Joseph Leo Brown (1925 - 1997)

Born 10 Jul 1925 in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States

Ancestors

Son of Marion Franklin Brown and Marie Jane (Dearing) Brown

Husband of Berna Madine (Boyles) Rausch — married about 1953 in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States

Husband of Fern Yvonne (Metcalf) Brown — married 29 Dec 1980 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States

Died 24 Jan 1997 at age 71 in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Joseph was born in 1925. He was the son of Marion Brown and Marie Dearing. He passed away in 1997. Joseph was a premie birth, so small his crib was a shoe box in a drawer with a light bulb for warmth. He had urosepsis as a child.

• Fact: Nickname "Brownie" Brown
• Fact: census (17 Apr 1930) US Federal Census Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States
• Fact: Residence (1930) Lane, Oregon
• Fact: Residence (1935) R, Clark, Washington
• Fact: Census (14 April 1940) US Federal Census Lorane Hwy., Blanton Pct., Lane, Oregon
• Fact: Residence (1940) Blanton Election Precinct, Lane, Oregon, United States
• Fact: Residence (1949) Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States
• Fact: Residence (4 April 1950) Spencer Precinct, Lane, Oregon, United States
• Fact: Residence (29 Dec 1980) Oregon
• Fact: Burial (29 January 1997) Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States
• Fact: Obituary (29 January 1997) Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
• Fact: Occupation 1949 Cuttoff man- Zellner Lumber Co.
• Fact: Social Security Death Index issued in OR , , Oregon, United States
• Fact: Military Service World War II - US Navy

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 11 February 2023, 15:12), entry for Joseph Leo Brown (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LD3H-VHZ ); contributed by various users.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC92-7GH : accessed 10 February 2023), Joseph L Brown in household of Marion F Brown, College Crest, Lane, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 5B, line 83, family 143, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1946; FHL microfilm 2,341,680.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRB-K9D)

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XVR-KWGG)

"Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV2T-K2C : 20 September 2019), Joseph Leo Brown and Fern Yvonne Brown, 1981.

"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3KV-8M6 : 11 January 2021), Joseph Leo Brown, 24 Jan 1997; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

"Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZWB-MVQ : 11 December 2014), Joseph Leo Brown, 24 Jan 1997; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Lane, Oregon, certificate number 97-01512, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.

"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKWW-1D5S : accessed 10 February 2023), Mr Joseph Leo Or Brownie Brown, Portland, Oregon, United States, 29 Jan 1997; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Oregonian, The, born-digital text.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85694310/joseph-leo-brown: accessed 10 February 2023), memorial page for Joseph Leo "Brownie" Brown (10 Jul 1925–24 Jan 1997), Find a Grave Memorial ID 85694310, citing West Lawn Memorial Park, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by Red (contributor 49186108).

DNA

Maternal and Paternal relationships are confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Kenneth Ray Coursey and his First cousin DBS. Their most-recent common ancestors are their grandparents, Marion Franklin Brown and Marie Jane (Dearing) Brown. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st Cousin , based on sharing 936 cM across 36 segments / 13% shared DNA.

Maternal and Paternal relationships are confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Kenneth Ray Coursey and his First cousin JBMBA. Their most-recent common ancestors are their grandparents, Marion Franklin Brown and Marie Jane (Dearing) Brown. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st Cousin , based on sharing 792 cM across 34 segments / 11% shared DNA.