Silas Ward Preston
1867 - 1958 (91 years)-
Name Silas Ward Preston [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Birth 10 Feb 1867 Pennsylvania, USA 
[3, 4, 5] Gender Male Residence 1935 Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa [5] Residence 1940 Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA [5] StreetAddress: South St Aubin; 72 Age: 72; AttendedSchool: No; EmploymentCode: 7; EmploymentDetails: Unable to Work; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 97-87B; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 8th grade; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; SeekingWork: No; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Son-in-law RelationToHead: SonInLaw Burial 1958 North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA [3] Death 1 Aug 1958 Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA [3, 4] Person ID I26022 MontyHistNotes_II | John Montgomery and Isabella Shaw Last Modified 6 Sep 2025
Family Jessie Cora Montgomery, b. 20 Jul 1876, Ripon, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA d. 7 Jun 1964, Panorama City, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 87 years) Children + 1. Lois Irene Preston, b. 16 Sep 1902, Lincoln, Bon Homme, South Dakota, USA d. 13 Apr 1986, Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 83 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F10576 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Sep 2025
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Birth - 10 Feb 1867 - Pennsylvania, USA 
Residence - StreetAddress: South St Aubin; 72 Age: 72; AttendedSchool: No; EmploymentCode: 7; EmploymentDetails: Unable to Work; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 97-87B; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 8th grade; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; SeekingWork: No; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Son-in-law RelationToHead: SonInLaw - 1940 - Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA 
Burial - 1958 - North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA 
Death - 1 Aug 1958 - Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S1965] Ancestry.com, South Dakota Births, 1856-1903, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;), South Dakota Department of Health; Pierre, South Dakota; South Dakota, Birth Index, 1856-1918.
Record for Lois Irene Preston
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6996&h=11185&indiv=try - [S470] Ancestry.com, California Death Index, 1940-1997, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Date: 1986-04-13.
Record for Lois Irene Simpson
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5180&h=6794559&indiv=try - [S2745] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Silas Ward Preston
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=79850134&indiv=try - [S470] Ancestry.com, California Death Index, 1940-1997, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Date: 1958-08-01.
Record for Silas Ward Preston
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5180&h=5911398&indiv=try - [S613] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: m-t0627-01216; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 97-87B.
Record for Silas Preston
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=124609714&indiv=try
- [S1965] Ancestry.com, South Dakota Births, 1856-1903, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;), South Dakota Department of Health; Pierre, South Dakota; South Dakota, Birth Index, 1856-1918.