Her daughter was named Mezzanatto according to the 1930 census - so, this was likely her maiden name and her birth surname would have been Gray - supported by death record
YOB 1901 per death record, 1900 per burial record and social security record also states 1900
Burial: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA Plot: 884 PLOT B [1]
Sources
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78084918/merle-j-bell: accessed 07 October 2022), memorial page for Merle J. Bell (13 Apr 1900–17 May 1982), Find A Grave: Memorial #78084918, citing Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by BJW (contributor 47094611) .
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGGG-NN4 : accessed 5 November 2015), Merle Jennie Bell, 17 May 1982; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
Acknowledgements
This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.
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father was George B Gray, mother was Lenora E Woods source https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8ND-F59