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Mary Gertrude Gay

Mary Gertrude Gay

Female 1886 - 1955  (~ 68 years)

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  • Name Mary Gertrude Gay  [1, 2
    Birth Oct 1886  Water Valley, Yalobusha County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Death 1955  Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • The oldest of Wiliam GAY and Amelia COUNTS seven children. Mary Gertrude was born in Mississippi, but her parents moved to Texas and then to the Indian Territories when she was quite young.
    Person ID I1285  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father William Gay,   b. Mar 1857, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Amelia J. "Melia" Counts,   b. Nov 1866, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Abt 1885 
    • The 1900 Census shows they had been married 15 years, and that Amelia was the mother of 6 children, 5 of whom were living. By 1910, it was shown she had 8 children, 7 of whom were living.
    Family ID F888  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Augustus Homer Strong,   b. 9 Oct 1878, Farmersville, Collin County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1958, Livermore, Alameda County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 10 May 1906  Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Per the May 11, 1906 newspaper, THE NEW ERA, "Miss Mary Gertrude Gay and Guy (sic) Gus Strong of Lincoln Valley Community were married May 10, 1906." (From Personals compiled by Linda Garrison of Walters, Oklahoma.)

      Married by Joseph William Jordan, Minister of the M.E. Church South of Walters, Oklahoma in Comanche County. Witnesses were Lee Strong and Jimmy Lucas.
    Children 
     1. Agnes Ivy Strong,   b. 20 May 1907, Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1988, Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Documents
    Gay, Mary Gertrude 1906 marriage to Augustus Homer Strong
    Gay, Mary Gertrude 1906 marriage to Augustus Homer Strong
    Marriage Certificate, Comanche County, Oklahoma Territory, May 1906
    Family ID F881  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Oct 1886 - Water Valley, Yalobusha County, Mississippi Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 May 1906 - Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1955 - Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Strong, Ralph Brainerd Family ca.1913
    Strong, Ralph Brainerd Family ca.1913
    Ralph Brainerd Strong Family circa 1913, Oklahoma

    Standing, Back row (L to R): UNKNOWN--Either Burt OR Claude Strong, Annie Eva (CHOATE) Strong, Lee S. Strong, Earnest Strong,Tessie Rose (SOUKUP) Strong, Walter Winfield Strong, Mary Gertrude (GAY) Strong, Augustus Homer Strong

    Seated, Front row (L to R): Homer Richard Strong (grandson), Ralph Brainerd Strong, Viola May Strong (granddaughter), Mary (STOCKBRIDGE) Strong (Second wife), Agnes Ivy Strong (granddaughter)

    Not pictured: Rolla or Earl

    PLEASE HELP US POSTIVELY IDENTIFY whether the young man standing on the left at the back is Burt or Claude!
    _Gay, Mary Gertrude ca 1913
    _Gay, Mary Gertrude ca 1913
    Wife of Augustus Homer Strong
    B. 1886 Mississippi D. 1955 Oklahoma

  • Sources 
    1. [S94] Frederick, Rhodene--Email Correspondence, Spring 2005 [unique6689@earthlink.net].

    2. [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.), Indian Territory, Chickasaw Nation, Township 2 North Range 4 East SD 73 ED 133 Sheet 20B 280-306 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S30] Daley, Peggy Patty-Family Member, Interview with Charles Strong, September 2000.