Ada Elizabeth Deer (1935 - 2023)

Born 7 Aug 1935 in Keshena, Menominee, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Died 15 Aug 2023 at age 88 in Fitchburg, Dane, Wisconsin, United States

Biography

The New York Times newspaper online said: "Ms. Deer racked up a long list of firsts over the course of her life. She was the first member of her tribe to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the first to receive a graduate degree, the first woman to lead the Menominee and the first woman to lead the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs."

Ada was born in 1935. Father: Joe Deer, Male, 1908, Wisconsin Mother: Constance (Connie) Deer, 1905, Pennsylvania

1. Connie Deer, Sister, F, 1949, Wisconsin
2. Joseph Deer, Jr, Jr, Brother, M, 1937, Wisconsin
3. Ferial Skye, Sister, F, 1941, Wisconsin
4. Robert E Deer, Brother, M, 1944, Wisconsin

She passed away in 2023.

Sources

• https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/us/ada-deer-dead.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Obituaries

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Deer

• "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPR1-M7GF : Sun Mar 10 21:22:25 UTC 2024), Entry for Adah Elizabeth Deer, 1936.

• "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPRB-5TRL : Fri Mar 08 20:33:11 UTC 2024), Entry for Adah Elizabeth Deer, 1937.

• "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7VD-W7B : Wed Jul 26 00:11:57 UTC 2023), Entry for Joe Deer and Constance Deer, 1940.

• "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGR1-8NML : Sun Mar 10 19:43:06 UTC 2024), Entry for Adah E Deer, 1940.

• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FMB-XKLN : Sat Jul 22 18:54:34 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Deer and Constance S Deer, 12 April 1950.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKW6-L434 : Thu Mar 07 19:59:46 UTC 2024), Entry for Joseph Deer and Ada Deer, Director, 12 Jan 1994.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/262865179/ada_e-deer: accessed April 18, 2024), memorial page for Ada E Deer (7 Aug 1935–15 Aug 2023), Find A Grave: Memorial #262865179, citing Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Neil (contributor 47710525).