Wallace - Person Sheet
Wallace - Person Sheet
NameBROAN, Capt. Robert Allen
Birth Date11 May 1920
Birth PlaceCalumet, Calumet County, Michigan
Death Date13 Mar 2006 Age: 85
Death PlaceMidlothian, Chesterfield, Virginia
FlagsBroan Line, Military, World War II
FatherBROAN, John Martin Jr. (1888-1974)
MotherALLEN, Susannah (1883-1926)
Misc. Notes
Robert lived with his paternal aunt, Annie Broan Aldrich, and his uncle, Dr. Addison Day Aldrich. His grandfather, John Broan, lived there as well. John Broan was born in England and was the progenitor of the Broam family in America.

Robert Broan served in World War II as Captain in USAAF as a B-26 bomber pilot and was awared the Distinguised Flying Cross and an Air Medal with 10 Oak Leaf Clusters. He participated in the D-Day invasion.
Spouses
Birth Date28 Dec 1918
Birth PlaceColumbus, Muscogee County, Georgia
OccupationNurse
Death Date16 Nov 1973 Age: 54
Death PlaceCharlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia
FlagsBroan Line, Military, World War II
FatherSAMS, Clay Franklin (1885-1964)
MotherHARVELL, Mattie Nealey (1889-1963)
Misc. Notes
The funeral of Mrs. Wilma Sams Broan, wife of Robert A. Broan, was to be at Charlottesville’s Christ Episcopal Church, of which she was a member, with burial following in Monticello Memorial Park. The former Danville resident died in the University of Virginia Hospital.

She was born in Columbus, Georgia, Dec. 28, 1918, a daughter of the late Clay Franklin Sams and Mattie Neely Sams, and attended Stratford College.

She was graduated from the University of Virginia, School of Nursing, and served in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II.

In addition to her husband, she leaves a son, James M. Broan of Neenah, Wisconsin.; two daughters, Miss Carol S. Broan of Virginia Beach and Miss Janet M. Broan of Charlottesville and currently a student teacher at Cedarbrook Elementary School in Danville, and one brother, Eugene Sams of Baltimore, Maryland.
ChildrenJames M.
 Janet Marie (1952-)
Birth Date23 Nov 1922
Marr Date12 Jul 1974
Marr PlaceAlbemarle County, Virginia
Birth Date6 Dec 1922
Death Date23 Aug 2004 Age: 81
Marr Date15 Dec 1990
Marr PlaceCharlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia
Last Modified 11 Apr 2017Created 12 Feb 2022 by Robert Avent