Gazlay Family History
Dan Williams
Parents
| Father | [unknown] |
| Mother | [unknown] |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 15 May 2011; Last Edited: 1 November 2011 |
| Person ID | 2394 |
| Name | Dan Williams |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | January 1864 in Texas1 |
| Married | 2 October 1885 in Hays County, Texas to Lila F. Gazley1, 2, 3 |
| Died | 19083 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Lila F. Gazley (daughter of Dr. Edwin Theodore Gazley and Anna Cecilia Hadsell) |
| Born | 3 November 1864 in Texas |
| Married | 2 October 1885 in Hays County, Texas to Dan Williams |
| Died | 24 March 1940 in Corpus Christi, Texas |
| Children | of Dan Williams and Lila F. Gazley: |
| 1. | Edward Daniel Williams |
| Born | 5 June 1887 in Austin County, Texas |
| Died | 22 April 1947 in Seagraves, Gaines County, Texas |
| 2. | Gertrude C. Williams |
| Born | 24 August 1890 in Texas |
| Married | ca. 1919 to Andrew Wallace Galloway |
| Died | 5 June 1984 in San Patricio County, Texas |
| 3. | Deliah Williams |
| Born | May 1894 in Texas |
| Married | to Oscar William Lau |
| +4. | Kathlyn Williams |
| Born | 17 June 1896 in Texas |
| Married | ca. 1913 to Henry G. Clark |
| Died | 22 November 1988 in Merced County, California |
| 5. | Cecilia Hadsell Williams |
| Born | 16 April 1900 in Texas |
| Married | to Henry G. Dixon |
| Died | 6 August 1976 in Taft, San Patricio County, Texas |
Sources
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Texas, El Paso County, Justice Precinct No. 7, Enumeration District 29, Sheet No. 9B, family of Dan Williams (36, Texas, Jan 1864, stock raiser); wife of 14 years Lila Williams (35, Texas, Nov 1864, 5 children, 5 living); daughter Deliah Williams (6, Texas, May 1894); son Edward Williams (12, Texas, May 1888); daughter Katheline Williams (4, Texas, Oct 1895); daughter Cecelia Williams (1, Texas, Jan 1899). [Their fifth child Gertrude is enumerated with Lila’s parents Edwin and Anna Gazley.]
- Texas Marriage Collection 1814-1909 and 1966-2002, available at Ancestry.com, marriage of J. D. Williams and Lela F. Gazley, 2 Oct 1885, Hays County, Texas.
- Obituary, The Corpus Christi Times, Corpus Christi, Texas; 25 March 1940, Mrs. Lila Williams, died 24 March 1940 in Corpus Christi. The article provides a brief biographical sketch and names her four surviving daughters, a sister and three brothers. Burial was to be in Evergreen Cemetery in Skidmore.