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Robert Stafford Brodhead

Robert Stafford Brodhead

Male 1899 - 1984  (84 years)


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  • Name Robert Stafford Brodhead  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Birth 14 Apr 1899  Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 13 Mar 1984  Swarthmore, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial Wayne, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I35775  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Robert Sayre Brodhed,   b. Feb 1862, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah Claire Stafford,   b. Sep 1870, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1895  [5] 
    Family ID F11028  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice Kinsman,   b. 12 Feb 1912, Sunbury Nort, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 2001, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 1935  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Virginia Brodhead
    Family ID F11484  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Newspaper Obituary - March 14, 1984 Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania - Robert Stafford Brodhead, 84, a retired insurance-claims examiner and former Swarthmore Democratic committeeman, died yesterday at the Crozer- Chester Medical Center. Mr. Brodhead, who grew up on the Main Line, was a graduate of St. Luke's School and the University of Pennsylvania. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Swarthmore and a life member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. He served in the Army during World War I and was a member of the Swarthmore Home Guard during World War II. In the years after retiring from the General Accident Fire and Life Insurance Co. of Philadelphia, he was a Democratic committeeman, a lay reader in the Episcopal church and a volunteer for the Travelers' Aid Society. Survivors: wife, Alice; a daughter, Dr. Virginia Brodhead Clemmer; and three grandchildren. Services: A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Episcopal Church, Swarthmore. Private burial services at Old St. David's Church, Wayne.

  • Sources 
    1. [S750] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1929-1990; Series Number: Series 2.

    2. [S20] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Number: 159-07-1552; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951.

    3. [S154] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Registration State: Pennsylvania; Registration County: Delaware; Roll: 1877947; Draft Board: 3.

    4. [S150] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Swarthmore, Delaware, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3496; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 23-169.

    5. [S29] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Wilkes Barre Ward 13, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1436; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0178; FHL microfilm: 1241436.

    6. [S937] Ancestry.com, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).