Maria Jane Montgomery
1845 - 1919 (74 years)-
Name Maria Jane Montgomery [1, 2, 3, 4] Birth 8 Oct 1845 Illinois, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Female Residence 1850 Sherburne, Will, Illinois, USA [1] Residence 1880 Hardin, Hardin, Iowa, USA [4] Burial 1919 Staples, Todd, Minnesota, USA [2] Death 23 Dec 1919 Staples, Todd, Minnesota, USA [2] Person ID I51878 MontyHistNotes_II Last Modified 30 Dec 2025
Father Charles Wilbur Montgomery, b. 1817, Ohio, USA d. 1855, Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, USA (Age 38 years) Relationship natural Mother Maria Mellinger, b. 1820, Ohio, USA d. 19 May 1880, Independence, Buchanan, Iowa, USA (Age 60 years) Relationship natural Family ID F35606 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 John A Race, b. 1842, Vermont, USA d. 9 Aug 1887, Iowa Falls, Hardin, Iowa, USA (Age 45 years) Family ID F35612 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Dec 2025
Family 2 Joseph Durston, b. 1836, England Marriage 24 Oct 1900 Hardin County, Iowa, USA [3] Family ID F35611 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Dec 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - 8 Oct 1845 - Illinois, USA 
Residence - 1880 - Hardin, Hardin, Iowa, USA 
Marriage - 24 Oct 1900 - Hardin County, Iowa, USA 
Burial - 1919 - Staples, Todd, Minnesota, USA Death - 23 Dec 1919 - Staples, Todd, Minnesota, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S1777] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Sherburne, Will, Illinois; Roll: 133; Page: 174a.
Record for Charles Montgomery
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=16725395&indiv=try - [S2745] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Maria Jane Durston
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=231955959&indiv=try - [S2309] Ancestry.com, Iowa, Marriage Records, 1923-1937, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Iowa Department of Public Health; Des Moines, Iowa; Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922; Record Type: Marriage.
Record for Jane Langner
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8823&h=903342048&indiv=try - [S615] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Hardin, Hardin, Iowa; Roll: 343; Page: 356b; Enumeration District: 116.
Record for John A. Race
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6742&h=23345474&indiv=try
- [S1777] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Sherburne, Will, Illinois; Roll: 133; Page: 174a.