Nellie May Best

Female 1904 - 1995  (90 years)

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  • Name Nellie May Best  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
    Birth 31 Jul 1904  Whitewood, Lawrence, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13
    Gender Female 
    Family Search ID KCYQ-GB1 
    Residence 1910  Crook City, Lawrence, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1915  South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1920  Crook City, Lawrence, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1930  Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Township 5 
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Campbell County, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Residence 1950  Gillette, Campbell, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Burial 1995  Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Death 9 Jun 1995  Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5
    Person ID I8388  MontyHistNotes_II | Archibald Montgomery and Sarah Winter
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2025 

    Family 1 Charles Dillon Cole,   b. 1905 
    Marriage 3 Oct 1922  Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Family ID F34945  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2025 

    Family 2 Guy Franklin Montgomery,   b. 5 Sep 1894, Oakdale, Antelope, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1981, Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 4 Mar 1926 
    Children 
    >1. Alice Mae Montgomery,   b. 2 Sep 1927, Deadwood, Lawrence, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 2009, Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. Florence Gale Montgomery,   b. 25 Jun 1929, Deadwood, Lawrence, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1931, Campbell County, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. Wyoma Leona Montgomery,   b. 11 May 1932, Rocky Point, Crook, Wyoming, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 2018, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. Living
    >5. Living
    >6. Living
    Family ID F4082  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1910 - Crook City, Lawrence, South Dakota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1915 - South Dakota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1920 - Crook City, Lawrence, South Dakota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1950 - Gillette, Campbell, Wyoming, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1995 - Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Jun 1995 - Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1810] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2007;;), Number: 520-40-2359; Issue State: Wyoming; Issue Date: 1954.

    2. [S940] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Crook City, Lawrence, South Dakota.

    3. [S920] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Crook, Lawrence, South Dakota; Roll: T624_1483; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0035; FHL microfilm: 1375496.

    4. [S2641] Ancestry.com, South Dakota, State Census, 1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
      Record for Nellie Best
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FS1SouthDakotaStateCensus1915&h=571183&indiv=try

    5. [S2745] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Nellie Mae Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=3718052&indiv=try

    6. [S1543] Ancestry.com, South Dakota Marriages, 1905-1949, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), South Dakota Department of Health; Pierre, South Dakota; South Dakota Marriage Records, 1905-2016.
      Record for Nellie Mae Best
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8561&h=603469&indiv=try

    7. [S4205] Ancestry.com, Wyoming, U.S., State and County Marriage Records, 1869-1973, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT; Date: 2022;), Wyoming Department of Health; Cheyenne, WY, USA; State Marriage Records, 1941-1972.
      Record for Alice Mae Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61829&h=440012494&indiv=try

    8. [S949] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Township 5, Lawrence, South Dakota; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0030; FHL microfilm: 2341960.
      Record for Guy F Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6224&h=122153097&indiv=try

    9. [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: Campbell, Wyoming; Roll: m-t0627-04568; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 3-3.
      Record for Guy Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=148783711&indiv=try

    10. [S4205] Ancestry.com, Wyoming, U.S., State and County Marriage Records, 1869-1973, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT; Date: 2022;), Wyoming State Archives; Cheyenne, WY, USA; County Marriage Records Through 1908.
      Record for Wyoma Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61829&h=440021214&indiv=try

    11. [S3739] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2020;), The Sedalia Democrat; Publication Date: 29/ Nov/ 1953; Publication Place: Sedalia, Missouri, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/77914378/?article=a7542319-04c4-4905-94bc-7ebdb2d033a6&focus=0.86814165,0.048699193,0.9895995,0.17856823&xid=3398.
      Record for Wyoma Beeler
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62116&h=42234716&indiv=try

    12. [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: Gillette, Campbell, Wyoming; Roll: 2018; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 3-1.
      Record for Grey F Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62308&h=563083&indiv=try

    13. [S4205] Ancestry.com, Wyoming, U.S., State and County Marriage Records, 1869-1973, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT; Date: 2022;), Wyoming Department of Health; Cheyenne, WY, USA; State Marriage Records, 1941-1972.
      Record for Faye Margaret Montgomery Hopkins
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61829&h=440095310&indiv=try