Cornelius Lezenby and Eliza Wilson, Immigrants
and some of their Ancestors
and Descendants

GEORGE CREASE3 LEZENBY (John2, Cornelius1) was born at New Jersey on 9 December 1875[1] a son of John W. Lezenby and his wife Hannah Fox. He died at New Jersey on 11 December 1958.[2] He married first at Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, on 15 November 1892 LULA AMES WOODRUFF.[3] In some records she is called "Lula," in other records "Lulu." She was born at Bridgeton, Cumberland County, New Jersey, on 15 April 1877, a daughter of Samuel Barker Woodruff and his wife Martha Hattie Reeves. She died at Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, on 25 February 1953.[4] George Lezenby married second at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 1901 PAULINE K. BINDER.[5] She was born at Pennsylvania about September 1873,[6] and died at Vineland, Cumberland County, on 6 October 1963.[7] Lulu (Woodruff) Lezenby married second at Philadelphia on 1915 HARVEY GILDAY.[8] He was born at Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on 9 February 1872, and died at Northfield, Atlantic County, on 24 February 1949.[9]

George C. Lezenby, the sixth of seven children, grew up in Camden, where his father worked as a blacksmith. Lulu, the ninth of ten children, was eight years old when her father died. I have not been able to trace her and her mother's whereabouts immediateley after his death.

When they married, George was 16, Lulu was 15. She became a mother at 17, and had her second child at 20. Within three years of his birth, the marriage was over. George and Lulu had separated by the time of the 1900 Census, and divorced before George's second marriage the following year.

The 1900 census reported George Lezenby, 24, and his sons George, 5, and J. Wallace, 2, living with George's parents in Camden.[10] George Lezenby married Pauline Bender in 1901; the issuance of their marriage license was reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer on 16 August.[11] Pauline Binder was 26 when she married 25 year old George Lezenby. She may have been the daughter of Conrad and Katie Binder, German immigrants who settled in Philadelphia. If this identification is correct, Pauline was working as a cotton winder in 1900.[12]

George’s draft registration in 1918 described him as medium height, medium build, with brown eyes and brown hair.[13]

World War I Draft Registrtion Card of George C. Lezenby - front
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World War I Draft Registrtion Card of George C. Lezenby - back
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George began his work life as a barber. This was how he was listed in the 1900, 1905, 1910 and 1915 censuses and his 1918 draft registration. However by 1920 he called himself a doctor of “electrotheroputics,” and afterwards a doctor of electrical treatments.[14] By 1920 the sons had left home, and George and Pauline had moved to 582 Benson Street, Camden, where they remained.[15] George died in 1958, Pauline in 1963; they are buried at Locustwood Memorial Park, Cherry Hill, Camden County.[16]

Lulu was reported in 1910 at 2310 Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic City, where she worked at home as a dressmaker; she also had two boarders, William McConnel, a saloon keeper, and John Sinnit, a driver for a brewery.[17]

In 1915, at the age of 38, Lulu married 43 year old Harvey V. Gilday. Harvey grew up in Dauphin County, with his parents, Thomas Jefferson Gilday and Elizabeth Rachel Bagner, and his brother William. His father, Thomas, is variously described as a stationary engineer and a farmer. He was a Civil War veteran, described as disabled in the 1880 census.[18] From 1899 to 1901 Thomas resided at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, at Hampton, Virginia.[19] In the 1900 Census, William and Harvey, carpenters, ages 30 and 28, were living in Philadelphia with their mother.[20] Elizabeth died in 1902,[21] Thomas in 1908.[22] The 1910 Census found William and Harvey, ages 40 and 38, woodworkers, living together in Philadelphia.[23 ] Harvey married at the age of 43. At the age of 50, William married Pearl M. Fox.[24]

Harvey and Lulu (Woodruff) (Lezenby) Gilday lived in Atlantic City. City directories described Harvey as a carpenter in 1920, a seller of novelties in 1922, and a seller of sewing machines in 1923 and 1924. From 1925 through 1929 their occupation (perhaps Lulu's) was listed as hemstitcher.[25]

The two sons of George and Lula moved around a bit, but maintained contact with both parents. In 1900 George and his two sons were living with his parents. In 1905 George, Junior, was with his father,[26] John Wallace with his grandparents.[27] In 1910 both sons were with George and Pauline.[28] Wallace was still there in 1915,[29] but with his uncle Joseph Woodruff in 1920.[30]

Harvey Gilday died in 1949, Lulu in 1953. Her death record follows. You will note that the informant was her son George Lezenby.


Death Record of Lulu Gilday
supplied by David Barnett

George Crease Lezenby and his first wife Lula Woodruff had the following children:

  1. GEORGE CREASE4 LEZENBY Jr. b. at Camden on 6 June 1894.
  2. JOHN WALLACE4 LEZELBY b. at New Jersey on 2 April 1898.

NOTES

1"World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital image, United States, Selective Service System, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 28 February 2015), Camden County, New Jersey, draft board 2, no. 762, George Crease Lezenby; citing : National Archives and Records Administration. Washington, D.C., microfilm record group M1509: Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.
2David Barnett, to Charles A. Maxfield, electronic mail, 7 December 2014, "genealogy," privately held.
3New Jersey State Archives Trenton, New Jersey, "New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1670-1965," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 May 2018), Lezenby-Woodruff, 1892.
4Lulu Ames Gilday, death certificate (long form) 04662 (25 February 1953), New Jersey, Department of Health. Provided by David Barnett.
5Philadelphia County Pennsylvania Clerk of the Orphans' Court, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Index, 1885-1951," database of index, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 18 December 2011), Lezenby-Binder, 139046.
6New Jersey State Census, 1905, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, p. 10, household 236, George C. Lezenby family; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 1 September 2018).
7Barnett to Charles A. Maxfield, electronic mail, 7 December 2014.
8"Philadelphia Marriage Index, 1885-1951," Gilday-Woodruff, 338016.
9Oak Hill Cemetery, Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : database 6 June 2018), Harvey V Gilday; Created by: Dave B.
10Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 77, roll 959, p. 6B, household 141, family of John Lezenby; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 26 November 2014); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
11"Marriage Licenses Issued," Philadelphia Inquirer, 16 August 1901, v. 145:47, p. 11; Genealogy Bank (genealogybank.com : accessed 26 October 2016), Newspaper Archives. p. 11.
121900 Census, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ED 385, p. 8A, household 175, Conrad Binder family.
13"World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," Camden County, New Jersey, draft board 2, no. 762, George Crease Lezenby.
141900 Census, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, ED 77, roll 959, p. 6B, household 141, family of John Lezenby. New Jersey State Census, 1905, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, p. 10, household 236, George C. Lezenby family. Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 60, roll 874, p. 2B, household 42, George Lezenby family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 26 November 2014); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. New Jersey State Census, 1915, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, sheet 8B, family 176, George Lezenby family; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 31 August 2018). "World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," Camden County, New Jersey, draft board 2, no. 762, George Crease Lezenby. Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 59, roll 1023, p. 1B, household 16, George Lezenby family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 26 November 2014); NARA microfilm record group T625, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 39, roll 1321, p. 9B, household 108, George C. Lezenby family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 2014); NARA microfilm record group T626; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, enumeration district (ED) 22-64, roll 2394, p. 61B, household 95, George Lezenby family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 September 2014); NARA microfilm group T627.
151920 Census, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, ED 59, roll 1023, p. 1B, household 16, George Lezenby family.
16Locustwood Memorial Park, Cherry Hill, Camden County, New Jersey, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 30 May 2018), George Lezenby; Pauline Lezenby; Created by: Dave B, Photo added by Georgia Lass.
171910 Census, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, ED 23, roll 867, p. 15A, household 241, Lulu Woodruff family.
18Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Dauphin, Dauphin Clounty, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 108, roll 1124, p. 91D, household 122, Thomas Gilday family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 13 November 2018); NARA microfilm publication T9; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
19"United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938," digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 14 November 2018); National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C., NARA microfilm publication T1749; Thomas J. Gilday, no. 13907.
201900 Census, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ED 902, p. 5B, household 110, Elizabeth Gilday family.
21Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, City Death Certificates, 1803-1915, no. 19690, Elizabeth R. Gilday, 1902; digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 14 November 2018); Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. FHL microfilm 1,405,399.
22Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906–1966, file no. 46696, Thomas J. Gilday, 1908; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 November 2018); Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Series 11.90. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
231910 Census, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ED 1118, roll 1412, p. 14B, household 272, Jacob Kirsborsky family.
24"Philadelphia Marriage Index, 1885-1951," Gilday-Fox, no. 430467.
25Boyd's Atlantic City Directory, 1920 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: C. E. Howe Company, 1920), 374, Harvey V. Gilday; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 November 2018). Boyd's Atlantic City Directory, 1922 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: C. E. Howe Co., 1922), 444, Harvey Gilday; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 November 2018). Buyer's Guide - 1923 - Atlantic City Directory (N.p.:n.p. [1923]), 488, Harvey Gilday; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 November 2018). Classified Buyer's Guide of Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Vicinity, 1924 (Philadelphia: R. L. Polk & Co., 1924), 1433, Harvey Gilday; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 November 2018). Polk's Atlantic City Directory, 1925 (Philadelphia: R. L. Polk & Co., 1925), 393, Harvey Gilday; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 November 2018). Polk's Atlantic City Directory, 1926: (including Ventnor, Longport, Margate City, Pleasantville and West Atlantic City) (Philadelphia: R. L. Polk & Co., 1926), 1087, Harvey Gilday; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 November 2018). Polk's Atlantic City Directory, 1927 (New Brunswick, New Jersey: R. L. Polk & Co., 1927), 395, Harvey Gilday; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 November 2018). Polk's Atlantic City (New Jersey) Directory, 1928 (New Brunswick, New Jersey: R. L. Polk & Co., 1928), 381, Harvey Gilday; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 November 2018).
26New Jersey State Census, 1905, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, p. 10, household 236, George C. Lezenby family.
27New Jersey State Census, 1905, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, p. 21, household 537, John W. Lezenby family.
281910 Census, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, ED 60, roll 874, p. 2B, household 42, George Lezenby family.
29New Jersey State Census, 1915, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, sheet 8B, family 176, George Lezenby family.
301920 Census, Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey, ED 173, roll 1027, p. 4B, household 83, Joseph Woodruff family.

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