Maude Gertrude Bush
Parents
| Father | William Henry Bush (5 September 1861 - 11 February 1924) |
| Mother | Effie Wood Latimer (May 1860 - 3 December 1926) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 19 November 2009; Last Edited: 27 December 2023 |
| Person ID | 26 |
| Name | Maude Gertrude Bush |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 26 October 1893 in Town of Marbletown, Ulster County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Married | 30 November 1915 in Accord, Town of Rochester, Ulster County, New York to Leo Cornwall Gazlay1, 7, 8 |
| Died | 19 June 1983 in Kerhonkson, Ulster County, New York2, 9 |
| Buried | in Pine Bush Cemetery, Kerhonkson, Ulster County, New York |
Biography
Maude was born in the Bevier house, Marbletown, Stone Ridge (now the Historical Society) while her father William worked that farm. In 1901, her parents William and Effie lived at the Shallbark farm (as it is now known) across from the Dutch Reformed Church in Accord. Maude saw the first train in the valley go down the valley from that farm, only a few years after the canal closed in 1898, and she saw the last train go down the tracks from the Brick House, Kerhonkson, where she later lived. William was living in the house in Accord when Maude got married in 1915 (she was married in the Methodist Church, Accord). He built a house in Maybrook, N.Y. (near Goshen and Middletown) while he worked on the railroad as a carpenter. William and Effie also lived in the house now occupied by Dr. Dobushak, across from the Rainbow Diner in Kerhonkson. Maude remembered how she and her cousin Sarah [Sarah Geary Christian] would get in a barrel together and roll down the hill behind this house, their heads knocking together the whole way. Another time, Maude and Sarah were playing in a hay cart and managed to tip it over, for which they were quite afraid of Maude’s brothers who would have to reload the hay wagon. Maude was the executrix of her mother’s estate, and she periodically had to track down her brother John who was an inheritor, as was Stanley Bush (Maude’s nephew through her brother Harry), whom Maude also tracked down (in Panama) when he reached age 21.10
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Leo Cornwall Gazlay (son of Henry Willis Gazlay and Alice Carrie Johnston) |
| Born | 7 October 1892 in Cornwall, Dutchess County, New York |
| Married | 30 November 1915 in Accord, Town of Rochester, Ulster County, New York to Maude Gertrude Bush |
| Died | 18 May 1956 in Kerhonkson, Ulster County, New York |
| Children | of Maude Gertrude Bush and Leo Cornwall Gazlay: |
| +1. | Esther May Gazlay |
| Born | 13 May 1917 in Orange, Essex County, New Jersey |
| Married | 10 July 1943 in Kerhonkson, Ulster County, New York to Stanley Lewis Lawrence |
| Died | 23 January 1994 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York |
| +2. | Robert Bush Gazlay |
| Born | 14 April 1922 in Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey |
| Married | 6 April 1946 in Orange, Essex County, New Jersey to Doris Margaret McGregor |
| Died | 13 September 2006 in Toms River, New Jersey |
| 3. | Percival Willis ‘Percy’ Gazlay II |
| Born | 8 March 1924 |
| Died | 26 February 2001 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York |
Sources
- New York Marriages 1686-1980, available at familysearch.org. Leo C. Gazlay, age 23, born in Cortland [NY], 1st marriage, father: A. Willis Gazlay [sic, his first name is Henry]; mother: Alice Johnston; Maude Bush, age 22, born in Marbletown [NY], 1st marriage; father: William W. Bush, born in Canada [sic, his place of birth is uncertain, but is believed to be New York]; mother: Effie M. Latimer; married on 30 November 1915 in Accord [NY].
- Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Rootsweb (website). Maude Gazlay, no. 148-12-9811
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, Ulster County, Town of Rochester, Enumeration District 125, Sheet 16, William Bush, 38, New York, Sept. 1861, farmer; wife of 19 years [crossed out and 5 written in, but 19 years is believed to be correct] Effie Bush, 40, New York, May 1860, 4 children, 4 living; son John C. Bush, 17, New York, Oct. 1882; son Harry L. Bush, 15, New York, Feb. 1885; son Grant Bush, 10, New York, May 1890; daughter Maude Bush, 6, New York, Oct. 1893.
- New York State Census, 1905, Ulster County, Town of Rochester, 2nd Election District, Page 13, family of William W. Bush (44, farmer); wife Effie Bush (44); son Grant Bush (15); daughter Maud Bush (11).
- New York State Census, 1915, Ulster County, Town of Rochester, Page No. 9, William Bush, 54, carpenter; wife Effie W. Bush, 54; son John C. Bush, 33, highway laborer; son Harry B. Bush, 30, carpenter; son Grant B. Bush, 24, train man; daughter Maude Bush, 21, housework.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New Jersey, Essex County, Montclair, E.D. 83, Sheet No. 12A, G. Maude Gazlay, wife, 26, New York, father’s birthplace: Canada [sic, his birthplace is uncertain; other sources show New York]; daughter Est. May Gazlay, 2, Orange, NJ.
- Marriage Announcement, Kingston Daily Freeman, Kingston, New York, 1 January 1916; Access Newspaper Archives (website). List of marriages both in Kingston city and outside, in 1915.
- Obituary, Kingston Daily Freeman, Kingston, New York; Access Newspaper Archive (website), Leo Cornwall Gazlay, 18 May 1956.
- Journal/date book of Maude (Bush) Gazlay (1893 - 1983). Transcription in possession of Lee Gazlay.
- Record of conversations with Maude (Bush) Gazlay during multiple visits 1968-1983; notes in possession of Lee Gazlay.