Mary Elizabeth MONTROSS

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Living with mother in Vernon, Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Census: 1915, Living with husband in Vernon, Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Census: 1920, Living with husband in Vernon, Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Census: 1930, Living with husband in Hardyston, Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey

Mary married William Leonard STORMS on 22 Nov 1907. William was born on 9 Nov 1883 in Vernon, Sussex County, New Jersey; died on 28 May 1979 in Stockholm, Sussex Co., New Jersey; was buried in North Hardyston Cemetery, Hamburg, Sussex County, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Maude Beatrice STORMS was born on 30 Apr 1910 in New Jersey.
2. Roberta STORMS was born on 14 Mar 1912 in New Jersey; died on 07 Nov 1932.
3. Theodora F. STORMS was born on 12 Jul 1913 in New Jersey.
4. Alleine STORMS was born on 28 Apr 1916 in New Jersey.
5. Leonard STORMS was born on 3 Jun 1918 in New Jersey.
6. Lola Marie STORMS was born on 29 Jul 1920 in New Jersey.
7. Geneva STORMS was born on 20 Dec 1921 in New Jersey.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Silas Denman Montross and Mary O Shaw

Theodore married Susanna RUDE on 11 Feb 1885 in New Jersey. Susanna (daughter of Samuel Pettit RUDE and Phebe WILLIS) was born on 20 Dec 1864 in Hardyston, Sussex, New Jersey, USA; died after 1955. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Hardyston, Sussex County, New Jersey
• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Hardyston, Sussex County, New Jersey
• Census: 1900, Living in Vernon, Sussex County, New Jersey
• Census: 1910, Living in Vernon, Sussex County, New Jersey
• Census: 1920, Living in Vernon, Sussex County, New Jersey
• Census: 1930, Living in Vernon, Sussex County, New Jersey

Notes:

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Theodore Frank farmed on rented land in Wantage twp., Sussex Co,. NJ, until 1899, when he bought a 140-acre farm a mile north of Vernon, NJ. he died the next year, leaving Susie with 3 children from 3 to 14 years old and a farm with a mortgage of $4,300. He left also personal property valued at $1,142.60, which included 15 cows ($30 to $40 each); 7 heifers; 1 bull ($25); 2 horses ($25 each); farm machinery and equipment; 3 barrels of vinegar; and house furnishings, including 96 yards of carpeting of different kinds. On Susie's death or remarriage, the property was to be divided among the children "mail and femail alike" (Wills, Superior Ct., Trenton 5505S). James A. Montross of Warwick, NY, was named executor.

By hiring help or doing the farm work herself when necessary, Susie raided her family, paid off the mortgage, and enlarged her land holdings. In 1951, at 87 years of age, she still walked a mile to church in Vernon. In 1955 she was living in half of her own farm home.