Lizzie (Frenchman) St. Cyr (abt. 1874 - 1947)

Died 1947 at about age 73 in Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska, United States [uncertain]

Lizzie was Ho-Chunk.

Biography

Birth

According to the 1898 census, Lizzie was born about 1873/1874. However, her grave stone gives a date of 1884. (Find a Grave) The "1884" must be a misreading of "1874", otherwise she would have married Abner when she was ten years old.

Name

Her birth order name was given in the 1898 census as We-hun-kaw, which is for Wīhą́gā, "Second Daughter."

Death

Her grave lies next to her husband, Abner St. Cyr, Sr., but under the more formal name "Elizabeth St. Cyr." She died in 1947, and is buried in Saint Augustine Mission Cemetery, Winnebago, Thurston County, Nebraska, USA.

Sources

• Linda M. Waggoner, “Starring Red Wing!: The Incredible Career of Lilian M. St. Cyr, the First Native American Film Star (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2019) 64.
• 1898 Indian census; Roll: M595_312; Page: 12; Line: 15; Agency: Omaha & Winnebago. Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 12 December 2019), memorial page for Elizabeth St. Cyr (1884–1947), Find A Grave Memorial no. 12096617, citing Saint Augustine Mission Cemetery, Winnebago, Thurston County, Nebraska, USA ; Maintained by kmapp (contributor 46799577) .