Lewis Ray Montgomery

1906 - 1976  (69 years)

• Name	Lewis Ray Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	31 Aug 1906	Brandon, Buchanan, Iowa, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Family Search ID	LTR8-ZTL
  Residence	1940	Nevada, Story, Iowa, USA   [4]
  Residence	1950	Nevada, Story, Iowa, USA   [5]
  Burial	1976	Nevada, Story, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Death	22 Jan 1976	Nevada, Story, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I52441	MontyHistNotes_II
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Henry Wilford Montgomery,   b. 12 Jul 1881, Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA d. 28 Apr 1967, Zearing, Story, Iowa, USA (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elsie Novella Gray,   b. 20 Sep 1883, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA d. 2 Jun 1959, Nevada, Story, Iowa, USA (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F36061	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bessie May Stern,   b. 1909, Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA
  Marriage	31 Dec 1926	Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F36066	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 31 Aug 1906 - Brandon, Buchanan, Iowa, USA Marriage - 31 Dec 1926 - Vinton, Benton, 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 [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 [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: Nevada, Story, Iowa; Roll: m-t0627-01206; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 85-25A. Record for Ray Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=125094672&indiv=try [S3831] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Nevada, Story, Iowa; Roll: 1898; Page: 24; Enumeration District: 85-36. Record for Lewis R. Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62308&h=72049544&indiv=try