Ancestry of
Jennifer Lawrence

Movie Actress

Robert Charles Montgomery

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• • Great-grandfather of Jennifer Lawrence — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 14 
  • Father:
  • Charles A. Montgomery 
  • Mother:
  • Leona M. Blocher   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 May 1907 
  • Birth Location:
  • North Vernon, Jennings, Indiana 
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  • Death Date:
  • 11 Apr 1979 
  • Death Location:
  • Orange County, California 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Esta Maud White
  • Marriage Date:
  • 23 Nov 1926 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Daviess County, Indiana 
  • Child:

  Carolyn Montgomery (Ahnentafel No:7 )

  • Notes: 

  • At first glance, Robert Charles Montgomery appears to be an illegitimate child. His marriage certificate, which he signed, gives his birth date as 28 MAY 1906. His father divorced from his first wife in 1905 and his mother was a widower. His parents married on 25 JUL 1906, two months after Robert's apparent birth date. However, the index entry for his California Death record and the Social Security Death Index give Robert's birth date as 28 MAY 1907 which would make him legitimate. Although Robert Charles Montgomery signed his marriage certificate, the birth date on the certificate is in the handwriting of Jonas E. Pershing, Clerk of Daviess Circuit Court. It appears that Mr. Pershing entered the wrong date and Robert Charles Montgomery didn't catch the error when signing the certificate indicating that “he has personal knowledge of the facts above stated and that they and each of them are true”.

    Rob Montgomery, a relative of Robert Charles Montgomery, has sent me a copy of the birth certificate which clearly shows that Robert Charles Montgomery was born on 28 MAY 1907 and was legitimate. The name on the certificate is simply Charles Montgomery.

    Some sources give the marriage date for Robert Montgomery and Esta White as 24 NOV 1926. This is incorrect as that was the date the certificate was filed. The marriage took place the day before on 23 NOV 1926 as indicated on the certificate.

• Sources for Robert Charles Montgomery

  • ¹ Birth Certificate (Indiana), Birth certificate for Charles Montgomery.
  • ² California Death Index, 1940-1997, Death record for Robert C Montgomery.
  • ³ Federal Census, KY, Jefferson County, 1940, Louisville, E.D. 121-27B, Sheet 7A, Image 13 of 20.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, IN, Martin County, 1920, Loogootee Ward 3, E.D. 152, Sheet 1B, Image 2 of 16.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, IN, Dearborn County, 1910, Lawrenceburg, E.D. 47, Sheet 10A, Image 19 of 40.
  • ⁶ Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993, Marriage record for Robert C. Montgomery and Esta M. White.
  • ⁷ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Death record for Robert Montgomery.

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