Montgomery / Trowbridge - Person Sheet
Montgomery / Trowbridge - Person Sheet
NameLula Marian Trowbridge 
[1], 3581
[1], 3581Birth11 Oct 1895, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA [8, full date, state], [9, pg. 321, full date, full place], [10, year ony, state]
Birth11 Oct 1897, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA [4]
Birthca 1897, Illinois, USA [11]
BurialSan Jose (Oak Hill Memorial Park), Santa Clara Co., California, USA [8]
Alternate SpellingLulu [11]
Occupationstenographer, steel company in 1920 [11]
FatherCharles James Trowbridge , 7366 (1856-1914)
MotherEmily J. Stoodley , 7369 (1865-)
Misc. Notes
According to [4]:
- attended the famous Moody Church of Chicago, being an active part of that body by playing the piano and doing vocal solos
- her father died during her early years which put away any such thought as going to college
- after high school she worked asa secretary in order to help her family financially
- in 1921 the family left by train from Chicago to California, traveling in companionship with a minister friend who was responding to a call to be the pastor of a San Jose church
- a group of congregation members from the church met the travelers at the depot to greet their new pastor
- one of these church members was her future husband, James Harney Mongomery
- after her husband’s death in 1937 started attending First Baptist Church
- she worked as a secretary a the San Jose State College
- she and the family would spend vacations camping out in the Sea Cliff area of Monterey Bay
- she retired in 1961
- she loved to travel: Taiwan (to visit her son Jim and daugher-in-law Lyn), Canada, Illinois, Missouri, etc.
- she was diagnosed with cancer in June 1976
- it was partially inoperable
- she was living at Hilltop Manor, San Jose but moved to a rest home in August 1977
- attended the famous Moody Church of Chicago, being an active part of that body by playing the piano and doing vocal solos
- her father died during her early years which put away any such thought as going to college
- after high school she worked asa secretary in order to help her family financially
- in 1921 the family left by train from Chicago to California, traveling in companionship with a minister friend who was responding to a call to be the pastor of a San Jose church
- a group of congregation members from the church met the travelers at the depot to greet their new pastor
- one of these church members was her future husband, James Harney Mongomery
- after her husband’s death in 1937 started attending First Baptist Church
- she worked as a secretary a the San Jose State College
- she and the family would spend vacations camping out in the Sea Cliff area of Monterey Bay
- she retired in 1961
- she loved to travel: Taiwan (to visit her son Jim and daugher-in-law Lyn), Canada, Illinois, Missouri, etc.
- she was diagnosed with cancer in June 1976
- it was partially inoperable
- she was living at Hilltop Manor, San Jose but moved to a rest home in August 1977
Cited in
Spouses
1James Harney* Montgomery 
[1], 3580
[1], 3580FatherWilliam Bruce Montgomery , 6209 (1857-1939)
MotherMary Laura* Vancleave , 7283 (1864-1948)
ChildrenMarjorie , 7284 (1925-2015)
Lucille , 7285
James Harney , 2949 (1930-2006)