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Submitted: 6/1/06 • Approved: 1/20/12 • Last Updated: 2/16/13 • R6446-G0-S3
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Herman Brockway, son of Ezra M. Brockway and Lydia Jones
B: 12-2-1835 Lyndon NY
D: 1919 Dawes Co. Neb.
Ellen Blackman Brockway, daughter of James Robinson Blackman and Persus Hayford Blackman
B: 9-28-1839 Farmersville, NY
D: 1-25-1890
Known children:
Herbert J. Brockway
Clifford Brockway
Minnie Brockway
Earl Hadley Brockway
Percy Blackman Brockway
Lora Brockway
Vida Brockway
Daniel B. Brockway
Herman and Ellen Brockway are listed in the 1870 census as residing in Outagamie County Wisconsin and appear to have migrated to Nebraska between 1880 and 1900. Earl Hadley and Percy Blackman migrated to Converse County Wyoming where they both owned ranches.
Contributed on 6/1/06 by JimNebraska99
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