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Matilda Evlin Montgomery Henry

Daughter of James P. Montgomery · 1855–1931

Matilda Evlin Montgomery Henry

Confirmed

Daughter of James P. Montgomery · 1855–1931

Born
in DeWitt County, Texas
Died
at Pilgrim, Gonzales County
Parents
James P. Montgomery & Elenor Frances Bradford
Sources
3

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED daughter of James P. Montgomery and Elenor Frances Bradford, and an elder sister of Virginia Francis Montgomery. The index of her Texas death record names her father as J. M. Montgomery and her mother as Ellen Bradford S1187. The censuses of DeWitt County, both read from the images, have her as the eldest child in James and Elenor’s household: Matilda, 4, in 1860 S1093, and Evaline, 14, under her middle name, in 1870 S1094. Added to the family tree on 8 October 2026. Added 8 October 2026

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1855
Born in DeWitt County, Texas, on 22 June 1855; died at Pilgrim, Gonzales County, on 9 August 1931, aged 76, as Matilda Evlin Henry. The day, the places and the age come from the death index; the birth year comes from her age at death and from a Find a Grave index entry S1187

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Siblings1868
A probable sister now has a card of her own: Margie Idella Montgomery Turner (1868–1959), the Idella of the 1870 and 1880 households.

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Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: the death record is read from FamilySearch’s index only, not the image, and its informant is unknown; it gives her father’s initials as J. M., not James P.; the two censuses that were read from the images place her in the household but, like every census before 1880, state no relationship; her middle initial in 1860 is read as C. in one reading and E. in another. Her husband’s name is unsettled: the death index has Jno. F. Henry, and an undated marriage index has William P. Henry and Miss Eveline Montgomery, so he is not named as a fact here. Reading the 1931 certificate from the image would settle the first three points. Know more? Use “Add to this record” to confirm or correct this →

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Matilda Evlin Montgomery Henry · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

3 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. S10931860 United States Federal Census — DeWitt County, Texas (county from the index; not filled on this page), Free Inhabitants, page 85, dwelling 660, family 649. Ancestry record 35015992. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 1 October 2026. Confirmed James “Monguemay” [Montgomery], 25, stock hunter, born Tennessee; Elenor F., 23, born Tennessee; Matilda C., 4; Harvy A., 2; Virginia F., 2; the children born Texas. Indexed as “Mongee”; the page edge cuts the end of the name on the last line. Harvy A. and Virginia F. are the twins marked in 1870 and 1880 (S1094, S1095).
  2. 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.
  3. S1187FamilySearch index, Texas, Deaths, 1890–1977 — Matilda Evlin Henry, 1931, Pilgrim. FamilySearch record K33W-XPB, checked 1 October 2026. Probable Father J. M. Montgomery; mother Ellen Bradford. An index only; the image has not been read.

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