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Marlon F. Brando Sr (1895 - 1965)

Marlon F. Brando Sr
Born in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 22 Jun 1918 in Pierce, Washington, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 70 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United Statesmap
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Biography

Marlon Brando Sr was born in Nebraska.

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:

Daughter Jocelyn Brando was a notable American actress and writer [1].

Their son Marlon Brando Jr. was a notable American actor [2].

Marlon, Sr. passed away on 17 Jul 1965 in Los Angeles, California where he's buried at Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia contributors, "Jocelyn Brando," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jocelyn_Brando&oldid=1182588453 (accessed December 7, 2023).
  2. Wikipedia contributors, "Marlon Brando," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marlon_Brando&oldid=1188225448 (accessed December 7, 2023).

See also:

  • "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:XQKX-SD2 : 8 December 2015), Marlon Brando, 1930.
  • "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".
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #105784422

Acknowledgments

  • Janice Hardin, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Janice and others.




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Please add daughter Jocelyn Brando and link to her Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocelyn_Brando
posted by Kitty (Cooper) Smith
Kitty, I added a citation for Jocelyn's Wikipedia page.
posted by Joe Holloway
Please link to the Wikipedia article for Marlon Brando, Sr. at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_Brando,_Sr.

Thank you.

posted by Kitty (Cooper) Smith
Kitty, I think maybe Wikipedia removed Marlon, Sr's. page. I was going to link to it but I can't find it now.
posted by Joe Holloway
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
posted by Kitty (Cooper) Smith
Kitty, this would be a cool artifact to digitize and share on WikiTree or elsewhere if you're inclined.
posted by Joe Holloway

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