Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyCelia Olivia Gazlay

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Celia Olivia Gazlay6 (Ralph Gazlay,5 Daniel Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherRalph Leavenworth Gazlay (14 May 1808 - 27 January 1884)
MotherHarriet Elizabeth Hart (2 January 1818 - 26 February 1896)

Personal Information

Record Created: 6 November 2010; Last Edited: 3 February 2022 
Person ID1540
NameCelia Olivia Gazlay
GenderFemale
Born 30 October 1844 in South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Married 1 May 1877 in Utica, Oneida County, New York to Joshua W. Chase7, 9
Died 28 October 1892 in New York, New York7, 10
Buried in Bridgewater Universalist Cemetery, Bridgewater, Oneida County, New York7, 10

Biography

Celia and Joshua lived in Bridgewater and Morris, New York. Judah Gazlay wrote that his sister Celia, “taught school, was a fine reader and impersonator, traveled in this and other states.” Celia died of an operation in New York City, age 48, and was buried in Morris [New York].7

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyJoshua W. Chase
Born 16 February 1817 in New York
Married 1 May 1877 in Utica, Oneida County, New York to Celia Olivia Gazlay
Died 25 January 1886
  
Children of Celia Olivia Gazlay and Joshua W. Chase:
  
1.FamilyLynn Joshua Chase
Born 28 October 1878 in New York
  

Sources

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Otsego County, Edmeston, Page 81, family of Ralph Gazeley (42, NY, shoemaker), Maryette Gazeley (33, CT), Susanna Gazeley (12, Ohio), Judah Gazeley (9, NY), Celia (6, NY)
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Otsego County, New Lisbon, Page 5, family of Walter Rundell (66, CT, farmer), R. L. Gazeley (52, NY, shoemaker), Harriett Gazeley (41, NY), Suzannah Gazeley (22, NY), Celia O. Gazeley (18, NY), Esther F. Gazeley (16, NY).
  3. New York State Census, 1865, Otsego County, New Lisbon, Page 46, Ralf L. Gazley, 57, Chenango, shoemaker, 5 children; wife Harriet E. Gazley, Conn., 5 children; D[aughter] Susannah Gazley, 27, Ohio; son Judah H. Gazley, 23, Otsego, cheesemaker in Madison; D[aughter] Celia A. Gazley, 20, Otsego, dressmaker; D[aughter] Esther Fazley [sic, probably an enumerator error], 11, Otsego.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Chenango County, New Berlin, Page 57, Celia Gazly, 25, New York, cheese maker.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Oneida County, Bridgewater, Enumeration District 86, Page No. 25A; family of Joshua Chase (62, New York, farmer); wife Celia Chase (35, New York); son Lyn J. Chase (1, New York).
  6. New York State Census, 1892, Otsego County, Morris, Page 10, family of Celia Chase (47); Lynn Chase (13).
  7. Gazlay History, compiled by Margaret Howe in 1955-1956 (copy available at Gazlay Family History - Sources). Margaret Howe indicated that the document is “based on material my mother Inez L. Gazlay collected, but never lived to edit. Her material has just been copied and explains the more extensive material on generation V and VI. Other information has been added which I found from numerous sources.” Unpublished, 29 pages. Several differences in dates have been found between this document and others, especially A Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family; the latter is considered the more accurate source.
  8. A Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family in the United States, by Elias Warner Leavenworth, L.L.D. Syracuse, New York, S. G. Hitchcock and Company, 1873. Digitized copy available at Google Books. Pages 88, 89, and 131, entries for Amos Leavenworth, his wife Esther Warner, and their children, especially Susanna who married Daniel Gazly (Gazlay).
  9. Marriage Announcement, Daily Observer, Utica, New York; Available at fultonhistory.com. 2 May 1877, Chase--Gazlay. In this city, May 1st, 1877, by Rev. N. R. Everts, J. W. Chase, Esq., of Bridgewater, to Miss Celia Gazlay, of the same place.
  10. Cemetery Record, Bridgewater Universalist Cemetery, Bridgewater, Oneida County, New York. Available at USGenWeb (website), New York. Chase, Celia Gazlay, wife of Joshua W. Chase; born: 30 October 1844; died: 28 October 1892.