SIXTH GENERATION


299. BERTRAND LYLE WIGHT was born on 6 Sep 1903 in SILESIA, CARBON CO. MONTANA. He died on 24 Jun 1998 in BILLINGS, YELLOWSTONE CO. MONTANA. Bertrand went by his middle name of Lysle. He was the oldest of nine
children born to Burt and Grace (Robbins) Wight. In 1914, the family
moved to a homestead on Tullock Creek, east of Hardin, Montana. Lysle
attended schools in Silesia, Fromberg and Hardin. He worked on a number
of ranches in the Hardin area and for many years was ranch foreman of the
Grierson Ranch at Myers, Montana. Lysle and his wife Ruth lived at Big
Horn and Custer, before moving to the Hardin area in 1957, where Lysle
worked as a shop foreman at Miles & Ulmer. Lysle passed away in June of
1998 and is buried at the Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Billings,
Montana.

Information taken from obituary provided by Glenda Mitchell of
Livingston, Montana.

He was married to RUTH ANN ALEXANDER on 4 Jun 1955 in WINTERSET, MADISON CO. IOWA. RUTH ANN ALEXANDER was born on 22 Jun 1917 in LINCOLN TOWNSHIP, MADISON CO. IOWA. Ruth is the daughter of Erving Walker and Adelaide Clark (Miller)
Alexander.

Information provided by Maxine Wight Watts of Kennewick, Washington. BERTRAND LYLE WIGHT and RUTH ANN ALEXANDER had the following children:

child+520 i. GRACE ADELAIDE WIGHT.

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