Ancestry of
Tom Brokaw

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William Loren Brokaw

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• • Grandfather of Tom Brokaw — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Richard Patterson Brokaw 
  • Mother:
  • Anna M. Hyde   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 Nov 1869 
  • Birth Location:
  • near Burbank, Clay, South Dakota 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Jan 1943 
  • Death Location:
  • Day County, South Dakota 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Bristol Cemetery, Bristol, Day, South Dakota 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Meuer
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 Nov 1895 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Big Stone County, Minnesota 
  • Child:

  Anthony Orville "Red" Brokaw (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 

  • William Brokaw was born in a covered wagon near Burbank, South Dakota.

• Sources for William Loren Brokaw

  • ¹ Federal Census, SD, Day County, 1900, Bristol, E.D. 116, Sheet 1B, Image 2 of 12.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/15/2023).
  • ³ South Dakota, U.S., Birth Index, 1856-1918, Birth record for son Anthony Brokaw.
  • ⁴ South Dakota, U.S., Death Index, 1879-1955, Death record for William L Brokaw.
  • ⁵ Foster, Elsie E., Our Brokaw-Bragaw Heritage, n. p.: n. p. (1967?), 269, 416.
  • ⁶ Minnesota Association of County Officers (MACO), Minnesota Official Marriage System (MOMS), Marriage record for William Brokaw and Lizzie Muer.