Ona McCrae (Brown) Fisher (1901 - 1986)

Born 6 Oct 1901 in Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died 14 Feb 1986 at age 84 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Biography

Ona (Brown) Fisher is a part of US Black heritage.

Ona McCrae Brown was born on October 6, 1901 in Virginia, United States, daughter of Herbert Brown (1847–1929) and Frances Hill (1858–1923).^[1]

In the 1920 census Ona (age 19) was the single daughter of Herbert Brown in Surry, Virginia, United States.^[2]

In the 1940 census Ona (enumerated as Eleanor) (age 46) was the widowed head of household in Edison Township, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.^[3]

Ona's daughter was Gail Ann Fisher.

Ona died on 14 Feb 1986 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California aged 84.^[4] She is buried in Roosevelt Memorial Park, Gardena, California.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ * 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1910; Census Place: Cobham, Surry, Virginia; Roll: T624_1650; Page: 1a; Enumeration District: 0115; FHL microfilm: 1375663
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #180204278 (accessed 2 May 2024)
   Anoa Brown (7), single daughter, in household of Herbert Brown (63) in Cobham, Surry, Virginia, USA. Born in Virginia.
2. ↑ 1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920"
   Citing Affiliate Publication Number: T625; Affiliate Film Number: 1916; Line: 78; FHL microfilm: 1821916; Record number: 17153;
   FamilySearch (accessed 12 February 2022)
   FamilySearch Image Image number 00359
   Ona M Brown (19), single daughter, in household of Herbert Brown (72) in Surry, Virginia, United States.
3. ↑ 1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940"
   Citing enumeration district (ED) 12-136, sheet 9B, line 72, family 170, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2362.
   FamilySearch (accessed 12 February 2022)
   FamilySearch Image
   Eleanor Fischer (46), widowed head of household in Edison Township, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
4. ↑ Death: "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
   FamilySearch (accessed 12 February 2022)
   Ona Mccrae Fisher death 02/14/1986 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191012671/ona-mccrae-fisher : accessed 12 February 2022), memorial page for Ona McCrae Brown Fisher (6 Oct 1901–14 Feb 1986), Find A Grave: Memorial #191012671, citing Roosevelt Memorial Park, Gardena, Los Angeles County, California, USA ; Maintained by MaxieMum (contributor 46998361) .

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 13 February 2022, 05:34), entry for Ona McCrae Brown (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:GCWG-2C7 ); contributed by various users.