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Margie Idella Montgomery Turner

Probable daughter of James P. Montgomery · 1868–1959

Margie Idella Montgomery Turner

Probable

Probable daughter of James P. Montgomery · 1868–1959

Born
at Gonzales, Texas
Died
at Austin, Travis County
Parents
James P. Montgomery & Elenor Frances Bradford
Sources
4

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE daughter of James P. Montgomery and Elenor Frances Bradford, and a younger sister of Virginia Francis Montgomery. Evidence: the index of the Texas death record of Margie Idella Turner, who died at Austin in 1959, names her father as “Jim Montgomery” and gives her birthplace as Gonzales S1583; an Idella of the right age is in James and Elenor’s household in DeWitt County in two censuses read from the images, aged 1 in 1870 S1094 and 11 in 1880 S1095. Added to the family tree on 8 October 2026. Added 8 October 2026

Evidence: The index of the Texas death record of Margie Idella Turner, who died at Austin on 10 January 1959, gives her birth on 15 March at Gonzales and names her father as Jim Montgomery (S1583); an Idella of the right age is in James and Elenor Montgomery's household in DeWitt County in two censuses read from the images, aged 1 in 1870 (S1094) and 11 in 1880 (S1095); the Austin American-Statesman of 10 and 12 January 1959, read from the newspaper text, reports Mrs. Margie Idella Turner, 90, of Austin (S1583). Weak or missing: The death record is read from its index only, not the certificate image, and the index names no mother, so Elenor rests on the census households; the birth year 1868 comes from a grave index; nothing read yet ties the Idella of the DeWitt County household to the Mrs. Turner of Austin except the father's name in that index; no marriage record has been found. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1868
Born at Gonzales, Texas, on 15 March 1868; died at Austin, Travis County, on 10 January 1959. The day, the month and both places are from the death index, and the year 1868 from a grave index S1583
Burial1959
The Austin American-Statesman of 10 and 12 January 1959, read from the newspaper text, reports Mrs. Margie Idella Turner, 90, of Austin, buried in Oakwood Cemetery S1583

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Siblings
Her brothers and sisters with cards: Matilda Evlin Montgomery Henry, Harry Alexander Montgomery, Virginia Francis Montgomery, Mary E. Montgomery Baker, James L. Montgomery, Louisa Montgomery, Lula Gay Montgomery Piland and Ida Alice Montgomery Bruce.

Open questions what is probable, weak or missing — confirm or correct it

Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: the death record is read from FamilySearch’s index only, not the certificate image; the index names no mother, so Elenor rests on the two census households; the year 1868 comes from a grave index, and the censuses give a birth about 1869; no marriage record has been found, and her husband is known only from census indexes, so he is given below as Probable. Nothing read yet ties the Idella of the DeWitt County household to the Mrs. Turner who died at Austin except the father’s name in that index. Reading the 1959 certificate would settle it. Know more? Use “Add to this record”.
Probable
Probable confirm or correct → Her husband was probably Robert H. Turner, born about 1869 or 1870 in Texas. In 1910 and 1920 he heads a Travis County household with a wife Della, born about 1869, and a son Morris, born 1901; in 1930 Idella Turner, born about 1871, is in Morris Turner’s household at Austin S1601. The 1910 household also lists William C. (1893), Joseph H. (1895), Ora L. (1905) and Inez (1908). What is weak or missing: all three censuses are read from indexes, not the pages; no marriage record has been found; he is not in the 1930 household and his death is not yet read; he is not added to the tree as a person. Know more? Use “Add to this record”

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Margie Idella Montgomery Turner · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

4 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S10941870 United States Federal Census — Precinct No. 1, DeWitt County, Texas, post office Clinton, page 20, dwelling 119, family 119. Ancestry record 7642917. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 1 October 2026. Confirmed June 1870: Jas. Montgomery, 37, farmer, born Tennessee; Ellen, 35; Evaline, 14; Harvey, 11, and Virginia, 11, bracketed ‘Twins’; Mary, 6; La Fayette, 4; Idella, 1; the children born Texas.
  2. S10951880 United States Federal Census — Precinct No. 1, DeWitt County, Texas, S.D. 6, E.D. 46, page 68. Ancestry record 10575200. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 1 October 2026. Confirmed 10 July 1880: James P. Montgomery, 47, farmer, born Tennessee, parents born North Carolina; Elenor, wife, 45, born Tennessee; Harry Alex, son, 21, and Virginia, daughter, 21, at home, bracketed as twins; Mary, 14; James L., 13; Idella, 11; Louisa and Eliza, 9, twins; Ida, 7; the children born Texas. Nothing on these three pages names Piland. The link to Jennie Montgomery, who married E. R. Piland in neighbouring Gonzales County in 1883 (S913), is her name, her age and the county.
  3. S1583Texas death record — Margie Idella Turner, Austin, Travis County, 10 January 1959; with her death and funeral notices. FamilySearch, “Texas Deaths, 1890–1977”, index entry K3H1-FJ8: born 15 March at Gonzales, Texas; father “Jim Montgomery”; the index names no mother. Index only; the certificate image is not yet read. Probable The Find a Grave index (QVKM-ZYP3) gives her birth year as 1868. Austin American-Statesman, 10 January 1959, p. 3, and 12 January 1959, p. 8, read from the newspaper text: Mrs. Margie Idella Turner, 90, of Austin; burial in Oakwood Cemetery.
  4. S16011910, 1920 and 1930 censuses — Robert H. Turner, Della and Morris Turner, Travis County, Texas. FamilySearch census indexes, entries M2QM-BM8 (1910, Justice Precinct 4), MH1R-4KD (1920) and H2MW-DZM (1930, Austin). Indexes only; no census page is yet read. Probable 1910: Robert H. Turner, born 1869 in Texas, head; Della Turner, born 1869 in Texas; William C. (1893), Joseph H. (1895), Morris S. (1901), Ora L. (1905) and Inez (1908). 1920: Robert H. Turner, born 1870, with Della, Morris, Ora Lee and Lucy. 1930: Morris Turner, born 1901, with Alta, and Idella Turner, born 1871 in Texas, in his household.

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