Gazlay Family History
Col. John Collins Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
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Parents
| Father | John Peirce Gazlay (23 May 1904 - 12 February 1996) |
| Mother | Cora Roberts ‘Cody’ Collins (13 October 1906 - 21 May 1989) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 6 March 2011; Last Edited: 11 March 2013 |
| Person ID | 2119 |
| Name | John Collins Gazlay |
| Title | Col. |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 2 March 1930 in Miami, Dade County, Florida1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Married | 26 June 1954 to Carolyn Hoge ‘Petey’ Meyer5, 6 |
| Died | 22 June 2011 in Salinas, Monterey County, California1 |
| Buried | in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Carolyn Hoge ‘Petey’ Meyer (daughter of Eugene Montgomery Meyer and Martha Matilda Hoge) |
| Born | 15 March 1932 in Crafton, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
| Married | 26 June 1954 to Col. John Collins Gazlay |
| Died | 26 January 2019 in Salinas, Monterey County, California |
| Children | of Col. John Collins Gazlay and Carolyn Hoge ‘Petey’ Meyer: |
| +1. | Gretchen Knox Gazlay |
| Born | 9 September 1956 in Frankfurt, Germany |
| Married | 4 June 1983 in Dallas, Texas to Randall Edward Biery |
| 2. | Kristin Collins Gazlay |
| Born | 23 September 1958 in Frankfurt, Germany |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, John Collins Gazlay, born 2 March 1930, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida; died 22 June 2011, Salinas, Monterey County, California. (from record, which includes a biographical sketch of John, and names his wife, children and grandchildren).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Florida, Dade County, South Miami, Enumeration District 13-105, Sheet No. 2A, family of John Gazley (48, Ohio, salesman, real estate, 21 at first marriage), wife Maude Gazley (49, Ohio, 22 at first marriage), son John Gazley Jr. (25, Ohio, farmer, 23 at first marriage), daughter-in-law Cora F. Gazley (23, Ohio, 21 at first marriage), grandson John Gazley 3 (11/12, FL), son Harold Gazley (19, Ohio, guard, prison).
- Florida State Census, 1935, Dade County, Precinct No. 63, Page 4, family of John Gazley (54, Ohio, salesman), wife Maude P. Gazley (54, Ohio), son John P. Gazley (30, Ohio, salesman), son Harold Gazley (24, Ohio, salesman), wife’s mother Olive G. Pierce (85, VT), wife Cody C. Gazley (26, Minn., cashier), son John C. Gazley Jr. (5, Fla).
- This is publicly viewable information found in various public information repositories, people finding websites, and/or social media.
- Email from Mary Fetter to Lee Gazlay, various dates in April and June 2013. The emails include as attachments 18 pages of hand-written family history notes containing the names, birth, marriage and death dates and places, primarily centered around the ancestors and descendants of Carl Adolph Hildebrand (1886-1965) and his wife Maria Elizabeth Gazlay (1883-1973). The pages include surnames Gazlay, Hildebrand, Rhoades, Morgan, Zehner, and Fetter, among many other surnames. The information in these pages matches the same information found in other (primarily public) records, so is considered highly reliable.
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 27 August 1953. Engagement announcement: Carolyn Hoge Meyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Carns Knox, to John Collins Gazlay, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Baker.