Family: Ralph Brainerd Strong / Mary Ella Hall (F144)

• Male Ralph Brainerd Strong

  
  

  Birth	18 May 1857	Bristol Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Death	20 Apr 1929	Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Burial		Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  Marriage	4 May 1878  [1, 2]	Hunt County, Texas  [1, 2]
  Other Spouse	Mary J. Stockbridge | F146
  Marriage	3 Mar 1907	Greer County, Oklahoma
  Father	David Brainerd Strong | F147 Group Sheet
  Mother	Leanora Arline Sherman | F147 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Mary Ella Hall

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1858	Missouri
  Death	27 Sep 1905	Comanche County, Oklahoma Territory
  Burial		Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  Father	Mashack Hall | F148 Group Sheet
  Mother	Eliza Jane Neil | F148 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male Augustus Homer Strong

  
  

  Birth	9 Oct 1878	Farmersville, Collin County, Texas
  Death	10 Aug 1958	Livermore, Alameda County, California
  Burial	14 Aug 1958	Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California
  Spouse	Mary Gertrude Gay | F881
  Marriage	10 May 1906	Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma

  
  

  Male Walter Winfield Strong

  
  

  Birth	10 May 1881	Farmersville, Collin County, Texas
  Death	4 Apr 1961	Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas
  Burial	6 Apr 1961	Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  Spouse	Terezie Rose "Tessie" Soukup | F20
  Marriage	4 Aug 1907	Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  Spouse	Stella Crouch | F143
  Marriage	4 Jun 1920	Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma

  
  

  Male Leon S. "Lee" Strong

  
  

  Birth	10 Apr 1884	Farmersville, Collin County, Texas
  Death	29 Dec 1915	Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  Burial		Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  Spouse	Annie Eva Choate | F882
  Marriage	22 Dec 1907	Hulen, Cotton County, Oklahoma

  
  

  Male Harry Strong

  
  

  Birth	Abt Jul 1888	Texas
  Death	Abt Oct 1888	Erath County, Texas
  Burial

  
  

  Male Burt Rodney Strong

  
  

  Birth	2 Oct 1890	Hunt County, Texas
  Death	22 Aug 1963	Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma
  Burial
  Spouse	Lucy Alice Brannan | F884
  Marriage

  
  

  Male Claude E. Strong

  
  

  Birth	30 Oct 1891	Texas
  Death	18 Mar 1942	Hayden, Routt County, Colorado
  Burial
  Spouse	Della May Murley | F885
  Marriage	20 Nov 1915	Oklahoma

  
  

  Male Rolla Jefferson Strong

  
  

  Birth	17 Oct 1894	Texas
  Death	29 Aug 1980	Porterville, Tulare County, California
  Burial

  
  

  Male Earl Everett Strong

  
  

  Birth	3 Mar 1897	Texas
  Death	14 Oct 1982	Porterville, Tulare County, California
  Burial
  Spouse	Willie Jane Jones | F886
  Marriage		Texas

  
  

  Male Ernest Richard Strong

  
  

  Birth	2 Apr 1899	Texas
  Death	15 Oct 1961	Eugene, Lane County, Oregon
  Burial
  Spouse	Dorothy Fay Gregory | F887
  Marriage	18 Aug 1923	Greer County, Oklahoma

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Ralph and Mary Ella (Hall) Strong were the parents of nine sons. They were married in 1878 in Hunt County, Texas. According to a transcription of Hunt County Marriages, R.B. Strong married Ella "Wall." Charles Strong examined the actual marriage certificate, and noted that the last name of the bride was clearly HALL. The compiler of "Hunt County, Texas, Marriages 1847-1911" either misread the original, or made an error while transcribing the record. The license was issued on 4 October 1877, the marriage was on 4 May 1878, and the license was filed on 21 May 1878. Ralph and Mary Ella can be found in neighboring Collin County at the time of the 1880 Federal census. There were several other Strong bride and grooms listed in the transcription of Hunt County Marriages. R.B. Strong's marriage was the earliest however. It does not appear that any of the other Strong's were related to Ralph. Nor did there appear to be any other Strong families living in Hunt County at the time of the 1880 census,

  
  

• Sources

  [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.). [S139] Hunt County, Texas, Marriages 1847-1911, page449 (Reliability: 3).