C.L. & Ora

[My Maternal Grandparents]

Clarence Lyndal Brokaw #3458-4

&

Ora Ethel Laughlin

History of the name Brokaw

Their Story

Clarence Lyndal Brokaw #3458-4, b. 31 July 1877 at White Rock, Republic Co. , KS, m. Ora Ethel Laughlin 5 April 1902 at MO, d. 14 January 1958 at Exeter, Tulare Co., CA. buried Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, Tulare Co., CA. (headstone photo)

[His parents]

Father: George nmn Brokaw II #1966-5, b. 23 April 1841 at Belmont Co., OH, d. 23 June 1901 at Nixa, Christian Co., MO. buried 26 June 1901 at Walnut Grove, MO

Mother: Margaret Jane Morgan, b. 16 March 1842 at Cadiz, Harrison Co., OH, d. 1 January 1886 at Bois D'Arc, Greene Co, MO

[My grandmother]

Ora Ethel Laughlin, b. 2 September 1884 at Forsythe, Taney Co., MO, married Clarence Lyndal Brokaw 5 April 1902 at MO, d. 29 December 1954 at Exeter, Tulare Co., CA, buried 3 January 1955 at Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, Tulare Co., CA. (headstone photo)

[Her parents]

Father: James Henderson Laughlin, b. 1861 at MO

Mother: Emma Cook-Cole, b. 4 May 1863 at MO, d. 30 June 1940 at Guthrie, Logan Co., OK

Children of Clarence and Ora

Family photo 1930 ish

1: George Willard Brokaw #4825-1, b. 8 March 1904 at Nixa, Christian Co., MO, d. 9 October 1908 at Binger, Caddo Co., OK

[My mother]

2: Wanda Louise Brokaw #4825-2, b. 16 December 1905 at Nixa, Christian Co., MO, m. Stephen Buckhannan Castleman, 18 November 1923 at Lookeba, Caddo Co., OK, d. 14 October 1970 at Marysville, Yuba Co., CA; 3 grandchildren

3: Leo Lloyd Brokaw #4827-3, b. 28 August 1907 at Binger, Caddo Co., OK, m. Gladys Verna Roberts, 14 May 1927 at Lookeba, Caddo Co., OK, d. 9 July 1997 at Gridley, Butte Co., CA; 5 grandchildren

4: Giva Lucille Brokaw #4828-4, b. 26 December 1909 at Binger, Caddo Co., OK, m. Ellis Dewey Roberts, 8 July 1931 at Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ, d. 1989 at Exeter, Tulare Co., CA; 3 grandchildren

5: Wayne nmn Brokaw #4829-5, b. 8 December 1911 at Caddo Co., OK, d. 8 February 1912 at Lookeba, Caddo Co., OK

6: Melford Francis Brokaw #4830-6, b. 13 December 1912 at Binger, Caddo Co., OK, m. Evelyn May Cox, 18 October 1935 at Exeter, Tulare Co., CA, d. 1 November 1982 at Exeter, Tulare Co., CA; 2 grandchildren

7: Orville Thomas Brokaw #4831-7, b. 25 January 1915 at Binger, Caddo Co., OK, m. Alta nmn Young, 2 February 1936 at Exeter, Tulare Co., CA, m. Jewel nmn Lassiter, December 1966 at Brentwood, Contra Costa Co., CA; 2 grandchildren

8: a son Brokaw #3458-4, b. 1917 at Lookeba, Caddo Co., OK

9: Carroll Issac Brokaw #4832-8, b. 21 July 1918 at Lookeba, Caddo Co., OK, m. Berma Lee Smith, 26 February 1939; 3 grandchildren

10: Oma Dorothy Brokaw #4833-9, b. 30 April 1923 at Caddo Co., OK, m. Burl Eugene Woodward, 12 July 1940; 3 grandchildren

11: Otis nmn Brokaw #4834-10, b. 6 March 1925 at Lookeba, Caddo Co., OK, m. Billie Christine Anderson, 5 August 1946 at Reno, Washoe Co., NV, d. 27 March 2000 at Fresno, Fresno Co., CA 1 grandchild

note: the numbers behind the names are from the book "Our Brokaw/Bragaw Heritage"

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