Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Dorothy Pettis
Age: 7
Estimated birth year: 1923
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: daughter
Home in 1930: Fairchild, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Marital status: single
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's birthplace: Wisconsin
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Paul (age 11), Lorraine (9), Russell (3 9/12), and Phyllis (9/12)
Census place: Fairchild, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: 2572; Page: ; Enumeration District: 20; Image: 135.0
Date: 8 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Dorothy Pettis
Age: 17
Estimated birth year: 1923
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: daughter
Home in 1940: Fairchild, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: high school 3 years
Living on farm: yes
City of residence in 1935: Fairchild, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Resident on farm in 1935: yes
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Paul (age 21), Lorraine (18), Russell (13), Phyllis (10), and Sylvia (2)
Census place: Fairchild, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: T627_4478; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 18-21
Date: 20 Apr 1940

Extract from U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946:
Name: Dorothy P Heinemann
Birth year: 1922
Nativity state: Wisconsin
State of residence: Wisconsin
County or city: Eau Claire
Enlistment date: 19 Jul 1944
Enlistment state: Wisconsin
Enlistment city: Milwaukee
Branch: Womens Army Corps
Branch code: Womens Army Corps
Grade: private
Grade code: private
Term of enlistment: enlistment for the duration of the war or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: selectees (enlisted men)
Source: civil life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil occupation: semiskilled inspectors, n.e.c.
Marital status: married