William Wallace Brown was born to William W. Brown and Mary Wilkins in Torbrook, Annapolis Co., NS according to the town register of births. His siblings were Walter Wilkins Brown (memorial # 73194835) b. May 4, 1847; Maynard Wheelock Brown (memorial # 88290017) b. Oct. 18, 1851; Oscar Brown (memorial #109018816) b. June 6, 1855; Nettie Brown (an adopted sister) b. July 21, 1865; & Mary Brown (a half-sister; married name was Stephens, memorial #88232024) b. Sept. 12, 1869.
William came to the US in his teens from Annapolis, Nova Scotia, arriving April 13, 1871. He became a US citizen Oct., 1876. William's first wife was Grace Elizabeth Pray (m. July 14, 1875)with which he had one son, Ralph Sidney Brown (b.June 3, 1877). Grace died May 16, 1886. His second wife was Emma Francis Bailey (m. April 30, 1888). They had three children, William Tristram Brown (b.Oct. 16, 1889), Claude Wilber Brown (b. April 7, 1891), and Harold Maynard Brown (b. Oct. 4, 1896).
William is listed as a laborer in the 1880 US census and an Express Messenger for the railroad in the 1900 and 1910 US census records. An 1888 Lawrence city directory entry lists him as a messenger for American Express.
William's obituary states he was a charter member of Knights of Pythias and that he had lived in the city of Lawrence, MA for over 50 years. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage and pneumonia at the age of 68 years, 3 months, and 22 days.
(sources: 1871 Canada census; 1880, 1900, 1910 & 1920 US Census; Death Certificate; Marriage Certificates; family records; citizenship papers; Annapolis cemetery records; obituary)
William came to the US in his teens from Annapolis, Nova Scotia, arriving April 13, 1871. He became a US citizen Oct., 1876. William's first wife was Grace Elizabeth Pray (m. July 14, 1875)with which he had one son, Ralph Sidney Brown (b.June 3, 1877). Grace died May 16, 1886. His second wife was Emma Francis Bailey (m. April 30, 1888). They had three children, William Tristram Brown (b.Oct. 16, 1889), Claude Wilber Brown (b. April 7, 1891), and Harold Maynard Brown (b. Oct. 4, 1896).
William is listed as a laborer in the 1880 US census and an Express Messenger for the railroad in the 1900 and 1910 US census records. An 1888 Lawrence city directory entry lists him as a messenger for American Express.
William's obituary states he was a charter member of Knights of Pythias and that he had lived in the city of Lawrence, MA for over 50 years. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage and pneumonia at the age of 68 years, 3 months, and 22 days.
(sources: 1871 Canada census; 1880, 1900, 1910 & 1920 US Census; Death Certificate; Marriage Certificates; family records; citizenship papers; Annapolis cemetery records; obituary)
William Wallace Brown was born to William W. Brown and Mary Wilkins in Torbrook, Annapolis Co., NS according to the town register of births. His siblings were Walter Wilkins Brown (memorial # 73194835) b. May 4, 1847; Maynard Wheelock Brown (memorial # 88290017) b. Oct. 18, 1851; Oscar Brown (memorial #109018816) b. June 6, 1855; Nettie Brown (an adopted sister) b. July 21, 1865; & Mary Brown (a half-sister; married name was Stephens, memorial #88232024) b. Sept. 12, 1869.
William came to the US in his teens from Annapolis, Nova Scotia, arriving April 13, 1871. He became a US citizen Oct., 1876. William's first wife was Grace Elizabeth Pray (m. July 14, 1875)with which he had one son, Ralph Sidney Brown (b.June 3, 1877). Grace died May 16, 1886. His second wife was Emma Francis Bailey (m. April 30, 1888). They had three children, William Tristram Brown (b.Oct. 16, 1889), Claude Wilber Brown (b. April 7, 1891), and Harold Maynard Brown (b. Oct. 4, 1896).
William is listed as a laborer in the 1880 US census and an Express Messenger for the railroad in the 1900 and 1910 US census records. An 1888 Lawrence city directory entry lists him as a messenger for American Express.
William's obituary states he was a charter member of Knights of Pythias and that he had lived in the city of Lawrence, MA for over 50 years. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage and pneumonia at the age of 68 years, 3 months, and 22 days.
(sources: 1871 Canada census; 1880, 1900, 1910 & 1920 US Census; Death Certificate; Marriage Certificates; family records; citizenship papers; Annapolis cemetery records; obituary)
William came to the US in his teens from Annapolis, Nova Scotia, arriving April 13, 1871. He became a US citizen Oct., 1876. William's first wife was Grace Elizabeth Pray (m. July 14, 1875)with which he had one son, Ralph Sidney Brown (b.June 3, 1877). Grace died May 16, 1886. His second wife was Emma Francis Bailey (m. April 30, 1888). They had three children, William Tristram Brown (b.Oct. 16, 1889), Claude Wilber Brown (b. April 7, 1891), and Harold Maynard Brown (b. Oct. 4, 1896).
William is listed as a laborer in the 1880 US census and an Express Messenger for the railroad in the 1900 and 1910 US census records. An 1888 Lawrence city directory entry lists him as a messenger for American Express.
William's obituary states he was a charter member of Knights of Pythias and that he had lived in the city of Lawrence, MA for over 50 years. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage and pneumonia at the age of 68 years, 3 months, and 22 days.
(sources: 1871 Canada census; 1880, 1900, 1910 & 1920 US Census; Death Certificate; Marriage Certificates; family records; citizenship papers; Annapolis cemetery records; obituary)
