Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of Charles Frenchman
and Catharine (Tebo) Frenchman
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Abner St. Cyr
— married
about 1894 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died in Winnebago, Thurston, Nebraska, United States
[uncertain]
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Lizzie (Frenchman) St. Cyr was a Native American and member of the Ho-Chunk tribe.
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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) .
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