Individual Details

George Van Kirk

( - )

MARRIAGE LICENSE: George Louis Broughton, white, residence of Forsyth MT, age
23, born Rosebud Co MT, not previously married, son of George Louis Broughton
and Mary Elizabeth, to Ethel Martha Van Kirk, white, of Jordan MT, age 18, not
previously married, daughter of George Van Kirk and ___ Monahan. Married 2 Aug
1912 at Miles City. Information copied by Marvin Miller, Butte MT and sent to
Art Hawkinson in 1995.

(1920 Census Index, Custer Co. Montana, published by Southeastern Montana Research Library/Miles City Genealogical Society)
1920 Federal Census, Custer Co., Montana
Pg. 156, Lines 76-79
Van, George, age 60, RR Shop Laborer
Van, Grace, age 38, Stock Raising Farm
Broughton, Effa, age 23, Stock Raising Farm
Broughton, Ethel, age 5
All resided at Eljin Park Island
note: it appears from this Effa (Ethel the mother) would have been 15, not 18, when she married Broughton.
note: the census listed over a hundred residents of Elgin Park Island, many being railroad workers along with some farmers and other laborers.

Families

SpouseGrace Monahan ( - )
ChildEthel Van Kirk (1894 - )