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GENEALOGY FAMILY GROUP SHEET

Maria MERKLEY

A traditional family group sheet showing the couple, their parents, vital events, and children in one research-friendly record.

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What is a Family Group Record?

A Family Group Record, sometimes called a Family Group Sheet, documents a single family unit in detail. While a pedigree chart looks backward at direct ancestors, a family group record looks sideways and downward, focusing on parents and their children.

It records the names, birth, marriage, and death information for both parents, along with details about their children. Looking at siblings and parents together can reveal naming patterns, gaps between births, migrations, remarriages, and other clues that are easy to miss when people are viewed one at a time.

Family group records also work as evidence containers. They give researchers a place to compare conflicting dates, document sources, and keep notes about why one conclusion seems stronger than another. Used together with pedigree charts, they help turn a collection of names into a connected family story.

Family 1

Husband / Partner

flag male ancestor George Ludwig BROEFFLE
Born: 8 January 1812
Place: Williamsburgh, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
Married / Joined: 19 February 1832
Place: Williamsburgh, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
Died: 2 March 1885
Place: Parishville, St. Lawrence, New York, USA
His Father
flag male ancestor Johan Diederich BROEFFLE
Born: 29 August 1790
Place: Schoharie, New York, USA
Died: 13 March 1869
Place: Canton, St. Lawrence, New York, USA
His Mother
flag female ancestor Catherine OSTERHOUT
Born: 8 May 1789
Place: Kingston, Ulster County, New York, USA (Esopus)
Died: 11 November 1871
Place: Canton, St. Lawrence, New York, USA
Wife / Partner flag photo of Maria MERKLEY  Maria MERKLEY
Born: 10 January 1812
Place: Williamsburgh, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
Died: 13 April 1898
Place: Parishville, St. Lawrence, New York, USA
Her Father
flag male ancestor Jacob MERKLEY
Born: 20 August 1781
Place: Carleton Island, Cape Vincent, Jefferson, New York, USA
Died: 2 June 1864
Place: Williamsburg, South Dundas, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
Her Mother
flag female ancestor Elizabeth Brokaw STATA
Born: 13 May 1785
Place: Rensselaerville, New York, USA (Medusa)
Died: 10 June 1856
Place: Williamsburg, South Dundas, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada

Children

Listed in birth order when known. Select a child for the full genealogy record.

1. flag male ancestor  Paul BROEFFLE
Born 29 June 1853
Dundas, Mountain, Ontario, Canada
Married
1874

Died 5 October 1920
Canton, St Lawrence, New York, USA