Walter Orville Brann (1895 - 1992)

Born 23 Oct 1895 in West Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Died 5 Mar 1992 at age 96 in Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Biography

Walter Orville Brann was born 23 Oct 1895. He is the son of George Brann and Lilla (Dickinson) Brann. He married Madeleine Pauline Christensen (daughter of Samuel Christensen and Nellie (Bergquist) Christensen) 8 Feb 1921 in Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine.^[1][2][3] Walter passed away 5 Mar 1992 in Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine.^[4][5] Orville is buried in Fairbanks Cemetery, West Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine.^[6][7]

Military Service

WWI - U. S. Army 5 May 1917-25 Sep 1919^[8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ Name: Walter Orville Brann Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 08 Feb 1921 Event Place: Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine, United States Event Place (Original): Gardiner, , Sex: Male Father's Name: George Brann Father's Given Name: George Mother's Name: Lilla Dickinson Mother's Given Name: Lilla Spouse's Name: Madeline Pauline Christensen Spouse's Father's Name: Samuel Christensen Spouse's Mother's Name: Nellie Bergquist GS Film Number: 000010085 Digital Folder Number: 005011568 Image Number: 00098 Citing this Record "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24F-9MSX : 2 March 2021), Walter Orville Brann and Madeline Pauline Christensen, 08 Feb 1921; citing Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
2. ↑ Name: Walter Orville Brann Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 08 Feb 1921 Event Place: Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine, United States Event Place (Original): Gardiner, , Sex: Male Father's Name: George Brann Father's Given Name: George Mother's Name: Lilla Dickinson Mother's Given Name: Lilla Spouse's Name: Madeline Pauline Christensen Spouse's Father's Name: Samuel Christensen Spouse's Mother's Name: Nellie Bergquist GS Film Number: 000010085 Digital Folder Number: 005011568 Image Number: 00098 Citing this Record "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24F-9MSX : 2 March 2021), Walter Orville Brann and Madeline Pauline Christensen, 08 Feb 1921; citing Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ Name: Walter O Brann Event Type: Marriage Residence Place: Gardiner, Me Event Date: 08 Feb 1921 Event Place: Maine, United States Spouse's Name: Madeline P Christensen Spouse's Residence Place: Gardiner, Me Citing this Record "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCNC-BZ4 : 27 November 2014), Walter O Brann and Madeline P Christensen, 08 Feb 1921; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.
4. ↑ Name: Walter Orville Brann Event Type: Death Event Date: 05 Mar 1992 Age: 96 Event Place: Brunswick Affiliate City Code: 05030 Certificate Number: 9201975 Citing this Record "Maine Death Index, 1960-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCVP-PRF : 27 November 2014), Walter Orville Brann, 05 Mar 1992; citing Death, Brunswick, city code 05030, certificate 9201975, Maine State Archives, Augusta.
5. ↑ Name: Walter O Brann Given Name: Walter Middle Name: O Surname: Brann State: Maine Age: 97 Birth Date: 23 Oct 1895 Death Date: 05 Mar 1992 Citing this Record "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBK5-H6G : 7 January 2021), Walter O Brann, 05 Mar 1992; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
6. ↑ Name: Walter O Brann Event Type: Burial Event Place: West Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine, United States Birth Date: 1895 Birth Year: 1895 Cemetery: Fairbanks GS Film Number: 001315036 Digital Folder Number: 007586537 Digital Folder Number: 007586537 Image Number: 00465 Citing this Record "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-35TG : 1 March 2021), Walter O Brann, ; citing West Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine, United States, Fairbanks Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,315,036.
7. ↑ Walter Orville Brann Birth: 1895 Death: 1992 (aged 96–97) Burial: Fairbanks Cemetery, West Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine, USA Memorial #: 97579040 Gravesite Details Son of George A Brann & Lilla Dickinson Family Members Spouse Madeline Pauline Christensen Brann 1897-1965 Children Ronald E Brann 1933-2020 Created by: Shari Halliday Seger (47603102) Added: 22 Sep 2012 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97579040/walter-orville-brann Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 April 2021), memorial page for Walter Orville Brann (1895–1992), Find a Grave Memorial no. 97579040, citing Fairbanks Cemetery, West Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Shari Halliday Seger (contributor 47603102) .
8. ↑ "Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9588-PFX?cc=1877829&wc=9YD9-923%3A174563801%2C174541802%2C174563802 : 20 May 2014), Maine, Kennebec, Gardiner > Military Records-World War I > WWI soldiers index Achorn-York, 1917-1919 > image 28 of 348; State Archives, Augusta.
9. ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS1C-HSQL-H?cc=2968245 : 17 October 2019), > image 1 of 1; citing NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985).

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"United States Census 1940" Name: Walter O Brann Event Type: Census Event Date: 1940 Event Place: Gardiner, Gardiner, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States Event Place (Original): Maine, Kennebec, Gardiner City, Gardiner, Ward 5 Last Place of Residence: Rural, Kennebec, Maine Sex: Male Age: 44 Marital Status: Married Race: White Race (Original): White Birth Year (Estimated): 1896 Birthplace: Maine Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Walter O Brann Head M 44 Maine Madeline P Brann Wife F 42 Maine Alice M Brann Daughter F 18 Maine Joan F Brann Daughter F 16 Maine George W Brann Son M 15 Maine Ronald E Brann Son M 6 Maine District: 6-35 Sheet Letter: B Sheet Number: 14 Sheet Number and Letter: 14B Household ID: 297 Line Number: 42 Affiliate Publication Number: T627 Affiliate Film Number: 1480 Digital Folder Number: 005462024 Digital Folder Number: 005462024 Image Number: 00974 Citing this Record "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMMX-PL6 : 5 January 2021), Walter O Brann, Gardiner, Gardiner, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6-35, sheet 14B, line 42, family 297, 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 1480.'See also: