Eleonore Brokop

parents: Daniel Brokopp and Caroline Fleinke

	*Birth:* 09 Jun 1861 Russia
	*Death:* 04 Feb 1943 Bottineau, Bottineau, ND
	*Burial:* Kramer Cemetery, Kramer, Bottineau, ND

Marriage #1

Edward F Biberdorf

02 Dec 1880 Zhitomir Parish, Volhynia, Russia

Children

Ida Eleonore Biberdorf		21 Oct 1882
Rudolphina ("Fina") Biberdorf		14 Jun 1884
unknown		born & died before 1900
unknown		born & died before 1900
unknown		born & died before 1900
unknown		born & died before 1900
Bernhard ("Ben") Biberdorf		12 Dec 1896
Erick Biberdorf		28 Mar 1899
Herman Bieberdorf		31 Dec 1901

notes regarding the children of Edward F Biberdorf and Eleanore (Brokop) Biberdorf

Marriage #2

August (Gustav) Rosenau

1904

Children

Wanda Bertha Rosenau

06 Jul 1905

Sources

1900 Federal census	Mc Henry Co, ND - age 39
1910 Federal census	Mc Henry Co, ND - age 49
1920 Federal census	Mc Henry Co, ND - age 58
1930 Federal census	Mouse River, McHenry, ND - age 68
Mc Henry County, ND Courthouse	Death records; guardianship papers; County Auditor papers
Volhynia Files, St. Petersburg Archives	Birth records; Marriage records
Family Bible	Birth and marriage entries
Personal knowledge	Viewed and photographed tombstones
Family records	Records kept by Norrine (Biberdorf) Sletto
Family research	Research belonging to Valerie (Biberdorf) Boman

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Miscellaneous Information

1) There is a discrepancy in spelling: In the family Bible (and in St. Petersburg records), the name is spelled Eleonore, but most often it is seen as Elenora. For consistency, I have spelled it as it is written in the family Bible - Eleonore.

2) Eleonore emigrated from Russia to the United States in 1899, and was naturalized in PA. At the time of the 1910 census, she could not speak English, nor could she read or write.

3) On 09 May 1908, Eleonore's second husband, Gustav, was appointed guardian of three of Eleonore's children (Bernhard, Erick and Herman) from her first marriage to Edward Biberdorf.

4) I have copies of five documents and letters that refer to the crops that Eleonore's husband (Gustav) raised on the land that was willed to his step-children (Bernhard, Erick and Herman) by their father, Edward Biberdorf. Gustav was guardian of those children, and the money earned from the crops that were raised on that land had to be documented and given to the children. The letters are dated from December 1908 to October 1914.

5) I have a copy of Eleonore's obituary; cause of death: myocarditis and endocarditis.

Photos and/or signatures


Eleonore's parents - Caroline Fleinke and Daniel Brokop unknown date	The Biberdorf family: Fina and Ida (back row) Ben and Erick Eleonore (holding Herman) c. 1902
photos taken from pictures owned by Norrine (Biberdorf) Sletto


The Rosenau house as it was in the 1940s	A journey back: The Rosenau house as it was in 1991
photo taken from a picture owned by Norrine (Biberdorf) Sletto	photo taken by Valerie (Biberdorf) Boman

Eleonore (Brokop) Biberdorf, Rosenau 80th birthday June 1941 photo taken from a picture owned by Norrine (Biberdorf) Sletto	Eleonore (Brokop) Biberdorf Kramer Cemetery Kramer, Bottineau, ND photo taken by Valerie (Biberdorf) Boman