Gazlay Family History
Adelia ‘Della’ Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Adelia ‘Della’ Gazlay4 (James Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Adelia ‘Della’ Gazlay4 (James Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | James Gazlay (23 January 1758 - 6 August 1823) |
| Mother | Huldah Carter (11 February 1767 - 21 September 1844) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 24 November 2009; Last Edited: 28 September 2014 |
| Person ID | 478 |
| Name | Adelia ‘Della’ Gazlay |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 14 December 1813 in Cairo, Greene County, New York1, 2 |
| Married | 12 November 1832 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio to Albert Gallatin Knight3, 4, 5 |
| Died | 18 April 1858 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin4, 6 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Albert Gallatin Knight (son of Timothy Knight and Dolly Rice) |
| Born | 28 May 1808 in Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont |
| Married | 12 November 1832 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio to Adelia ‘Della’ Gazlay |
| Married | 1868 to Anna Hanson |
| Died | 5 January 1886 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin |
| Children | of Adelia ‘Della’ Gazlay and Albert Gallatin Knight: |
| +1. | Sayrs Gazlay Knight |
| Born | 27 September 1833 in Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont |
| Married | ca. 1863 to Rebecca Traver |
| Died | 20 May 1903 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin |
| +2. | Jane G. Knight |
| Born | 3 March 1836 in Huron, Wayne County, New York |
| Married | 1853 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin to Simeon Whiteley |
| Died | 11 July 1907 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin |
| +3. | Mary Huldah Knight |
| Born | 7 September 1843 in Wisconsin |
| Married | 19 January 1869 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin to Charles Elam Jewett |
| +4. | John Wesley Knight |
| Born | 8 May 1851 in Wisconsin |
| Married | 26 January 1899 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin to Cora Luix (née Bliss) |
| 5. | James Mason Knight |
| Born | ca. 1854 in Wisconsin |
| Died | 1874 |
| 6. | Dr. Delia Gazlay Knight |
| Born | ca. 1858 in Wisconsin |
Sources
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Wisconsin, Racine County, Town of Racine, Page No. 88, family of Albert G. Knight (42, VT, farmer); Delia G. Knight (36, NY); Sayrs G. Knight (16, VT); Jane Knight (14, NY); Mary H. Knight (6, Wis.); Timothy Knight (69, VT); Dolly Knight (60, VT).
- Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, collated by Theodore Gazlay, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1890; unpublished. Transcription available at Gazlay Family History (website).
- Marriage Records, Hamilton County, Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Chapter, D.A.R., 1941. Knigh [sic], Albert G., and Gazley [sic], Delia, married on 12 November 1832.
- The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin, Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879, page 596, biographical sketch of Albert G. Knight. Digitized by Google and available at Google Books.
- Gazlay History, written by Spencer G. Kuhn, a grandchild of Theodore Gazlay; undated. This is a typewritten re-compilation of the earlier Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, compiled by Theodore Gazlay in 1890, including the 1852 statement of the family history by Reverend Sayers Gazlay, an elder brother of Theodore. This document re-formats the information in the 1890 work. For example, facts originally shown in list form, such as birth and death dates, are incorporated in the narrative of this later work. Two post-1890 sections are unique to this document: one with additional details about Theodore Gazlay’s family, with dates as late as 1951; and another on the Donaldson family, featuring Jean Gazlay Donaldson and her six marriages, with several dates in 1965.
- History of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Racine, Wisconsin, by Eugene Walter Leach. Western Printing & Lithographing Company, Racine, Wisconsin, 1912. Digitized copy available at Google Books.