Ira Luce

Person/Family

Spouse 1

Esther Floretta Gazlay (daughter of Ralph Leavenworth Gazlay and Harriet Elizabeth Hart)

Sources

1. Find a Grave (website). Hillington Cemetery, Morris, Otsego County, New York, shared headstone: Ira A. Luce / 1851-1901 / Esther F. Gazlay / His wife / 1854-1934. Their records provide more details: 1. Ira A. Luce, born: 1851; died: 1901; plus the name and link to his wife Esther. 2. Esther Floretta Gazlay Luce Parker, born: 10 February 1854 in South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York; died: 14 February 1934 in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York; plus names and links to her parents, spouse (first) and one sibling.
2. New York State Census, 1875, Madison County, Brookfield, Page 1, family of Ralph L. Gazlay (67, Chenango, farmer); wife Harriet E. Gazlay (67, Conn); daughter Susan L. Gazlay (36, Ohio); daughter Eddie G. Luce (21, Otsego, dressmaker); son [sic, son-in-law] Ira A. Luce (24, Herkimer, farm laborer).
3. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Oneida County, Bridgewater, Enumeration District 86, Page No. 5A, family of Ira Luce (28, N.Y., farm laborer); wife Ettie Luce (26, N.Y.); sister-in-law Susie Luce ([age not discernible], Ohio, listed as maimed, crippled, bedridden, or otherwise disabled); mother-in-law Gazlay (71, Conn.).
4. 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 Unpublished, 29 pages.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.