Ancestry of
Tom Brokaw

TV Journalist and Author

Anthony Orville "Red" Brokaw

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• • Father of Tom Brokaw — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • William Loren Brokaw 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Meuer   
  • Birth Date:
  • 17 Oct 1912 
  • Birth Location:
  • Bristol, Day, South Dakota 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 3 Mar 1982 
  • Death Location:
  • Laguna Hills, Orange, California 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Yankton City Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton Co., South Dakota 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Eugenia Baker Conley
  • Marriage Date:
  • 23 Jul 1938 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Groton, Brown, South Dakota 
  • Child:

  Thomas John Brokaw (Ahnentafel No:1 )

• Sources for Anthony Orville "Red" Brokaw

  • ¹ California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997, Death record for Anthony Orville Brokaw.
  • ² Federal Census, SD, Day County, 1940, Bristol, E.D. 19-3, Sheet 81A, Image 22 of 23.
  • ³ Federal Census, SD, Charles Mix County, 1950, Pickstown, E.D. 12-36, Sheet 81, Image 78 of 86.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/13/2023).
  • ⁵ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 05 MAR 1982, p. 5, Obituary for Anthony "Red" Brokaw.
  • ⁶ South Dakota, U.S., Birth Index, 1856-1918, Birth record for Anthony Brokaw.
  • ⁷ South Dakota, U.S., Marriages, 1905-2018, Marriage certificate for Anthony Orville Brokaw and Eugenia Baker Conley.
  • ⁸ U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Draft registration for Anthony Orville Brokaw.
  • ⁹ Foster, Elsie E., Our Brokaw-Bragaw Heritage, n. p.: n. p. (1967?), 416.
  • ¹⁰ Wikipedia, "Tom Brokaw", (accessed 05/13/2023).