Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyAlexander Hamlin Hollenbeck

Parents

FatherIsaac Hollenbeck (ca. 1815 - 9 October 1874)
MotherLydia M. Bennett (22 February 1817 - 12 March 1912)

Personal Information

Record Created: 14 November 2009; Last Edited: 1 March 2015 
Person ID235
NameAlexander Hamlin Hollenbeck
GenderMale
Born 8 August 1846 in Tully, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Married 31 December 1873 in Cortlandville, New York to Mary Celestia Gazlay6, 7, 9, 10
Died 28 March 1927 in Page County, Iowa11
Buried in Graceland Cemetery, Creston, Union County, Iowa11

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyMary Celestia Gazlay (daughter of Dr. Henry Champion Gazlay and Sabra Elvira Cornwall)
Born 10 January 1846 in Onondaga County, New York
Married 31 December 1873 in Cortlandville, New York to Alexander Hamlin Hollenbeck
Died 14 January 1919 in Creston, Union County, Iowa
  
Children of Alexander Hamlin Hollenbeck and Mary Celestia Gazlay:
  
1.FamilyEva May Hollenbeck
Born 11 February 1876
Died 28 July 1876
  
2.FamilyRalph Gazlay Hollenbeck
Born 14 June 1879 in Delavan, Illinois
Died 9 February 1901 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  
+3.FamilyGrace Mae Hollenbeck
Born 29 July 1880 in Illinois
Married 12 September 1905 in Creston, Union County, Iowa to Walter P. Tracy
Died before March 1948
  

Sources

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Onondaga County, Tully, Page 338, family of Isaac Hollenbeck (35, New York); Lydia M. Hollenbeck (33, New York); daughter Sarepta Hollenbeck (9, New York); Sullivan D. Hollenbeck (6, New York); Alexander H. Hollenbeck (4, New York); infant Hollenbeck (1, New York, male).
  2. New York State Census, 1855, Onandaga County, Tully, family of Isaac Holenbeck (39, Cortland [County], farmer); wife Lydia M. Holenbeck (37 Onan[daga County]); child Serepta M. Holenbeck (13, Onan); child Sullivan D. Holenbeck (10, Onan); child A. Hamlin Holenbeck (8, Onan); child I. Merit Holenbeck (6, Onan); child Frances M. Holenbeck (3, Onan); Seward Holenbeck (1, Onan).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Onondaga County, Tully, Page No. 5, family of Isaac Halenbeck (44, NY, farmer); Lydia M. Halenbeck (43, NY); Sareptha Halenbeck (18, NY); Sulivan Halenbeck (15, NY, farm laborer); Hamlin Halenbeck (13, NY); Merit Halenbeck (11, NY); Frances Halenbeck (8, NY); Sewert Halenbeck (6, NY); Bonett Halenbeck (4, NY).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Chenango County, Smyrna, Page No. 42, A. H. Hollenbeck (22, New York, dry goods clerk) [living in the household of Horace Nearing].
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Illinois, Tazewell County, Delavan Village, Enumeration District 245, Page No. 7, family of A. H. Hollenbeck (33, New York, retired merchant); wife Mary C. Hollenbeck (32, New York); son Ralph G. Hollenbeck (11/12, Illinois, Jan.).
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Iowa, Union County, Creston, Enumeration District 131, Sheet No. 15A, family of Alexander Holenbeck (53, New York, Aug 1846, grain dealer); wife of 26 years Mary Holenbeck (53, New York, Jan 1847, 2 children, 2 living); son Ralph Holenbeck (20, Illinois, June 1879, artist); daughter Grace Holenbeck (19, Illinois, July 1880).
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Iowa, Union County, Creston City, Enumeration District 144, Sheet No. 15B, family of Alexander H. Hollenbeck (63, New York, merchant); wife of 36 years Mary C. Hollenbeck (63, New York, 3 children, 1 living).
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Iowa, Union County, Creston City, Enumeration District 156, Sheet 19B, Alexander Hollenbeck (83, New York, widow, wire).
  9. Genealogy, The Champion Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of Henry Champion, by Francis Bacon Trowbridge, New Haven, 1891. Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy Reading Room.
  10. Wedding announcement card, A. H. Hollenbeck and Mary C. Gazlay, Wednesday 31 December 1873 in Cortlandville, New York. Original in possession of Lee Gazlay.
  11. Find a Grave (website). Graceland Cemetery, Creston, Union County, Iowa, A H Hollenbeck, born: unknown; died: March 1927 [from record].