Frank Lewis Elder

1903 - 1972  (69 years)

• Name	Frank Lewis Elder  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	3 Jan 1903	Ophir, San Miguel, Colorado, USA   [1, 2, 3, 5]
  	Carabou Mine
  Gender	Male
  Family Search ID	9H32-364
  Residence	1 Apr 1940	Mancos, Montezuma, Colorado, USA   [3]
  Residence	1950	Telluride, San Miguel, Colorado, USA   [5]
  Burial	1972	Norwood, San Miguel, Colorado, USA   [1]
  Death	20 Sep 1972	Nucla, Montrose, Colorado, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I22221	MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_son Robert Montgomery
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Eli Alonzo Elder,   b. 31 Aug 1862, Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, USA d. 9 May 1946, Cortez, Montezuma, Colorado, USA (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Daisy Routt,   b. 10 Feb 1876, Hancock, Ohio, USA d. 11 Jan 1970, Cortez, Montezuma, Colorado, USA (Age 93 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	5 Jan 1898	Telluride, San Miguel, Colorado, USA
  Family ID	F4767	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Louise Lay,   b. 23 May 1907, Wellington, Lafayette, Missouri, USA d. 11 Jan 2008, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, USA (Age 100 years)
  Marriage	11 Dec 1929	Dolores, Montezuma, Colorado, USA
  Children	> 1. Winnifred Louise Elder,   b. 15 Aug 1930, Lakeview, Montezuma, Colorado, USA d. 1 May 2021, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, USA (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Phyllis June Elder,   b. 29 Mar 1932, Lakeview, Montezuma, Colorado, USA d. 30 Oct 2008 (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Patricia Elder,   b. 29 Jan 1934, Lakeview, Montezuma, Colorado, USA d. 17 Nov 2015, Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Living
  Family ID	F19565	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Jan 1903 - Ophir, San Miguel, Colorado, USA Marriage - 11 Dec 1929 - Dolores, Montezuma, Colorado, USA Residence - 1 Apr 1940 - Mancos, Montezuma, Colorado, USA Residence - 1950 - Telluride, San Miguel, Colorado, USA Burial - 1972 - Norwood, San Miguel, Colorado, USA Death - 20 Sep 1972 - Nucla, Montrose, Colorado, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3453] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Frank Lewis Elder http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=100578349&indiv=try [S3478] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Number: 524-14-4267; Issue State: Colorado; Issue Date: Before 1951. Record for Frank Elder http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ssdi&h=17579895&indiv=try [S3849] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Mancos, Montezuma, Colorado; Roll: T627_471; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 42-9. Record for Frank L Elder http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=39204145&indiv=try [S3723] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). Record for Barbara Alice Elder http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60901&h=22735189&indiv=try [S4505] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Telluride, San Miguel, Colorado; Roll: 4439; Sheet Number: 9; Enumeration District: 57-2. Record for Frank Elder https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62308&h=19682381&indiv=try