Marlon, Sr. was born 11 Jan 1895 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was the son of Eugene Brando and Marie Holloway. He married Dorothy "Dodie" Pennebaker on 22 Jun 1918 in Pierce Co., Washington. Marlon and Dorothy issued the following children:
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZKM-RK8 : 24 August 2019), Marlon Brando, 1917-1918.
"United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ6-VRKT : 17 October 2019), Marlon Brando, Jan 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML4Q-JB4 : accessed 6 November 2019), Marlow Brando in household of Jennie G Mckenzie, Omaha Ward 4, Douglas, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 29, sheet 7A, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 843; FHL microfilm 1,374,856.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHWY-2JV : accessed 6 November 2019), Merlon Brando in household of George D White, San Francisco Assembly District 32, San Francisco, California, United States; citing ED 188, sheet 7A, line 8, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 137; FHL microfilm 1,820,137.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS5S-HTC : accessed 7 November 2019), Marlow Brando, Chicago (Districts 1501-1750), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1574, sheet 2A, line 29, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 484; FHL microfilm 2,340,219.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWCQ-XQP : accessed 24 October 2016), Marlon Brando, Libertyville Township, Lake, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 49-54, sheet 13B, family 212, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 829.
"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1V2-RZX : 9 March 2018), Marlon Brando, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPG3-262 : 20 May 2014), Marlon Brando, Jul 1965; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPKG-KXN : 26 November 2014), Marlon Brando, 17 Jul 1965; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRR-D7YP : accessed 6 November 2019), Marlon Brando Sr in entry for Marlon Brando, Kansas, United States, 03 Jul 2004; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Wichita Eagle, The, born-digital text.
"California, Los Angeles, Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Deceased Card File Index, 1877-1989", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W8F8-B52M : 20 August 2019), Marlon Brando, 1965.
Larry Overmire. "The Ancestry of Overmire Tifft Richardson Bradford Reed".
Janice Hardin, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Janice and others.
Is Marlon your ancestor? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships.
It is likely that these
autosomal DNA
test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Marlon:
I have a letter from Marlon Brando, Sr. in response to my mother's question about Marlon's wife, the mother of Marlon Brando, Jr. Jr. sent mom's letter to Sr. to answer, and he did. Kitty Smith
This week's featured connections are
Baseball Legends:
Marlon is
31 degrees from Willie Mays, 20 degrees from Ernie Banks, 15 degrees from Ty Cobb, 15 degrees from Bob Feller, 18 degrees from Lou Gehrig, 27 degrees from Josh Gibson, 16 degrees from Joe Jackson, 22 degrees from Ferguson Jenkins, 21 degrees from Mamie Livingston, 16 degrees from Mickey Mantle, 16 degrees from Tris Speaker and 20 degrees from Helen St. Aubin
on our single family tree.
Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
Thank you.