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    Laura S Gay

    Birth: 1816

    Death: unknown

    Birth Date Prefix: around

    Death Date Prefix:

Biography

She was the wife of John Gay who was listed under the census with the occupation of keeping house.This seems to be the "Mrs. Gay of Seneca Falls" that Aurelia Bissel visited in 1844.

Letter References

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, October 9, 1844

Citations

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Biography: 
She was the wife of John Gay who was listed under the census with the occupation of keeping house.This seems to be the "Mrs. Gay of Seneca Falls" that Aurelia Bissel visited in 1844.
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https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/interactive/7163/4277086_00445?pid=32291153&backurl=http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DjQT12%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-g%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26gsfn%3DLaura%26gsfn_x%3
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https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/interactive/8054/4203566_00596?pid=8445328&backurl=http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DjQT11%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-g%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26gsfn%3DLaura%26gsfn_x%3D
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The 1850 and 1870 census both put her birth year around 1816. Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Seneca Falls, Seneca, New York; Roll: M432_597; Page: 296B; Image: 596. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Second Source, 1870 census: https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/interactive/7163/4277086_00445?pid=32291153&backurl=http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DjQT12%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-g%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26gsfn%3DLaura%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3DGay%26gsln_x%3D1%26msypn__ftp%3DSeneca%2520Falls,%2520Seneca,%2520New%2520York,%2520USA%26msypn%3D11788%26msypn_PInfo%3D8-%257C0%257C1652393%257C0%257C2%257C0%257C35%257C0%257C2665%257C11788%257C0%257C0%257C%26msypn_x%3D1%26msypn__ftp_x%3D1%26msbdy_x%3D1%26msbdp%3D10%26msbdy%3D1815%26catbucket%3Drstp%26MSAV%3D0%26uidh%3Dif4%26pcat%3DROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3D32291153%26dbid%3D7163%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D2&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=jQT12&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Seneca Falls, Seneca, New York; Roll: M593_1093; Page: 218A; Family History Library Film: 552592
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Seems she died sometime after 1880 because she is listed in the 1880 census: http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=jQT13&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=Laura&gsfn_x=0&gsln=Gay&gsln_x=1&msypn__ftp=Seneca%20Falls,%20Seneca,%20New%20York,%20USA&msypn=11788&msypn_PInfo=8-%7C0%7C1652393%7C0%7C2%7C0%7C35%7C0%7C2665%7C11788%7C0%7C0%7C&msypn_x=1&msypn__ftp_x=1&msbdy_x=1&msbdp=10&msbdy=1815&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=0&uidh=if4&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=4451350&dbid=6742&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1