Gertrude Marjarie Kirkendall

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Garfield Township, Smith, KS. ¹ The 1900 census recorded Ra?Alhh Preuitt (as indexed in census due to poor handwriting), silversmith, 54, born Jun 1846, living with wife Ema, 48, Feb 1852; daughter Eva M., 22, Nov 1877; Ina, 18, Jul 1884; John R., 12, 1888; Grace M., 4, Nov 1895; and granddaughter G. Kirkendall, 1, Jul 1898. The parents were married for 27 years and Emma had birthed 7 children, 6 alive in 1900. Randolph and his father were born in Indiana and his mother in Kentucky. Emma was born in Iowa, her father in North Carolina and mother in West Virginia. Their children were born in Kansas, father in Indiana and mother in Iowa. Kirkendall was born in Kansas, her father in Missouri and mother in Kansas.

2. Census in 1910 in Idalia, Yuma, CO. ² The 1910 census recorded Randolph F. Pruitt, widowed, farmer, 63, living with daughter Ina, 26; son John R., farm laborer, 22; daughter Grace N., 15; and daughter Gertrude, 12. Randolph was born in Indiana and his parents in Virginia. His children were born in Kanas and their mother in Iowa.