Elsie Novella Gray

1883 - 1959  (75 years)

• Name	Elsie Novella Gray  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	20 Sep 1883	Buchanan County, Iowa, USA   [1, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Burial	1959	Benton County, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Death	2 Jun 1959	Nevada, Story, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I52437	MontyHistNotes_II
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family	Henry Wilford Montgomery,   b. 12 Jul 1881, Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 28 Apr 1967, Zearing, Story, Iowa, USA (Age 85 years)
  Children	> 1. Nellie Pearl Montgomery,   b. 29 Jan 1902, Benton County, Iowa, USA d. 20 Jan 1924, Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA (Age 21 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Lewis Ray Montgomery,   b. 31 Aug 1906, Brandon, Buchanan, Iowa, USA d. 22 Jan 1976, Nevada, Story, Iowa, USA (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Merlin Wilferd Montgomery,   b. 1 May 1912, La Porte City, Black Hawk, Iowa, USA d. 21 Jun 1976, Nevada, Story, Iowa, USA (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. Marion Francis Montgomery,   b. 30 Mar 1923, Brandon, Buchanan, Iowa, USA d. 13 Jun 2005, Ackley, Hardin, Iowa, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F36061	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - 1959 - Benton County, Iowa, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S2745] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Henry Wilford Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=29771092&indiv=try [S3344] Ancestry.com, Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2017;), State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, IA, USA; Iowa Death Records, 1921-1940. Record for Nellie Martin https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61442&h=7472&indiv=try [S3347] Ancestry.com, Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2017;), State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Title: Iowa Birth Records, 1888-1904. Record for Lewis Ray Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61441&h=410053&indiv=try [S1931] Ancestry.com, Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Ray Lewis Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60284&h=4879588&indiv=try [S2309] Ancestry.com, Iowa, Marriage Records, 1923-1937, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Iowa Marriage Records,1941-1943; Record Type: Marriage. Record for Merlin Wilfred Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8823&h=4410553&indiv=try