Iowa, Select Marriages, 1809-1992
Name: Martha Lucie Koss
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Age: 21
Birth Date: 1892
Birth Place: Orchard, Ne
Marriage Date: 21 Jan 1913
Marriage Place: Guttenberg, Clayton Co IA
Father: Alex William Koss
Mother: Alvina Tihi
Spouse: Frank Bechler
FHL Film Number: 1255486
Reference ID: 2:3Z0W3S9

South Dakota Marriages, 1905-1949
Name: Martha Bechler
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Spouse: Wm Bledsoe
Marriage Date: 6 Sep 1924
Marriage County: Union
County of Residence: Woodbury
Post Office: Sioux, IA.

Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925
Name: Martha (Koss) Bledsoe
Birth Year: abt 1891
Birth Place: Neb
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Census Date: Jan 1925
Residence State: Iowa
Residence County: Woodbury
Locality: Sioux City
Relation to Head: Wife
Mother: Alvrina Kieze
Mother's Birth Year: abt 1875
Mother's Birthplace: Iowa
Father: Alexander Koss
Father's Birth Year: abt 1864
Father's Birthplace: Iowa
Marriage Place: Iowa
Spouse Name: William Bledsoe

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Martha Bledsoe
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Nebraska
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1940: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
Street: W 2nd
House Number: 618
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Sheet Number: 9B
Occupation: Maid
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed:
Elementary school, 6th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 48
Class of Worker:
Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 26
Income: 312
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members: Name Age
William Bledsoe 51
Martha Bledsoe 48
Billie Bledsoe 14
Dorothy Bledsoe 12
Mildred Miller 19
Kenneth Miller 1

California, Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Martha L (Koss) Lichty
Social Security #: 482**2548
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 12 Sep 1891
Birth Place: Nebraska
Death Date: 7 Dec 1981
Death Place: Ventura
Mother's Maiden Name: Tiede
Father's Surname: Koss

U.S., Social Security Death Index
Name: Martha Lichty
SSN: 482-**-2548
Last Residence: 51105
Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa
BORN: 12 Sep 1891
Died: Dec 1981
State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (Before 1951)

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