Extract from the 1880 Census:
Name: Myrtie Pettis
Age: 3
Estimated birth year: 1877
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head-of-household: daughter
Home in 1880: Culver, Ottawa, Kansas
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: Annie (age 13), Lewis (11), Ida May (7), Henry C (5), and Jessie (3/12)
Census place: Culver, Ottawa, Kansas; Roll: T9_392; Family History Film: 1254392; Page: 430.3000; Enumeration District: 223; Image: 0578
Date: 14 Jun 1880

Extract from the 1885 Iowa State Census:
Name: Marty Pettis
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: 1877
Birthplace: Franklin
Race: white
Gender: female
Residence county: Franklin
Residence state: Iowa
Locality: Ross
Marital status: single
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: Louis (age 16), Ida M (12), Henry (10), Jessie (6), and Annie (3)
Line: 16
Roll: IA1885_187

Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Maud Golien
Age at last birthday: 23
Date of birth: Feb 1876 [sic]
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head-of-house: wife
Home in 1900: Brightwood, Richland, North Dakota
Marital status: married
Number of years of marriage: 5
Marriage year: 1895
Number of children: 2
Number of children living: 1
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Able to read, write and speak English: yes
Occupation: not listed
Census place: Brightwood, Richland, North Dakota; Roll: 1231; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 139; FHL microfilm: 1241231
Date: 11 Jun 1900

Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Maude Golien
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: 1877
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head of house: head
Home in 1910: Portland Ward 1, Multnomah, Oregon
Address: 571 Thurman Street
Marital status: widow
Number of children: 2
Number of children now living: 1
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Farm or house: house
Home owned or rented: rented
Occupation: waitress
Industry: restaurant
Salary or wage worker: wages
Whether out of work on April 15, 1910: no
Number of weeks out of work in 1909: 0
Census place: Portland Ward 1, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: T624_1285; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0126; Image: 114; FHL microfilm: 1375298
Date: 20 Apr 1910

Extract from U.S. City Directories 1821-1989:
Name: Maud M Golien
Gender: female
Street address: 460 Flint
City: Portland, Oregon
Widow of: Gilbert Golien
Residence year: 1913
Publication title: Portland, Oregon, City Directory

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Maud Strawn Kruse
Age: 63
Estimated birth year: 1877
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1940: Seaside, Clatsop, Oregon
Marital status: divorced
Highest grade of school completed: 6
Living on farm: no
Home owned or rented: owned
Value of home: $1500
Place of residence in 1935: same house
Occupation: housekeeper
Industry: private family
Salary or wage worker: wages
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $480
Has other income of more than $50: no
At work during week of March 24-30: no
Number of hours worked: 0
Census place: Seaside, Clatsop, Oregon; Roll: T627_3356; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 4-42
Date: 12 May 1940

Extract from Oregon Death Certificate:
Name: Myrtle Maude Strawn
Age at death: 84
Birth date: 23 Feb 1877
Birth place: Iowa
Gender: female
Race: white
Marital status: widow
Residence: Seasisde, Clatsop, Oregon
Social Security Number: not listed
Veteran: no
Father: not listed
Mother: not listed
Occupation: housewife
Social Security number: not listed
Death date: 5 Oct 1961
Death place: Saint Mary Nursing Home, Astoria, Clatsop, Oregon
Cause of death: cerebral vascular accident
Contributary cause: cerebral arteriosclerosis
Burial, cremation, removal: burial 10 Oct 1961
Cemetery: Evergreen Cemetery
Location of cemetery: Seaside, Clatsop, Oregon
Informant: Oscar Golien (son)
Certificate date: 6 Oct 1961
Certificate number: 12272

She married (1) Gilbert Nelson Golien 18 Feb 1895 in Hampton, Franklin, Iowa.
She married (2) Christopher Fredrick Koell 6 Jun 1906 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa.
She married (3) Frank Miebus 26 August 1913 in Vancouver, Clark, Washington.
She married (4) Strawn before 1937.
She married (5) August H F Kruse 7 May 1937 in Vancouver, Clark, Oregon.

Child:
Oscar Edwin Golien.