The following material
on the immediate ancestry of
Evel Knievel
should not be considered either
exhaustive or authoritative, but
rather as a first draft.
| Ancestry of Evel Knievel | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Craig ("Evel") Knievel, b. Butte, Mont., 17 Oct. 1938 |
| PARENTS | |
| 2 |
Robert Edward Knievel,
b. ... , Mont., 10 Nov. 1915,
d. Butte, Mont., 14 March 1991
[SSDI 516-12-5811]
m. |
| 3 | Ann Kehoe Young, b. ... |
| GRANDPARENTS | |
| 4 |
Ignatius J... Knievel,
b. ... , Neb., 31 March 1891,
d. Butte, Mont., 16 Oct. 1972
[SSDI 517-36-7310]
m. |
| 5 | Emma Frances Brown, b. ... , Iowa, 14 Nov. 1893, d. Butte, Mont., 5 March 1997 [SSDI 516-44-0227] |
| GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 8 |
Anton Knievel,
b. ... , Germany, ... 1843,
d. ... 1908
m. |
| 9 | Gertrude Spinner, b. ... , Germany, ... , d. ... |
| 10 |
Charles Henry Brown,
b. Patton Co., Pa., 15 Sept. 1855,
d. Van Horn, Iowa, 26 Feb. 1909
m. |
| 11 | Ida Victoria Sherred, b. Venango, Pa., 12 Aug. 1855, d. Aberdeen, S. D., 29 Sept. 1936 |
| GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 16 |
Franz Knievel,
b. ... 1809,
d. ... 1861
m. |
| 17 | Gertrude Goeken, b. ... 1816, d. West Point, Cuming Co., Neb., ... July 1866 |
| 20 |
Silvester Brown,
b. Delaware Co., N. Y., ... [between 1822 and 1824],
d. Ellington, N. Y., ... June 1895
m. |
| 21 | Julia Ann ... , b. ... , d. ... 1863 |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 34 |
Wilhelm Goeken,
b. ... 1782,
d. ... 1850
m. |
| 35 | Gertrude Grewe, b. ... 1779, d. ... |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 68 |
Heinrich Goeken,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 69 | Clara Elisabeth Thielen, b. ... , d. ... |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
1930 Montana, Silver Bow Co., Floral Park, ED 55, Sheet 11A, line 41
Knievel Ignatius J H 39 M 19 Nebraska Germany Germany Asst Mgr Produce
Emma F W 35 M 17 Iowa New York Pennsylvania
Donald J S 17 S Nebraska Nebraska Iowa
Robert E S 13 S Montana Nebraska Iowa
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