BIO-JohnRobertBragonier1937-

John Robert Bragonier 1937-

A Thumbnail Biography by David C. Procuniar

Last updated 31 Aug 2001

John Robert Bragonier, born 4 July 1937, married 25 July 1959 Barbara Ellen Johnson. J. Robert is an Obstetrician/gynecologist, & a professor at UCLA School of Medicine. Also currently Director of Maternal Health and Family Planning Programs, Public Health Programs, County of Los Angeles Department of Health Services

Update from J. Robert Bragunier ... I retired in 2002 from the positions on this thumbnail bio. My last position with the County of Los Angeles Department of Health Services was Medical Director, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Services; otherwise, the information there is correct. I currently teach multiple courses of Jazz and Music History at the South Bay Adult School in Manhattan Beach, CA and with Omnilore, Senior Education through California State University, Dominguez Hills (and I'm lovin' it!). Barbara retired (from the faculties of California State University, Long Beach and Fullerton Community College) in 1999; we have traveled extensively, having visited nearly 60 countries on all seven continents.

John Robert's lineage .....

.......Wendell Hughell

...........Robert Jacob

..............Abraham Justice

..................Jacob Jr.

......................Jacob Sr.

...........................Possibly George Braggooner Sr. ..... [We will get help on this from John Robert]

...............................George Braconnier

Source: John Robert Bragonier

Also: The Bragonier Family by Georgiana H. Randall 1969 The Bragunier Family in America by Britain Bragunier Robinson 1969. First Reformed Church of Hagerstown Maryland church records on LDS micro-film.

Children:

Bruce Robert., born 11 December 1961, married Maria Leslie Pederson Gothold 1995. Bruce is a Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon in private practice in Sebastopol, California, Maria is a teacher!

They have two children Bruce Jacob Bragonier & Aidan Charles Bragonier.

Rebecca Ellen, born 25 December 1963, married 1st Frank Gomez, two children, Richard Simon & Sarah Ellen. married 2nd Joseph Schuler in 1995, their daughter is Lucy Ann Schuler 1999-

Elizabeth Ann, born 2 May 1968, works for the Boston Consulting Group in Melbourne, Australia. Married Roderick James Spencer Wagg 1994 (An Aussie computer programmer). Living in Brussels, Belgium.

Married 2nd Ian Laurence Walsh, they have two children, Emily Ann & Madeleine Jane Bragonier Walsh

Elizabeth (called Beth) uses her Bragonier surname professionally.

Email from John Robert 8/26/98

Hi, David! My wife, Barbara, received your e-mail and address from her office at Cal State, Long Beach, and she asked if I'd like to respond. I'm happy to.

I am an obstetrician/gynecologist, a professor at UCLA School of Medicine for 28+ years and Director of Maternal Health and Family Planning Programs for the County of Los Angeles Department of Health Services. I was born in Iowa in 1937 (Barbara also grew up in Iowa), and we have been in California since 1970. My address is:

J. Robert Bragonier, MD, PhD

1640 Harper Avenue

Redondo Beach, CA 90278

The other recipients of this post are my father, Wendell H., 88, retired dean of the graduate school at Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; my brother Jim, 58, an architect and music store proprietor also in Ft. Collins; my son Bruce, 36, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon who lives with wife Maria and 1-year-old son Bruce Jacob (BJ) in Menominee, MI; and Jim's daughter Cheryl, 32?, who works for the University of Minnesota in the international students program (she also has had an interest in tracing her geneology). We also have two daughters, Becky (34), a high school teacher in Whittier, CA, and Beth (30), who works for the international firm Boston Consulting Group. Beth, although married and living with her Aussie husband in Melbourne, still uses our surname (Becky's surname is Schuler). Jim's other daughter Renee (29?) has been associated with the university in Terre Haute, IN, but she is now back in Minnesota, where the family grew up. I forget exactly what she's doing, but I'm quite sure it's in the counseling field.

My father did a fairly extensive search of our geneology probably 30+ years ago and found out, if memory serves, that we are decendents of French Hugenots who escaped persecution in Holland after the French revolution and came to this country with the massive immigration of Germans and Dutch in the 19th century. One branch of the family settled in "Pennsylvania Dutch" country (around Lancaster County, PA), and another came to Iowa and were farm people. My father was the first in his family to attend college (Iowa State Teacher's College, now University of Northern Iowa), in Cedar Falls, where I was born. We know of quite a few different branches of the Bragonier family in California and on the east coast. As I recall, one theory of the derivation of the name was from the French "Breccunier" (sp?), meaning "poacher," so we may have skeletons in the closet! An Armenian friend of mine who studied medicine in Brussels has told me that the "Braggonier" (sp?) was the person on old warships who loaded armaments into cannons. I also recall the spelling "Pekunier" from dad's genealogic studies, but I'm just too lazy right now to find the documentation, somewhere in the house. I do not recall your particular spelling, but dad might. Anyway, that's enough for now. I hope you find this contact interesting and useful. Thanks for initiating it! Please don't hesitate to respond, if the spirit moves you...

Best regards,

Bob

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