NOTE: Myrtle's maiden name was recorded as her mother's maiden name on her marriage record. See the photo. On her daughter's marriage record it is recorded as West.


MOTHER: Louisa Walls
FATHER: Wash Allen


HUSBAND: Henry Edwin Mitchell
(First and middle names are interchanged in records.)
m. 24 Apr 1899 Davis City, Decatur, IA

1. Thomas Edwin Mitchell
m. Esther Lucille Nirk

2. William Roy Mitchell

3. Robert Henry Mitchell
m. Opal Vivian Mitchell

4. Esther Lucille Mitchell
m. Jonathan B. Lynn

5. Ethyle Mitchell
m. Robert George
m. _____ Devries


SOURCES:
1. Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937
Name: Myrtle Walls
[Myrtle Allen]
Birth Year: abt 1875
Gender: Female
Marriage Age: 24
Marriage Date: 24 Apr 1899
Marriage Place: Decatur, Iowa, USA
Father: Wash Allen
Mother: Louisa Walls
Spouse: Henry Edwin Mitchell
Source Citation: Iowa State Archives; Des Moines, Iowa; Volume: 397 (Adair - Guthrie)
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

2. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925
Name: Myrtle Mitchell
Age: 49
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birth Place: Iowa
Residence Date: 1 Jan 1925
Residence Place: Fayette, Decatur, Iowa, USA
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: Henry Edwin Mitchell
Father: William Westy [sic]
Father Age: Dead
Father Birth Place: Iowa
Mother: Lynice Walls
Mother Age: Dead
Mother Birth Place: Iowa
Parents' Marriage Place: Iowa
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Edwin Mitchell 50
Myrtle Mitchell 49
Ted Tom Mitchell 24
Willine Roy Mitchell 21
Robert H Mitchell 18
Ester N Mitchell 14
Ethel M Mitchell 14
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.