Ancestry of
Anthony Orville Brokaw

(1912–1982)

Elizabeth Meuer

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• • Mother of Anthony Orville Brokaw — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • Anton Meuer 
  • Mother:
  • Mary -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 Dec 1877 
  • Birth Location:
  • Wisconsin 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 7 Feb 1924 
  • Death Location:
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  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Bristol Cemetery, Bristol, Day, South Dakota 
  • Spouse Name:
  • William Loren Brokaw
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 Nov 1895 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Big Stone County, Minnesota 
  • Child:

  Anthony Orville "Red" Brokaw (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • Elizabeth Meier's given name is also seen as Lizzie.

    Elizabeth's gravestone gives her birth year as 1878, but her death certificate and federal census records give it as 1877.

• Sources for Elizabeth Meuer

  • ¹ California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997, Death record for son Anthony Orville Brokaw.
  • ² Federal Census, SD, Day County, 1900, Bristol, E.D. 116, Sheet 1B, Image 2 of 12.
  • ³ Federal Census, WI, Iowa County, 1880, Dodgeville, E.D. 150, p. 54, Image 54 of 74.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/15/2023).
  • ⁵ South Dakota, U.S., Birth Index, 1856-1918, Birth record for son Anthony Brokaw.
  • ⁶ Foster, Elsie E., Our Brokaw-Bragaw Heritage, n. p.: n. p. (1967?), 416.
  • ⁷ Minnesota Association of County Officers (MACO), Minnesota Official Marriage System (MOMS), Marriage record for William Brokaw and Lizzie Muer.