Minnesota Family Groupsheet for Bert Austin Briggs Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Deborah Elam Email address: MsNavalCPO@aol.com Husband: Bert Austin BRIGGS Birthdate: September 13, 1887 Birthplace: Lancaster, Missouri Death date: June 28, 1968 Place of death: Father: Robert Wroe Briggs Mother: Lydia E. (?)Masters Marriage date: September 14, 1907 Marriage place: Lancaster, Missouri Wife: Adah DANIELS Birthdate: July 30, 1889 Birthplace: RFD Schuyler Co., Missouri Death date: September 15, 1976 Place of death: Belwood Nursing Home, Peoria, Illinois Father: Ulysses Eugene Daniels Mother: Josephine Griggs CHILDREN Child No. 1: Dorthea Maxine Briggs Sex: F Birthdate: May 30, 1909 Birthplace: Death date: 19?? Place of death: Marriage date: September 27, 1928 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Floyd Searle, Linus Mies, Raymond Croisant Child No. 2: Lydia Josephine Briggs Sex: F Birthdate: June 14, 1911 Birthplace: Linn Co., Bucklin, Missouri Death date: October 28, 1974 Place of death: Marriage date: February (or Oct?) 14, 1933 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Michael Antonacci Child No. 3: Roxie Juanita Briggs Sex: F Birthdate: May 7, 1913 Birthplace: Badger Co., Badger, S. Dakota Death date: September 28, 2000 Place of death: Rose Garden Nursing Home (?), Peoria, Illinois Marriage date: October 14, 1933 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Sylvester Joseph Entrican Child No. 4: (Living) Sex: M Birthdate: Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 5: Donald Elmore Briggs Sex: M Birthdate: July 23, 1920 Birthplace: Hanna City, Illinois Death date: October 13, 1964 Place of death: Blue Island Hospital, Chicago, Illinois Marriage date: August 17, 1941 Marriage place: Spouse's name: (Living) Child No. 6: (Living) Sex: M Birthdate: Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 7: (Living) Sex: M Birthdate: Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 8: Vada Mae Briggs Sex: F Birthdate: July 2, 1924 Birthplace: Fairbury, Illinois Death date: June 1964 Place of death: Killed in accident in Motley, Minnesota by Staples Marriage date: October 31, 1942 Marriage place: Spouse's name: (Living?) Child No. 8: Ada Ruth Briggs Sex: F Birthdate: June 4, 1925 Birthplace: Fairbury, Illinois Death date: October 23, 1976 Place of death: Peoria (?), Illinois Marriage date: October 4, 1942 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Robert Dean Hovey Documentation: Bert Austin Briggs was adopted by R.W.(Bob) and Lydia Briggs. He was left on their porch with $1,000.00 cash as a baby. He lived there several years before they adopted him. All information was provided by Roxie Juanita Briggs (now deceased) both orally and visually from newspaper clippings and writings in her Bible.