Iva Nellie Reigle1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 17130, (1898 - 1977)
FatherWilliam David Riegel4,5 (25 Jan 1850 - abt 1924)
MotherMary J. Quakenbush6,7 (18 Sep 1857 - 3 Nov 1925)

Key Events:

Birth: 30 May 1898, Kansas8,9,10
Marriage: 26 Dec 1913, West Plaine, Howell Co., Missouri, Arthur Augusta Bray (16 May 1891 - 15 Oct 1972)3,11,12
Death: Jul 197713,14
Burial: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Greeley, Weld Co., Colorado15
ChartsDescendants of Jacob K. and Christiana Ohl Riegel
AncestryThe Reigel Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Iva Nellie Reigle was born on 30 May 1898 in Kansas.8,9,10 Iva and her brother James were twins. She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Sumner Twp., Phillips Co., Kansas, in the household of her parents, William David Riegel and Mary J. Quakenbush.4
     She moved to Missouri with her parents by before Mar 1906.16 She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Hazelwood Twp., Webster Co., Missouri, in the household of her parents.5
     Iva married Arthur Augusta Bray, son of James Knox Polk Bray and Francis America Davis, on 26 Dec 1913 in West Plaine, Howell Co., Missouri, after receiving the assent of her mother because she was under age 18.3,11,12
     While her formal name was apparently Iva Nellie, which she used as a child and on offical documents until her marriage, she was later universally known as Ivy. That name was even used on her Social Security records.17,18,19
     Ivy and Arthur and their young daughter moved to Colorado between 1917 and 1919. They appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Adams Co., Colorado, enumerated 3 Feb 1920, reporting that they were renting their home. Their children Edith and Arthur were listed as living with them.20
     Ivy and Arthur appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Ault, Weld Co., Colorado, enumerated 10 Apr 1930, reporting that they were renting their home, and they owned a radio. Their children Edith, Arthur and Ervin were listed as living with them.21
     Ivy and Arthur appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Galeton, Weld Co., Colorado, enumerated 24 Apr 1940, reporting they rented their home, and had lived in the same place in 1935. Their children Ervin and a daughter who may still be living were listed as living with them.22
     Iva and Arthur appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Greeley, Weld Co., Colorado, at 2002 8th St., enumerated 12 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm and they lived in the same house the year before. Their children Ervin were listed as living with them.23
     Her husband died on 15 Oct 1972.24,25
     Iva died in Jul 1977 at age 79.13,14 She was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Greeley, Weld Co., Colorado.15

Children:
     Children with Arthur Augusta Bray

Arthur and Ivy's other child is still living.
  • Edith P. Bray26,27,28 (16 Sep 1914 - 15 Jan 1999)
  • Arthur C. Bray29,30 (23 May 1919 - 22 Feb 1994)
  • Ervin Lee Bray21,31,32 (8 May 1927 - 14 Mar 1979)

Citations

  1. [S1394] William D. Riggle household, 1900 U.S. Census, Phillips Co., Kansas, shows name as Nellie Riggle.
  2. [S1396] William D. Reigle household, 1910 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Missouri, shows name as Iva Reigle.
  3. [S1409] Gussie Bray and Iva Reigle, Marriage License.
  4. [S1394] William D. Riggle household, 1900 U.S. Census, Phillips Co., Kansas.
  5. [S1396] William D. Reigle household, 1910 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Missouri.
  6. [S1394] William D. Riggle household, 1900 U.S. Census, Phillips Co., Kansas, shows Nellie as the daughter of Mary's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  7. [S1396] William D. Reigle household, 1910 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Missouri, shows Iva as the daughter of Mary's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  8. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Ivy Bray, Soc. Sec. No. 523-36-3563, shows date, with year as 1896.
  9. [S1394] William D. Riggle household, 1900 U.S. Census, Phillips Co., Kansas, shows month, year, as 1898, age 1, and state.
  10. [S1396] William D. Reigle household, 1910 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Missouri, shows age 10 and state.
  11. [S4655] Aurther Bray household, 1920 U.S. Census, Adams Co., Colorado, shows married.
  12. [S4656] A. Agustus Bray household, 1930 U.S. Census, Weld Co., Colorado, shows married, with his first marriage at age 22 and hers at 16.
  13. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Ivy Bray, Soc. Sec. No. 523-36-3563, shows month, year, and last residence of 80631 Greeley, Weld, Colorado.
  14. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 172318296, Ivy Nellie Reigle Bray, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  15. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 172318296, Ivy Nellie Reigle Bray, includes tombstone photo.
  16. [S7343] Deeds, Phillips Co., Kansas, 19:386-7, William D. Reigel and Mary J. Reigel to Greene Price, 16 Apr 1906, shows them as of Webster Co. Missouri, and their signitures were notarized in Webster Co.
  17. [S4655] Aurther Bray household, 1920 U.S. Census, Adams Co., Colorado, shows name as Ivy Bray.
  18. [S4656] A. Agustus Bray household, 1930 U.S. Census, Weld Co., Colorado, shows name as Ivy N. Bray.
  19. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Ivy Bray, Soc. Sec. No. 523-36-3563.
  20. [S4655] Aurther Bray household, 1920 U.S. Census, Adams Co., Colorado.
  21. [S4656] A. Agustus Bray household, 1930 U.S. Census, Weld Co., Colorado.
  22. [S4658] A. Gus Bray household, 1940 U.S. Census, Weld Co., Colorado.
  23. [S12650] Gus A. Bray household, 1950 U.S. Census, Weld Co., Colorado.
  24. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Gus Bray, Soc. Sec. No. 523-66-1716, shows date and last residence of 80631 Greeley, Weld, Colorado.
  25. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 172318269, Arthur Augustus “Gus” Bray, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  26. [S4655] Aurther Bray household, 1920 U.S. Census, Adams Co., Colorado, shows the girl as daughter of Ivy's husband.
  27. [S4656] A. Agustus Bray household, 1930 U.S. Census, Weld Co., Colorado, shows the girl as daughter of Ivy's husband.
  28. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 70510210, Rev Edith P. Bray Holden, includes transcript of obituary from unidentified newspaper showing Ivy as her mother.
  29. [S4655] Aurther Bray household, 1920 U.S. Census, Adams Co., Colorado, shows him as the son of her husband.
  30. [S4656] A. Agustus Bray household, 1930 U.S. Census, Weld Co., Colorado, shows him as the son of her husband.
  31. [S4658] A. Gus Bray household, 1940 U.S. Census, Weld Co., Colorado, shows him as the son of her husband.
  32. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Ervin Lee Bray, Soc. Sec. No. 524-28-0326.