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     John Broadley was buried on 8 Mar 1571.²

     Marguerite Brockman was born on 12 Sep 1914 at Junction City, Kansas.^2,3 She married William Albert Olds, son of James William Olds and Emma M Shane, on 11 Nov 1934 at Junction City, Kansas.^1,4 Marguerite Brockman died on 8 Sep 2002 at Clackamas County, Oregon, at age 87.^5,2
     Marguerite Olds and William Albert Olds appeared on the census of 4 Apr 1940 at 214 South Maple, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, as follows:
     56 Olds, William A., head, age 29, 8th grade education, b. Kansas, shoe repair man in shoe shop
      , Marguerite, wife, 25, 4 yrs high school, b. Kansas
      , Melvin, son, 4, b. Kansas
They were renting at $13/month and had lived in Johnson City, Geary County, Kansas on 1 April 1935. Marguerite provided the information.⁶
     Her obituary states:
     "Oregonian, The (Portland, OR) - Tuesday, September 10, 2002
Deceased Name: Marguerite L. Olds
A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, 2002, in Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church in Portland for Marguerite L. Olds, who died Sept. 8 at age 87.
Marguerite Brockman was born Sept. 12, 1914, in Junction City, Kan. A homemaker, she moved to Portland in 1941. She was a member of the church. In 1934, she married William A.
Survivors include her husband; daughter, Marilyn Bender; brothers, Carl W. Brockman and Frederick Brockman; sister, Betty Gearhart; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Her son Melvin K. died Sept. 7.
Remembrances to charity. Arrangements by Peake."³

     Julius Colvin Broeg was born on 9 Feb 1913 at Princeton, Indiana.⁴ He married Vivian V. Smith, daughter of Ross Cleveland Smith and Metta Mildred Ensor, on 21 Oct 1951 at Clay County, Arkansas.⁵ Julius Colvin Broeg died on 27 Dec 1990 at age 77.^4,6 He appears in the Social Security Death Index as having died 27 Dec 1990. Julius Colvin's SSN was issued in Illinois. Also, his birth date is given as 9 Feb 1913.⁷ He was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Parkersburg, Richland County, Illinois.^4,8

     Alpha Looema Bromeling married Albert Leroy Kelley.² Alpha Looema Bromeling was born c 1848.³ She was the daughter of Martin Bromeling and Keziah Olds.¹ Alpha Looema Bromeling died on 11 Oct 1899 at WindsorTownship, Eaton County, Michigan.⁴ She was buried at Munger Cemetery, Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Michigan.⁵

     Ellen A. Bromeling was born c 1852 at New York.¹ She was the daughter of Martin Bromeling and Keziah Olds.¹
     In 1925, Mr. and Mrs. Kelsey celebrated their 29 April wedding of 50 years earlier. "The ceremony took place at the new home of the bride and groom on South Waterloo avenue, Mr. Kelsey of Jackson and Miss Ellen Brumeling of Eaton Rapids being united in marriage with elder Noyes officiating. Attending the couple were Miss Olive Martin and O. F. Kelsey."²

     George A. Bromeling was born in 1855 at New York.^1,2 He was the son of Martin Bromeling and Keziah Olds.¹ George A. Bromeling married Mattie Kauffman on 26 Aug 1883 at Charlotte, Eaton County, Michigan.³ George A. Bromeling died in 1928.² He was buried at Maple Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Eaton County, Michigan.⁴

     Gresham M. Bromeling was born c 1830.¹ He was the son of Martin Bromeling and Keziah Olds.¹ Gresham M. Bromeling died on 21 Jul 1897.¹
     I believe that the "Gusan" of the 1860 census record of this family is very likely the man elsewere given as Gresham or Gershom.

     Martin Bromeling married Keziah Olds, daughter of Moses Olds and Mary Miller.² Martin Bromeling was born on 15 Jul 1802.³ He died on 18 Sep 1860 at age 58.³ He was buried at Munger Cemetery, Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Michigan.⁴
     Martin Bromeling and Keziah Olds appeared on the census of 23 Jun 1860 at Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Michigan, as follows:
     547/528 Martin Bromlnig [sic], 51, farmer, b. N. Y.
      Keziah, 47, b. Canada W.
      Gusan M., 28, male, sailor, b. N. Y.
      Filmon K., 23, male, sailor, b. N. Y.
      Mary V., 19, domestic, b. Virginia
      Thomas J., 16, farmer, b. N. Y.
      Serepty, 14, female, b. N. Y.
      Alfa L., 12, female, b. N. Y.
      Wm. H., 10, b. N. Y.
      Elllen A., 8, b. N. Y.
      Geo. A., 6, b. N. Y.⁵

     Mary V. Bromeling was born c 1841 at Virginia.² She was the daughter of Martin Bromeling and Keziah Olds.¹

     Phileman K. Bromeling was born on 21 Nov 1836 at New York.^2,3 He was the son of Martin Bromeling and Keziah Olds.¹ Phileman K. Bromeling married Adelia E. Munger in 1865.³ Phileman K. Bromeling married Mary Tyrrell on 19 Jun 1899 at Charlotte, Hillsdale County, New York.⁴ Phileman K. Bromeling died on 5 Apr 1914 at age 77.³ He was buried at Munger Cemetery, Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Michigan.⁵
     "Phillamon" K. Bromeling was among those granted a Michigan pension. The amout was $14.⁶
     His obituary states: "P. K. Bromeling, for half a century a resident of Eaton Rapids township, died at a late hour last Sunday night, aged seventy-seven years. The funeral took place from the house Wednesday forenoon with burial in the Munger cemetery.
"Mr. Bromeling, who had resided fifty years on the farm on the Lansing road, where he answered the death summons after a life of usefulness that endeared him to the hearts of all who knew him. He was born at Morristown, N.Y., November 21, 1836, and in 1854 commenced sailing on the great lakes, following this occupation untill the breaking out of the civil war, when he resigned his position as first mate and enlisted in a company regulars at Cleveland. He served three years and six months, during which he took part in twenty-six engagements and was wounded three times, once while attempting to escape from Andersonville prison. During his soldier life he suffered the hardships of imprisonment in Libby, Saulsbury, Belle Island and Andersonville prison pens, but came through it all and lived to enjoy nearly fifty years of the principles for which he fought on southern battlefields.
"In 1865 he was united in marriage to Miss Delia Munger, who died in 1898, and a few years later married Mary Terryll[sic], who survives him. He is also survived by one brother, George Bromeling, of Marshall and a sister Mrs J. E. Kelsey, of Jackson."³

     Serepta F. Bromeling was born on 15 Apr 1845 at New York.^3,4 She was the daughter of Martin Bromeling and Keziah Olds.² Serepta F. Bromeling married (1) Thomas Gurnnell in 1866.⁵ Serepta F. Bromeling died on 15 Jul 1910 at Litchfield, Hillsdale County, Michigan, at age 65.⁶
     "The present wife of our subject, to whom he was married May 14, 1887, was formerly Mrs. Sarepta Gurnnell, of Dimonsdale, this State, and whom, by her marriage with Thomas Gurnell, became the mother of three children -- William C., Frank H. and Frederick T. The oldest son is a miller by trade and a resident of Grand Ledge, Eaton County; Frank H. is farming in Rice Creek, Calhoun County; Frederick T. is at home. Mr. Gurnnell was a native of England, and died May 13, 1873, at the age of twenty-nine years; they were married in 1866.
"Mrs. Rozell is the daughter of Martin and Keziah Bromeling, and was born in York State, April 15, 1846. Her father was a native of New York State, and her mother, Keziah (Olds) Bromeling, was a native of Canada. They spent their last years in Michigan, the father dying in 1857, at the age of sixty-two years, and the mother in 1867, at the same age."⁵

     Thomas J. Bromeling was born c 1844 at New York.² He was the son of Martin Bromeling and Keziah Olds.¹ Thomas J. Bromeling died on 19 Nov 1892 at Eaton Rapids, Hillsdale County, Michigan.³
     T. J. Bromeling was killed in a boiler explosion. "The cause of all this was the explosion of a battery of boilers in the mammoth fruit evaporating establishment of J. C. Selby. The large frame building and two stores near by were moved off their foundations and Thomas J. Bromeling, foreman of the establishment was found buried in the debris. . . . The cry of fire was raised and nearly all rushed out of doors to see it, Foreman Bromeling and night Engineer Charles Bentley rushing for the whistle valve to give the alarm, but as Bromeling reached it first and was working it Bentley paused outside with the intention of entering the boiler room to look after his fires, but before he reached there the crash came, and he ran, escaping with bruises and burns from flying bricks and iron. . . ."⁴

     William H. Bromeling was born c 1850 at New York.¹ He was the son of Martin Bromeling and Keziah Olds.¹

     Mary Bronson was baptized on 12 Dec 1627 at Earl's Colne, Essex, England.¹ She married (2) John Graves, son of Thomas Graves and Sarah Scott, on 20 Jul 1671.²
     Mary, daughter of John, Sr., and Francis Brownson (as the name was often spelled there) of Earl's Colne, Essex, England, was married at least four times. She married (1) John Wyatt with whom she had eight children. She married (2) John Graves (his second wife), son of Thomas and Sarah Graves, on 20 July 1671 and had one son, Nathaniel. She married (3) 25 June 1678, William Allis as his second wife. On 16 Mar 1681/2, she married (4) Samuel Gaylord as his second wife. She also survived him and after 4 Sep 1690, perhaps having married again.³

     "These Brookes of London... were successful trademen and citizens of London, residing in the Parish of St. Leonard's in Eastcheap, the registers of which begin in the seminal year of 1538.
"We must commence, however, with a Brooke of whom we know little, not even his first name, nor his dates, nor his occupation, nor his wife's name, and all that can be said of his residence is that the interest exhibited by one of his sons in the Parish of Chingford, Essex, suggests that this may have been the place of origin, but when we get back that far we are beyond the range of parish records and can only have recourse to probate records and manorial records, of which none pertinent have as yet been found. He had, however, a son who had a daughter Kathryn who was in 1551 already married to a man named Noble, and in 1566 was a widow of the same name; likewise a daughter whose name was Daye, still living in 1551. Both are mentioned in the will of the other son, and the said Kathryn Noble in that son's wife's will as well."¹

     Andrew Brooke was baptized in Dec 1538. "Andrew, bapt. Dec. 1538, father identified, bur. as child 25 April 1549, father not then identified."¹ He was the son of Robert Brooke and Katherine (?).¹

     Elizabeth Brooke was baptized on 20 Jul 1562 at St. Leonard's in Eastcheap, London, England.¹ She was the daughter of John Brooke and Elizabeth Whetman.¹ Elizabeth Brooke was buried on 25 Aug 1592 at St. Leonard's in Eastcheap, London, England.¹

     Humphrey Brooke was the son of Robert Brooke and Katherine (?).¹ Humphrey Brooke died in 1549.¹
     Humphrey Brooke, father not named, was buried 19 May 1549, may have been a child of Robert Brooke and Katherine and baptized before the record was begun.¹

     Isabel Brooke was the daughter of Robert Brooke and Katherine (?).¹ Isabel Brooke married (1) John Wilson on 1 Jun 1551 at St. Leonard's in Eastcheap, London, England.¹ Isabel Brooke married (2) Christopher Holmes on 5 Nov 1573 at St. Andrew Hubbard.¹ Isabel Brooke was buried on 23 May 1586.¹
     Her children by both husbands are recorded in the parish of St. Andrew Hubbard.²

     Joan Brooke was baptized on 11 May 1555 at St. Leonard's in Eastcheap, London, England.² She was the daughter of John Brooke and Elizabeth Whetman.¹ Joan Brooke married Robert Foote, son of John Foote and Helen/Ellen Warren, on 18 Jun 1576 at St. Leonard's in Eastcheap, London, England.^1,2
     Joan is mentioned in the wills of both parents.²

     John Brooke was the son of Robert Brooke and Katherine (?).² John Brooke married Elizabeth Whetman on 8 May 1554 at St. Leonard's in Eastcheap, London, England.^1,3
     John Brooke left a will on 9 Jan 1567. The will was probated 8 July 1584 (PCC 18 Watson). "I John Brooke Citizen and Leatherseller of London beinge whole and sounde of bodye and of good and perfect remembraunce ... my bodye to be buried with the p[ar]ish Churche of Saincte Leonard nighe eastcheape in London ... yf I do dye within the Cittye of London, yf not then to be buried where it shall please god ..." He divided his personal property into three equal parts, one for his wife Elizabeth, one "I doe give and bequeathe to and amongest all my childenn nowe beinge alive, that ys to saie, To William Brooke, Johan Brooke, Suzan Brooke, Margarett Brooke, Elizabeth Brooke, Johan [John] Brooke, Robert Brooke, Katherine Brooke, Thomas Brooke and Sara Brooke", and the final third he reserved to himself for various gifts and legacies which again included his wife Elizabeth, his sister Elizabeth Homes, wife of Christopher Homes, and many others. His wife Elizabeth and her assigns "shall have hould occupye possesse and enioye to her and their own use, all that p[ar]cell of Lande called Alkens Lande conteyninge Fower Crofts, And alsoe all that p[ar]cell of Lande called Wardens sett lyenge and being in the p[ar]ishe of Childerditche in the Countie of Essex, And alsoe shall have ... & receive to hir and theire owne use all the rents issues and proffitts of the same for and during the terme of her naturall lyfe, whiche p[ar]cells of Lande I houlde by verture of twoe Leases heretofore graunted to one Thomas Thresser late of Childerdiche aforesaid yeoman deceased, She the same Elizabeth my wife paienge the rentes and[p[er]forminge the Covenntes reserved and and mencioned in and by the same twoe Leases ... after suche the decease of the said Elizabeth my wife unto my sonne John Brooke ...". Other real estate went to his son William as follows: "to the saide Willm Brooke my sonne, All and singuler that my Messuage or Tenemente with shpppes, cellers, sollers [lofts], warehouses, yardes, lightes, easements, comodities and hereditaments with thappurtenaunces whatsoever thereunto belonginge, commonly called the Signes of the Starre and the Stirrope sett and being in Gracious Street in the said p[ar]ishe of St. Leonard nowe beinge in the occupacon of me the said John Brooke, And all and singuler my Messuages, Lands, Tenements, meadowes, Leasues, pastures, feedings, wooddes, under wooddes, Rents, revisions, and hereditatm^ts with all and singular their appurtenaunces whatsover sett lyinge and beinge in the parish of Horshm and in the Countie of Sussex nowe being in the occupacon of Richard Hollande ... and to theires [the heirs] of his bodye lawfully to bee begotten ... [for lack of such issue, the property is to go, if necessary, in turn to each of the other children] ... ". Elizabeth, wife of the testator, was made executor. His son William Bro[o]ke, leatherseller, and son-in-law Robert Foote, citizen and fishmonger of London, were to be overseers.⁴

     John Brooke was baptized on 4 Mar 1557.¹ He was the son of John Brooke and Elizabeth Whetman.¹
     He probably died young and has no burial record at St. Leonard's. Perhaps he died elsewhere.¹

     John Brooke was born on 22 Oct 1563 at St. Leonard's in Eastcheap, London, England.¹ He was the son of John Brooke and Elizabeth Whetman.¹ John Brooke was buried on 23 Feb 1578 at St. Leonard's in Eastcheap, London, England.¹

     Katherine Brooke was baptized on 13 Jul 1567 at St. Leonard's in Eastcheap, London, England.¹ She was the daughter of John Brooke and Elizabeth Whetman.¹ Katherine Brooke married (1) Thomas Betheam (Bethonie) on 5 Dec 1586.¹ Katherine Brooke married (2) John Northcott (Norcott).¹
     Katherine and Richard Flood are both mentioned in her mother's 1599 will.¹

     Margaret Brooke was born on 8 Mar 1560 at St. Leonard's in Eastcheap, London, England.² She was the daughter of John Brooke and Elizabeth Whetman.¹ Margaret Brooke married John Foote, son of John Foote and Helen/Ellen Warren, on 11 May 1581 at St. Mary Woolnoth Church, London, England.^3,4 Margaret Foote died in 1634.¹
     She left a will on 13 Sep 1634 at St. Benet, Grace Church. "The will of Margaret Foote of St. Benet, Grace Church, is dated 13 Sept. 1634, probated 10 Oct. 1634 (PCC 88 Seager = Waters 1278 f.); to be bur. in parish church ...¹ "

     Mary Brooke was baptized on 26 Nov 1564 at St. Leonard's in Eastcheap, London, England.¹ She was the daughter of John Brooke and Elizabeth Whetman.¹ Mary Brooke was buried on 16 Dec 1565 at Bletchingley, co. Surrey, England.²

     Robert Brooke was baptized on 4 Apr 1566.¹ He was the son of John Brooke and Elizabeth Whetman.¹
     He is "the only son who could be husband of the Mary described in his mother's 1599 will as her daughter-in-law; eldest surviving son in 1599 and so bequeathed the Star and the Stirrup."¹

     Robert Brooke married Katherine (?).³ Robert Brooke was born s 1495.¹ He was the son of Mr. (?) Brooke.² Robert Brooke died in 1551.¹ He was buried on 28 Jun 1551 at St. Leonard's in Eastcheap, London, England.¹
     He left a will on 26 Jun 1551. It was probated 21 July 1551 (PCC 18 Bucke). "Robert Broke Citizen and merchantaillo^r of the Citie of London ... Katheryn my wyef my sole Executrice ... to my children the thirde pp^te of my goodes ... Katheryn my wieff to have and enyoie my house wherin I nowe dwell for the terme of her lyfe whiche ys named the sterre and the styroppe ... in Gracious [Gracechurch] strete w^thin the p[ar]ishe of Saint Leonardes Estchepe and hath on the north side the house of James Morley Ire[N]monger and on the southe syde the house of John Wolstone Ire[N]monger and on the west side the kings highe waye called gracious strete and after her decease ... the same house unto my sonne John Broke ... And yf the said John departe this worlde without yssue Then I will the same house unto my three daughters equally ... to the p[ar]sone of seynt Leonardes ijs to distribute at his pleasure ... my syster Daye xx^s ... Katheryn Noble my brothers doughter vj^s viij^d ... ".³

     Sarah Brooke was born on 1 Oct 1570 at St. Leonard's in Eastcheap, London, England.¹ She was the daughter of John Brooke and Elizabeth Whetman.¹
     She is mentioned as daughter Sarah Storye, a widow with children, in her mother's 1599 will and also as Sarah Story in the 1625 will of her brother Thomas but the first name of her husband is not known.¹

     Susan Brooke was baptized on 6 Mar 1559.¹ She was the daughter of John Brooke and Elizabeth Whetman.¹