Harold Joseph BROWN

1895 - 1939  (43 years)

• Name	Harold Joseph BROWN
  Birth	22 Jul 1895	Molega, Queens, NS   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Apr 1939	Rutland, Rutland, VT   [2]
  	Cause: nephritis
  Person ID	I269359	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	George Morton BROWN,   b. 12 Oct 1866, Walton, Hants, NS d. 6 Feb 1929, Molega Mines, Queens, NS (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Phoebe Evelyn WAMBOLDT,   b. 2 Jan 1872, Middlefield, Queens, NS d. 13 Nov 1965, Rutland, Rutland, VT (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	26 Oct 1889	Bridgewater, Lunenburg, NS   [3]
  	As to whether the wife of George Morton BROWN is Phoebe WAMBOLDT b. 1872 or Effie WAMBOLDT b. 1876 (according the her Application for Delayed Registration of Birth):     1. The 1889 marriage record for George M. BROWN names his wife as "Phebe E. WAMBOLT" age 17, d/o Joseph and Olivia WAMBOLT.     2. If there were a Phebe b. 1872 who d. 1890 [according to one source] and an Effie b. 1876 who m. George BROWN and dies in VT, then both should show up in the1881 census in the family of Joseph WAMBOLDT. But there is only "Phebe" b. 1872 in said census.     3. The "evidence" submitted to support several Application(s) for Delayed Registration of Birth is the George and Effie BROWN family bible which lists their children in the flyleaf. In particular, the application for Percy BROWN states that said family bible records him as being the eighth child.  There is a genealogy on Ancestry, placed there by someone who appears to have seen said flyleaf, that lists a first child named Lottie b. 17 Dec 1889, d. Mar 1890, and she is needed in order to count seven children before Percy. So, although I can't otherwise document her, I'm willing to risk my genuine and highly prized Canadian beaver nickel [that's as high as I ever bet], that Lottie did, in fact exist.  If that's true, then a wife of George BROWN who was born 1876 would have given birth at age 13.  While that's physically possible, I simply don't believe it.     4. There is no sign, in the 1881 through 1901 censuses, of two George BROWN's. So, I cannot believe that the one and only George BROWN married Phebe who d. 1890, and had a child by her sister Effie in 1889. Therefore, to my mind, the only logical conclusion is that Phoebe Evelyn and Effie are the same person and that this person was born 4 Jan 1872 and died 13 Nov 1865.
  Family ID	F137222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy ZWICKER,   b. 5 Nov 1897, Molega, Queens, NS d. 26 Apr 1981, Rutland, Rutland, VT (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	15 May 1919	Dartmouth, Halifax, NS   [1]
  Children	1. Florence BROWN,   b. 3 Mar 1920, Molega, Queens, NS d. 9 May 1982, Rutland, Rutland, VT (Age 62 years)   2. Gerald Kenneth BROWN,   b. 16 Dec 1921, Molega, Queens, NS d. 30 Dec 2008, Danbury, Fairfield, CT (Age 87 years)   3. Ronald William BROWN,   b. 18 Sep 1924, Rochester, Windsor, VT d. 3 Jan 2003, Boston, Suffolk, MA (Age 78 years)   4. Leonard Percy BROWN,   b. 29 Oct 1926, Hydeville, Castleton, Rutland, VT d. 5 Mar 1990, Rutland, Rutland, VT (Age 63 years)   5. Dennis Keith BROWN,   b. 18 Aug 1929, Hydeville, Castleton, Rutland, VT d. 3 Nov 2011, Rutland, Rutland, VT (Age 82 years)   6. Andrew James BROWN,   b. 20 Nov 1932, Hydeville, Castleton, Rutland, VT d. 19 Nov 2010, Fair Haven, Rutland, VT (Age 77 years)   7. Juanita June BROWN,   b. 29 Nov 1935, Hydeville, Castleton, Rutland, VT d. 3 Aug 2000, Rutland, Rutland, VT (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F108318	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S12554] !NS Historical Vital Statistics, Year: 1919 - Book: 7 - Page: 624. [S12334] VT Death Records (1909 - 2008), City of Rutland, 1939, #74. [S12554] !NS Historical Vital Statistics, Year: 1939 number: 9562.