Gazlay Family History
Dickinson Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Dickinson Gazlay5 (William Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Dickinson Gazlay5 (William Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | William C. Gazlay (ca. 1781 - 27 September 1858) |
| Mother | Patty Dickinson ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 26 September 2011; Last Edited: 8 October 2022 |
| Person ID | 3114 |
| Name | Dickinson Gazlay |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 1817 in Onondaga County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
| Baptized | February 1821 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York9 |
| Married | ca. 1850 in New York to Lydia D. Davis2, 10 |
| Died | 17 December 1897 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York1, 11 |
| Buried | in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Lydia D. Davis (daughter of Samuel Davis and Sarah ‘Sally’ Ball) |
| Born | 20 August 1823 in Erie County, Pennsylvania |
| Married | ca. 1850 in New York to Dickinson Gazlay |
| Died | 9 June 1913 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York |
| Children | of Dickinson Gazlay and Lydia D. Davis: |
| 1. | Ellen I. Gazlay |
| Born | 25 July 1850 in Erie County, New York |
| Married | 5 February 1874 to George Woolsey Ryerson |
| Died | 1 October 1925 in Seattle, King County, Washington |
| +2. | Richard Gazlay |
| Born | 1853 in Erie County, New York |
| Married | to Ellen Jane Hill |
| Died | 21 January 1884 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, Dickenson Gazlay, born: 1817; died: 17 December 1897 (from record, which provides the names and links for his wife and two children).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Erie County, Black Rock, family of Dickson Gazley (32, NY); Lydia Gazley (27, PA). The Census indicates they were married within the year.
- New York State Census, 1855, Erie County, Buffalo, 11th Ward, family of Dickenson Gazley (38, Orleans, harness maker); wife Lydia Gazley (31, Penn); child Helen I. Gazley (4, Erie); child Richard Gazley (1, Erie).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Erie County, Buffalo City, Page No. 51, family of Dickerson Gasley (42, NY, c____ capt); Lydia Gasley (26, Pa.) [her age is low by 10 years compared to other records]; Ellen I. Gasley (9, NY); Richard Gasley (6, NY); Elizabeth Perrin (35, Novascotia, servant).
- New York State Census, 1865, Erie County, City of Buffalo, 2nd ED, 11th Ward, Page 16, family of Dickinson Gazlay (48, Onandaga, ??); wife Lydia Gazlay (41, Penna, 2 children); child Ellen Gazlay (14, Erie); child Richard Gazlay (11, Erie); servant Susan Hooper (65, Renslier).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Erie County, Buffalo, Page No. 136, family of Dickinson Gazlay (53, N.York, forwarding ___); Lydia Gazlay (47, Penn.); Ella Gazlay (20, N.York); Richd Gazlay (16, N.York).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Erie County, Buffalo, Enumeration District 167, Page No. 38B; family of Dickinson Gazley (63, New York, bridge tender); wife Meledia D. Gazley (56, Pa.); border Charlotte Underhill (63, New York, widow).
- New York State Census, 1892, Erie County, Buffalo, 5th ED, 22nd Ward, Page 3; family of Richard [sic, Dickinson] Gazley (74, retired); wife Lydia Gazley (68); Ellen G. Ryson (41, school t.); lydia Gazley Jr. (16, housek); Elsie R. Gazley (14).
- Early Records of the Valley Presbyterian Church, Syracuse, New York. Records from 1810. Submitted by Barbara Hatch. Copied by Minnie L. C. Coleman, Syracuse, New York, 1930. Available at Rootsweb. Infant Baptisms, Liber I, include, on page 8, children of William C. and Patty Gazlay, baptized on 12 December 1816: Miles, Ward, Martha, and Lucy Ann (her record between that of Miles and Ward). On Page 11, children of William C. and Patty Gazelay, baptized in February 1821: Dickinson, and Mary.
- Obituary, Buffalo Morning Express, Buffalo, New York. Available at fultionhistory.com. 10 June 1913, Lydia D. Gazlay, died on 9 June 1913. The article provides vital and biographical details, and names of her late husband, son, and surviving daughter and grandchildren.
- Deaths, Buffalo Courier-Record, available at www.fultonhistory.com. 18 December 1897: Died - Gazlay - December 17, 1897, in this city, Dickinson Gazlay, aged 80 years and 7 months. The funeral will take place from his late residence, no. 135 Bird Avenue, Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Burial at the convenience of the family.