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Florence Elizabeth Montgomery

Female 1892 - 1971  (79 years)

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  • Name Florence Elizabeth Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22] 
    Birth 2 Dec 1892  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22] 
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1900  Ward 9/Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 1910  Ward 12/Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1920  Post, Allamakee, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Residence 1 Jan 1925  Postville, Allamakee, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1930  Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1936  Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 22] 
    Family Search ID KZS4-ZXL 
    Family Search Link https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KZS4-ZXL 
    Death 31 Dec 1971  Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 9, 22] 
    Burial 5 Jan 1972  Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery/Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 9] 
    Person ID I14987  Clan Montgomery
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2020 

    Father David Richard Montgomery,   b. 28 May 1847, Near Hoggs Hollow/Markham, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 1921, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Mary Maria Haehnel,   b. 15 Aug 1858, Gorlitz, Sachsen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1918, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 1886  [8] 
    Family ID F1806  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ira Perry Hinman,   b. 13 Oct 1890, Bellevue, Jackson, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1955, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 12 Jun 1912  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14] 
    Children 
    >1. Florence Elizabeth Betti Hinman,   b. 22 Oct 1920, Postville, Allamakee, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 2009, Zephyrhills, Pasco, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F1800  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 Dec 1892 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Jun 1912 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1936 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1 Apr 1940 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 31 Dec 1971 - Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Florence Montgomery was born in a Chicago district near Maxwell Street that housed many newly arrived immigrants. The Hull House was a famous Settlement House where newly arrived foreigners could learn many cultural things. While she may never have visited there as a child she had the same outlook as parent did for their first generation children: "People could do and be anything they wanted if they were willing to work toward that goal." She only went through tenth grade before her father, David Montgomery felt she did not need more education and had her go to work at Goldblatt's Department Store on Maxwell Street. He entire $2.50 a week paycheck had to be brought home.

      Even as a small child she was encouraged to sing "a capella" in her church. She was a member of the United Brethern church which did not believe in jewelry or any adornment. Women wore dainty white caps in church. Mother did not even own a wedding ring for many years. She had hoped to be a trained nurse but her father was very strict about how she dressed and he considered nurses to be fallen women. On time she said she bought a pale yellow blouse for fifty cents of her pay. When she brought it home, David Montgomery flew into a rage saying only women of the streets wore anything but white blouses. He then tore it into shreds.

      Even after we moved to Iowa and to Minnesota she continued to study voice until late 30's. She sang with outstanding musicians and orchestra in Minneapolis. In 1935, when I had been injured in an auto accident, Florence was down at the auditorium singing with the Minneapolis Symphony. She was an extremely proud woman, strong minded and out-spoken. She could be loveable or feared.
      It was hard to believe she was only about 4 feet 10 or 11 inches tall as she would say she's stand toe to toe with anyone and fight it out. She was indominable.

      She too was an avid reader but thought reading fiction a waste of time. Most of her "library" contained philpsophical, psychological and religious ideas. She often quoted these, one favorite from 1922 was "The Mind in the Making" by Robinson. She finally gave me a copy she'd found in 1960's. Forty years later that book was just as relevant and remains so today. She also had no patience with "game playing." I do remember a time when she and Dad had friends and would play Pinochle. However, Dad loved to play two or three hand game of Cribbage. I enjoyed playing with him also but to Florence such games were a waste of time. She did enjoy gardening when she was younger and had beautiful Day Lily and Iris garden.

      She had great prejudices when younger that were fueled by her fathers hatred of Roman Catholics. In her last years she mellowed greatly, had several Catholic friends that she would drive around to make holy pilgrimages to various churches. Then even at the end she accepted friendship of one of the nuns who took care of patients in Nursing Home where she died. She was born on Dec. 2, the same day and month as General Richard Montgomery and she died on Dec. 31, exactly one hundred ninety six years after him almost to the hour. He died of bullet wound outside Lower Quebec City while she died of Congestive heart failure after suffering for years from angina.She'd like being compared to this American hero of the Revolutionary War.

      I am certain each of her children would remember her differently as she was a complex human being who was talented, witty, dramatic, demanding, moody, beligerant, generous, hospitalable, gracious, dignified and proud. While her stature was tiny, her ego and pride were gigantic. Al of her children were forced to live in her shadow as none could live up to her "self-portrait."

  • Sources 
    1. [S3362] Ancestry.com, Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 200 1;), Database online. (Reliability: 0).
      Record for Hugh A. Montgomery

    2. [S160] CMSI Member, CMSI 1313 (Reliability: 0).

    3. [S2362] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 200 6;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 12, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_253; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0589; FHL microfilm: 1374266 (Reliability: 0).
      Record for David Montgomery

    4. [S2569] Ancestry.com, Iowa, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2 011;) (Reliability: 0).
      Record for Florence Elizabeth Hinman

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      Record for Ira P Hinman

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    7. [S3361] Ancestry.com, Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 200 7;) (Reliability: 0).
      Record for Ira Himman

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      Record for Ira P Hinman

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      Record for Ira Hinman

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      Record for Ira P. Hinman

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      Record for Florence E. Montgomery

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      Record for Perry Hinman

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      Record for Ira Perry Junior Hinman

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    20. [S3294] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019 ;), Star Tribune; Publication Date: 11/ Nov/ 1955; Publication Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/182834404/?article=ade93588-42ec-4d2c-b503-26b446055401&focus=0.7297443,0.050285824,0.8460318,0.24323265&xid=2378 (Reliability: 0).
      Record for Ira P. Hinman

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      Record for Florence E. Hinman


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