022 |
| Person ID | 4625 |
| Name | Lewis Humphrey Lamberson |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 18 March 1858 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Married | ca. 1898 to Ella A. Owen6 |
| Died | 27 February 1908 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon1 |
| Buried | in River View Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon1 |
Biography
Lewis was a bookkeeper in Portland, Oregon.7
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Ella A. Owen (daughter of Charles Maurice Owen and Lovisa A. ‘Louisa’ Shaw) |
| Born | March 1862 in Illinois |
| Married | ca. 1898 to Lewis Humphrey Lamberson |
| Died | 7 March 1943 |
| Children | of Lewis Humphrey Lamberson and Ella A. Owen: |
| 1. | Frances G. Lamberson |
| Born | 28 August 1899 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon |
| Died | 12 November 1952 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon |
| 2. | Sarah Buell Lamberson |
| Born | 8 June 1902 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon |
| Died | 6 October 1993 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). River View Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, Lewis Humphrey Lamberson, born: 18 March 1858 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; died: 27 February 1908 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon (from record, which includes the text from his obituary; and a copy of his death certificate).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Pittsfield, Page No. 196, family of Samuel L. Lamberson (50, New York, Pres. Clergyman); Delia Lamberson (39, New York, agent, sewing machines); Buell Lamberson (19, Illinois, clerk, R. R. Office); Mary K. Lamberson (3, Mass.); Lewis H. Lamberson (2, Mass.); Catherine Colman (18, Ireland, domestic).
- Massachusetts State Census, 1865, Berkshire County, Pittsfield, family of S. L. Lamberson (55, N.Y., merchant); Delia Lamberson (43, N.Y.); Buel Lamberson (23, Illinois, tinner [?]); Cornelia Lamberson (35, N.Y.); Henrietta Lamberson (35, N.Y.); Mary Lamberson (9, Mass.); Louis Lamberson (8, Mass.); Cornelia Lamberson (3, Mass.); Catharine Callan (19, Ireland, servant).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Pittsfield, Page No. 77, family of Samuel L. Lamberson (60, New York); Delia Lamberson (48, New York); Mary K. Lamberson (13, Massachusetts); Lewis H. Lamberson (12, Massachusetts); Cornelia F. Lamberson (8, Massachusetts); plus 12 borders/domestic servants).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Pittsfield, Enumeration District 59, Page No. 23; family of Delia Lamberson (58, New York, widow); daughter Mary Lamberson (22, Mass., school teacher); son Louis H. Lamberson (21, Mass., insurance salesman); daughter Cornelia F. Lamberson (18, Mass.).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Oregon, Multnomah County, Portland City, E.D. 78, Sheet No. 8A, Lewis Lamberson, 42, Massachusetts, Mar. 1858; book-keeper (wholesale house); wife of 2 years Ella Lamberson, 33, Illinois, Mar. 1867 [sic, several other records suggest she was born in 1862], 1 child, 1 living; daughter Frances Lamberson, 9/12, Oregon, Aug. 1899.
- Yearbook of the Oregon Society Sons of the American Revolution, Portland, 1903. Available at Internet Archive (website). Lewis Humphrey Lamberson, bookkeeper, Portland. The entry provides the names of four generation of his paternal and maternal ancestors, with a few brief biographical details of several.