Hello again just briefly and then off to catch some sleep This MAY be of interest to you but it may not be your missing person and I can't find them in the 1940 census. Maybe someone else whose eyes are not so tired. Montana County Marriages 1865-1950 Transcription First name(s) J. H. Last name Pennington Age 65 Birth place Rainshill, England Race or color White Marital status Divorced Marriage year 1934 Marriage date 11 Apr 1934 Marriage place Red Lodge, Carbon, Montana Marriage county Carbon County Father's first name(s) John Father's last name Pennington Mother's first name(s) Mary Mother's last name Blundell Spouse's first name(s) Hilda Spouse's last name Mehheim Spouse's age 55 Spouse's birth place Christiana, Norway Spouse's race or color White Spouse's marital status Widowed Spouse's father's first name(s) August Spouse's father's last name Anderson Spouse's mother's first name(s) Emelia Spouse's mother's last name Anderson State Montana Country United States Record set Montana County Marriages 1865-1950 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Record collection Marriages & divorces Collections from United States Monday, May 16, 1966 Billings Gazette PENNINGTON Funeral services for Mrs. Hilda A. Pennington, age 88, of 2710 Slate St., will be held Monday at p.m. at the Dahl-Brown Funeral Chapel. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Her death registration Name: Hilda Pennington Event Type: Death Event Date: 13 May 1966 Event Place: Deer Lodge, Montana Gender: Age: 88 Marital Status: Widowed Birth Year (Estimated): 1878 Social Security Number: County: Deer Lodge Registration Year (Original): 0 Index Number: 2425 Note: Citing this Record: "Montana, Death Index, 1860-2007," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VHCN-T4F : accessed 27 February 2015), Hilda Pennington, 13 May 1966; from "Montana Death Index, 1907-2007," Ancestry; citing State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Statistics, Helena. Friday, December 16, 1955 Billings Gazette Retired Railway Foreman Dies John H. Penninglon, 86, a resident of Billings 35 years, died Thursday of infirmities of age in his home at 2710 State St. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Seltergrin's Chapel, with burial in Mountview Cemetery. Mr. Pennington born in England May 12, 1869, and came to the United States when a small boy. His parents lived in Glendive. He married Hilda Melheim in Red Lodge in ?, and they moved to Billings the same year. He had been a bridge building foreman for the Northern Pacific Railway Co., and retired many years ago. Surviving, In addition to Mrs. Pennington, are a son by a former marriage, John H. Pennington Jr. of Mandan, N.D.; two daughters by the former marriage, Mrs. H. C. Helazic of Tacoma, Wash., a daughter in Missoula and several grandchildren. All the best Thelma (The following information was found through Ancestry.com.) In the 1933 Billings (Montana) City Directory there is listed: Melheim, Hilda (wid Ingebret) h 806 S 31st

Dear Greg, David, Jerrald, Thelma and other Listers! Once again you have amazed me with wonderful findings about a "long-lost" emigrant family! I am so grateful and thank you from the bottom of my heart! At some point Augusta must have changed her name to Hilda, and I notice she "pretended" being Norwegian, although we know she was very much a "Swede"! A lot of valuable information has been found, but it remains kind of a "mystery" what became of Ingebret, her 1st husband! I cannot find a death record for him in Montana state (or anywhere else). Could it be he left the area for health reasons? Maybe he died somewhere in the West or in the South, in a state which has no online death index? Or could his name be recorded in a "twisted" way? Maybe newspaper items can be found about him? Another interesting item would obviously be a possible obituary for Hilda Melheim Pennington from 1966? I consider trying a phone call to Sunset Memorial Gardens cemetery in Billings, MT. Maybe they can find additional references to this family? Well, thanks again for your wonderful messages which really made my day! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Feb 26, 2015, at 11:46 PM, Thelma Hartman via wrote: > Hello again > > just briefly and then off to catch some sleep > > This MAY be of interest to you but it may not be your missing person and I > can't find them in the 1940 census. Maybe someone else whose eyes are not so > tired. > > Montana County Marriages 1865-1950 Transcription > First name(s) J. H. > Last name Pennington > Age 65 > Birth place Rainshill, England > Race or color White > Marital status Divorced > Marriage year 1934 > Marriage date 11 Apr 1934 > Marriage place Red Lodge, Carbon, Montana > Marriage county Carbon County > Father's first name(s) John > Father's last name Pennington > Mother's first name(s) Mary > Mother's last name Blundell > Spouse's first name(s) Hilda > Spouse's last name Mehheim > Spouse's age 55 > Spouse's birth place Christiana, Norway > Spouse's race or color White > Spouse's marital status Widowed > Spouse's father's first name(s) August > Spouse's father's last name Anderson > Spouse's mother's first name(s) Emelia > Spouse's mother's last name Anderson > State Montana > Country United States > Record set Montana County Marriages 1865-1950 > Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records > Record collection Marriages & divorces > Collections from United States > > > Monday, May 16, 1966 > Billings Gazette > PENNINGTON Funeral services for Mrs. Hilda A. Pennington, age 88, of 2710 > Slate St., will be held Monday at p.m. at the Dahl-Brown Funeral Chapel. > Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. > > Her death registration > Name: Hilda Pennington > Event Type: Death > Event Date: 13 May 1966 > Event Place: Deer Lodge, Montana > Gender: > Age: 88 > Marital Status: Widowed > Birth Year (Estimated): 1878 > Social Security Number: > County: Deer Lodge > Registration Year (Original): 0 > Index Number: 2425 > Note: > Citing this Record: > "Montana, Death Index, 1860-2007," index, FamilySearch > (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VHCN-T4F : accessed 27 February > 2015), Hilda Pennington, 13 May 1966; from "Montana Death Index, 1907-2007," > Ancestry; citing State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human > Services, Office of Vital Statistics, Helena. > > Friday, December 16, 1955 > Billings Gazette > > Retired Railway Foreman Dies John H. Penninglon, 86, a resident of Billings > 35 years, died Thursday of infirmities of age in his home at 2710 State St. > Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Seltergrin's Chapel, with > burial in Mountview Cemetery. Mr. Pennington born in England May 12, 1869, > and came to the United States when a small boy. His parents lived in > Glendive. He married Hilda Melheim in Red Lodge in ?, and they moved to > Billings the same year. He had been a bridge building foreman for the > Northern Pacific Railway Co., and retired many years ago. Surviving, In > addition to Mrs. Pennington, are a son by a former marriage, John H. > Pennington Jr. of Mandan, N.D.; two daughters by the former marriage, Mrs. > H. C. Helazic of Tacoma, Wash., a daughter in Missoula and several > grandchildren. > > All the best > > Thelma > > > (The following information was found through Ancestry.com.) > > > > In the 1933 Billings (Montana) City Directory there is listed: > > > Melheim, Hilda (wid Ingebret) h 806 S 31st >