Gazlay Family History
Cecilia Hadsell Williams
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Cecilia Hadsell Williams7 (Lila Gazley,6 Edwin Gazley,5 Thomas Gazley,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Cecilia Hadsell Williams7 (Lila Gazley,6 Edwin Gazley,5 Thomas Gazley,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Dan Williams (January 1864 - 1908) |
| Mother | Lila F. Gazley (3 November 1864 - 24 March 1940) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 12 June 2011; Last Edited: 30 March 2013 |
| Person ID | 2398 |
| Name | Cecilia Hadsell Williams |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 16 April 1900 in Texas1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Married | to Henry G. Dixon6 |
| Died | 6 August 1976 in Taft, San Patricio County, Texas1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Henry G. Dixon |
| Born | ca. 1905 in Texas |
| Married | to Cecilia Hadsell Williams |
Sources
- Texas Deaths, 1890-1976; Dixon, Cecilia Hadsell; born 16 Apr 1900, Texas; died 6 Aug 1976, Taft, San Patricio County, Texas; record provides the names of her parents.
- 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.]
- U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Texas, Bee County, Precinct 5, Enumeration District 16, Sheet No. 4B, family of Edwin T. Gazley (76, Texas, physician); wife of 53 years Anna C. Gazley (75, Kentucky, 8 children, 5 living); daughter Lila Williams (46, Texas, widow, music teacher, 5 children, 5 living); grand daughter Cecelia Williams (11, Texas).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Texas, Bee County, Skidmore, Enumeration District 13-11, Sheet No. 8A, family of Lila Williams (65, Texas, operator, telephone office); daughter Cecilia Williams (26, Texas, bookkeeper, gen.[eral] office).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Texas, Bee County, Skidmore, Enumeration District 13-11, Sheet No. 4B; family of Henry G. Dixon (35, Texas, pipeline worker, oil pipe line); wife Cecilia Dixon (37, Texas, agency & chief operator, telephone co.).
- 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.