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Myrtle Mae Piland Nance

Sister of Orbin Oliver Piland · 1889–1942

Myrtle Mae Piland Nance

Confirmed

Sister of Orbin Oliver Piland · 1889–1942

Born
on 20 June 1889
Died
on 2 July 1942
Parents
Edward Raymond Piland & Virginia Francis "Jennie" Montgomery
Married
Albert Pate Nance
Sources
4

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED daughter of Edward Raymond Piland and Virginia Francis “Jennie” Montgomery, and a sister of Orbin Oliver Piland. The index of her Texas death certificate names her father as Edward Ray Piland and her mother as Francis Montgomery, and the index of the 1900 census has Myrtle as a daughter in the household of Edward and Virginia Piland in Gonzales County, with her brothers Orbin and Ray S1629. In 1910 a Myrtle was still in Edward R. Piland’s household in Travis County, by a census read from the image S1025. Her mother’s obituary in The Austin American of 26 September 1927 names a surviving daughter, “Mrs. A. P. Nance of Austin” S1574. The death certificate, the 1900 census and the marriage entry are read from their indexes only; the images are not yet read. Raised from Probable on 10 October 2026, the day she was added to the family tree

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1889
Born on 20 June 1889 at Pilgrim, Gonzales County, Texas; died on 2 July 1942 at Buda, Hays County, Texas, both by the index of her death certificate, which calls her Myrtle May Nance S1629. The 1900 census index gives her birth as June 1890, a year later

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Marriage1912
Wife of Albert Pate Nance Confirmed (indexes only, images not read): a Travis County marriage index has Myrtle Piland and A. P. Nance in 1912 S1629; the index of his Texas death certificate names his spouse as Myrtle Piland, and the Social Security Applications and Claims Index names her as Myrtle Mae Pilant S1626. Their children are not named here

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Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: the three new records are read from indexes, not images; the 1900 census and the death certificate differ by a year on her birth; the day and month of the 1912 marriage are not in the index. Reading the death certificate image would settle the birth year and name the informant. Know more? Use “Add to this record”.

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Myrtle Mae Piland Nance · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

4 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S10251910 United States Federal Census — Justice Precinct 4, Travis County, Texas, sheet 5B, lines 93–100. Ancestry record 28664058. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 29 September 2026. Confirmed Edward R. Piland, 52, married 27 years; Virginia F., 53, mother of 8 children, 8 living; Craton, Myrtle, Rubin, Oliver O., 17, Edward R. Jr. and Carrol H. Read from the image.
  2. S1574The Austin American (Austin, Texas), 26 September 1927, p. 2 — obituary of Mrs. E. R. Piland; card of thanks, 3 October 1927. Newspapers.com image 384300880. Newspaper text read; the page images are not transcribed. Confirmed Aged 69; died Sunday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Howard, near Buda; a resident of Buda about 25 years; survived by her husband, two daughters (Mrs. John Howard of Buda, Mrs. A. P. Nance of Austin) and five sons (Orbin Piland of Pflugerville, Ray Piland of Round Rock, Creighton, Houston and Reuben Piland of Austin), four sisters and two brothers; burial Live Oak Cemetery. The card of thanks is signed “E. R. Piland and family”.
  3. S1626Three index entries for Albert Pate Nance and his wife Myrtle Piland. Ancestry, “Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903–1982”, record 60383942: Albert Pate Nance, spouse Myrtle Piland. “U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index”, record 648984386: Albert Pate Nance, spouse Myrtle Mae Pilant. “Texas Birth Index, 1903–1997”, record 152171892: a child of Albert P. Nance and Myrtle Piland; the child is not named here. Indexes only; no image is read, and no date was taken from these entries. Confirmed for the marriage; none of the three names Myrtle’s parents.
  4. S1629Three index entries for Myrtle May (Piland) Nance, 1889–1942. Ancestry, 1900 U.S. census, Justice Precinct 5, Gonzales County, Texas, record 43464937 (sheet 3, dwelling 49): Edward Piland, 41, head; Virginia, 41, wife; Ida B., Harry, Clayton, Myrtle (born June 1890), daughter, Ruben, Orbin, 7, Ray, 3, and Houston. “Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903–1982”, record 23125082: Myrtle May Nance, born 20 June 1889 at Pilgrim, Texas; died 2 July 1942 at Buda, Hays County; father Edward Ray Piland, mother Francis Montgomery. “Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index”, record 1928629: Myrtle Piland and A. P. Nance, 1912, Travis County. Indexes only; the images are not yet read. Confirmed

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