CENSUS CARD QUESTIONAIRE # 7148 ELECTRA BERTHOLF nee KEYS

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Submitter:  Catherine Widener (catz@kcisp.net 
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                                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                                     Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes

                                          Muskogee, Indian Territory

                                               January 24, 1901

      In the matter of the application of OTTO J. ZUFALL, for the enrollment of 
      ELECTRA BERTHOLF, as a citizen of  the Cherokee Nation, and the said Electra Bertholf, being sworn and  examined by Commissioner, T.  B.  Needles, testified as follows:

        Q.How old is Electra Bertholf? A. I think she’s about 68 or 69 years 
old.

        Q.What is her post office address? A. Muskogee

        Q.Does she claim citizenship in Canadian District? A. No, sir, 
      Cooweescoowee District

        Q.Is she a citizen of the Cherokee Nation by blood? A. Yes, sir

           1880 Roll, Page 2, # 37, Ellector Bertholf, Canadian District

           1896 Roll, page 9, # 256, Electa Bertholf, Canadian District

        Q.Has she always lived in the Cherokee Nation?

         A.She always lived with me ever since I have been married.

        Q.Before that, she lived in the Cherokee Nation? A. Yes, sir

      Q. What is the reason she is not present? A. She is unable to come.

      Comm’r T. B. Needles: the name of Electra Bertholf appears upon the 
      authenticated roll of 1880, as
      Ellector
      Bertholf, and upon the census roll of 1896, as Electra Bertholf; She is 
      duly indentified and makes
      satisfactory
      proof as to her residence; consequently the said Electra Bertholf will be 
      duly listed for enrollment
      as a
      Cherokee citizen by blood.

      The undersigned, being sworn, states that as stenographer to the 
      Commission to the Five Civilized
      Tribes, he
      correctly recorded the testimony and proceedings in this case, and that 
      the foregoing is a true and
      complete
      transcript of his stenographic notes thereof.

      Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of January, 1901.

      Signed:

      Commissioner

      Transcribed by Catherine Widener, 2002