Mary Gertrude Gay

1886 - 1955  (~ 68 years)

• Name	Mary Gertrude Gay  [1, 2]
  Born	Oct 1886	Water Valley, Yalobusha County, Mississippi   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	1955	Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma   [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 ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Amelia J. "Melia" Counts,   b. Nov 1866, Mississippi ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	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 ,   d. 10 Aug 1958, Livermore, Alameda County, California  (Age 79 years)
  Married	10 May 1906	Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma
  	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 ,   d. 27 Nov 1988, Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma  (Age 81 years)
  Documents		Gay, Mary Gertrude 1906 marriage to Augustus Homer Strong Marriage Certificate, Comanche County, Oklahoma Territory, May 1906
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006
  Family ID	F881	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  
  

• Photos		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 Wife of Augustus Homer Strong B. 1886 Mississippi D. 1955 Oklahoma

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Frederick, Rhodene--Email Correspondence, Spring 2005 [unique6689@earthlink.net]. [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). [S30] Daley, Peggy Patty-Family Member, Interview with Charles Strong, September 2000.