David Henry Gazlay

Person/Family

Spouse 1

Margaret E. Daley (daughter of _____ Daley and Catherine _____)

+1.	David Edward Gazlay

2.	Harold Gazlay

3.	Gertrude A. Gazlay

4.	Irene Margaret Gazlay

Sources

1. U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925, available at ancestry.com and familysearch.org; Application No. 45484, issued 23 January 1917; David E. Gazlay, born: 26 December 1892 in Bridgeport, Connecticut; father: David H. Gazlay, born in New York City; residence: Newark, New Jersey; occupation: welder.
2. Connecticut, Military Census Questionnaire, 1917, David H. Gazlay, age 53, living in Bridgeport, Ct., 19 March 1917; occupation: cartridge maker; widower; two persons dependent on you for support; United States citizen.
3. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Bridgeport, Enumeration District 131, Page No. 5A, family of James Abbott (34, New York, coachman); wife Mary Abbott (35, Ireland); son David H. Abbott (15, New York, works in cutlery shop). [Although David’s surname is listed here as Abbott, his birth surname is believed to be Gazlay. James Abbott is believed to be his step father.]
4. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Bridgeport, Enumeration District 46, Sheet No. 5A, family of David H. Gazlay (36, New York, Jan 1864, laborer in factory); wife of 8 years Margaret E. Gazlay (26, Connecticut, Feb 1873, 4 children, 1 living); son David Gazlay (7, Connecticut, Dec 1892); m-in-law Catherine Daley (43, Scotland, Aug. 1856, widow, 7 children, 2 living).
5. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Bridgeport, Enumeration District 24, Sheet No. 4B, 5A, family of Chancy Haines (52, New York); wife of 26 years Bridget Haines (50, Connecticut, 4 children, 4 living); daughter Sarah Haines (24, Connecticut); daughter Emma G. Haines (22, Connecticut, factory worker); daughter Agnes E. Haines (18, Connecticut, milliner, store); son Clarence A. Haines (16, Connecticut, clerk, store); Mary Abbott (61, Ireland, widow, 1 child, 1 living); son David Gazlay (44, New York, widow, machinist, factory); nephew David Gazlay (17, Connecticut, clerk, store); niece Gertrude Gazlay (8, Connecticut); niece Irene Gazlay (6, Connecticut). [The relationships of the latter three children to Mary Abbot seems in error and are more likely her grandchildren. The David Gazlays here are known to be father-son.]
6. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Bridgeport, Enumeration District 68, Sheet No. 1B, David H. Gazlay (55, New York, Chester record factory). [He is a border among several other borders. Notable in his entry is that his father is shown as born in California; other records indicated his father was born in New York.]
7. New York, New York, U.S., Almshouse Ledgers, 1758-1952 (available at ancestry.com), David H. Gasley [sic] [also listed in a different record as David N. Gazley], admission age: 21/12; discharge age: 2; birth date: abt. 1864; birthplace: New York; admission date: 11 October 1865; discharge date: 2 April 1866; occupation: child.
8. Connecticut Vital Records - Index of Deaths, 1897-1969; available at https://www.ctatatelibrarydata.org/death-records/. David Gazlay, died: 7 August 1923 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.