Gazlay Family History
Tunis Brinkerhoff Van Wyck
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Tunis Brinkerhoff Van Wyck6 (Esther Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Tunis Brinkerhoff Van Wyck6 (Esther Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Stephen Duryea Van Wyck (3 March 1795 - 3 June 1879) |
| Mother | Esther Mehitable ‘Hetty’ Purdy (13 May 1796 - 7 November 1835) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 27 December 2022; Last Edited: 27 December 2022 |
| Person ID | 12821 |
| Name | Tunis Brinkerhoff Van Wyck |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 9 August 1834 in Dutchess County, New York1, 2 |
| Married | 1 June 1869 to Virginia A. Woodworth2 |
| Married | 1 September 1886 to Catherine Clemens2 |
| Died | 20 July 1916 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois1 |
| Buried | in Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Virginia A. Woodworth (daughter of James Hutchinson Woodworth and Almyra Booth) |
| Born | 1847 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
| Married | 1 June 1869 to Tunis Brinkerhoff Van Wyck |
| Died | 2 August 1872 in Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois |
| Children | of Tunis Brinkerhoff Van Wyck and Virginia A. Woodworth: |
| +1. | Almyra Virginia Van Wyck |
| Born | 3 March 1871 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
| Married | 14 October 1891 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to George Jackson Pope |
| Died | 24 November 1947 in Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois |
| Spouse 2 | Catherine Clemens |
| Born | 14 February 1855 in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania |
| Married | 1 September 1886 to Tunis Brinkerhoff Van Wyck |
| Died | 22 October 1926 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Tunis Brickenhoff Van Wyck, born: 9 August 1835 in Dutchess County, New York; died: 20 July 1916 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (from record, which includes the details from a death record or index; and provides the names and links for his mother, one sibling, two wives, and one child).
- Descendants of Cornelius Barentse Van Wyck and Anna Polhemus, by Anne Van Wyck. New York, Tobias A. Wright, Printer and Publisher, 1912. Pages 209,228-9, 303-4, and 361, Stephen Duryea Van Wyck and several descendants, showing detailed vital and biographical information.