• his father was born in Woburn, MA; his mother was born in Roxbury, MA
• grandson of James A. Brown & Mary Emma (Walker) Brown and George E. Orrok & Catherine (Booklider) Orrok
• his parents married on November 16, 1899 in Medford, MA
• brother of Catherine Millicent (Brown) Hope
• husband of the late Mary R. (Blake) Brown
• father of Edwin O. Brown of California
• also survived by 2 granddaughters
• in the late nineteen teens worked as a Machinist for Worthington Pump & Machine Corp in Cambridge, MA and live at 26 Vernon St, Medford, MA with his father
• in 1940s he worked for Suburban Gas & Electric Co in Revere, MA
• WORLD WAR I veteran, served as PVT in US Army
• in his 96th year
[ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910: birth v. 497, p. 537 #214]
[MA Death Index: Certificate 053349]
[The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) 25 Nov 1996, Mon Page 24]
(Death index reports birth as 6 Aug 1900 MA, but birth record says June 6, 1900)]
Parents' birth records:
father
[Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910 birth v. 251, p. 339 #319] Nov 30, 1873 Woburn, MA
mother
Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910 birth v. 216, p. 121 #5308 ] b. 8 Sep 1869 Roxbury,MA
• his father was born in Woburn, MA; his mother was born in Roxbury, MA
• grandson of James A. Brown & Mary Emma (Walker) Brown and George E. Orrok & Catherine (Booklider) Orrok
• his parents married on November 16, 1899 in Medford, MA
• brother of Catherine Millicent (Brown) Hope
• husband of the late Mary R. (Blake) Brown
• father of Edwin O. Brown of California
• also survived by 2 granddaughters
• in the late nineteen teens worked as a Machinist for Worthington Pump & Machine Corp in Cambridge, MA and live at 26 Vernon St, Medford, MA with his father
• in 1940s he worked for Suburban Gas & Electric Co in Revere, MA
• WORLD WAR I veteran, served as PVT in US Army
• in his 96th year
[ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910: birth v. 497, p. 537 #214]
[MA Death Index: Certificate 053349]
[The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) 25 Nov 1996, Mon Page 24]
(Death index reports birth as 6 Aug 1900 MA, but birth record says June 6, 1900)]
Parents' birth records:
father
[Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910 birth v. 251, p. 339 #319] Nov 30, 1873 Woburn, MA
mother
Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910 birth v. 216, p. 121 #5308 ] b. 8 Sep 1869 Roxbury,MA
Inscription
"BROWN: P. Orrok 1900-1996, Mary R. 1901-1986", "Percival O. Brown, PVT US Army, World War I, Aug 6 1900 - Nov 22 1996"
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