Elizabeth (Brown) Gleason (1798 - 1872)

Born 16 Jan 1798 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Reuben Gleason — married 1812 in Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Dec 1872 at age 74 in Lakeside, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Elizabeth (Brown) Gleason was born on 16 January 1798 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Her parents were Joseph Brown ( - 1844) and Rebecca (Brush) Brown (1770 - 1837).

Her siblings were...

1. Laura (Brown) Uren (1800 - )
2. James Brown (1802 - )
3. Thomas Brush Brown (~1804 - 1893)
4. Rebecca (Brown) Uren (1806 - )
5. Mary (Brown) May (1811 - )

Elizabeth married Reuben Gleason (1792 - 1878) in 1812 in Plattsburgh, New York, U.S..

Their children were...

1. Elizabeth (Gleason) German (1816 - 1868)
2. Keyes Gleason (1819 - 1885)
3. Joseph Gleason (~1820 - ~1878)
4. Heaman Heman Gleason (1822 - 1904)
5. Moses Gleason (1829 - )
6. Rebecca (Gleason) Vining (1830 - 1879)
7. Laura (Gleason) Gill (1836 - 1920).

Elizabeth died on 15 December 1872 in Lakeside, Ontario aged 74.

Elizabeth was born in 1789. Elizabeth Brown ... She passed away in 1872.

According to a post from the East Nissouri History Book group, there was a Brown Reunion in 1922. [The] Program of the Brown, Uren, Gleason, Vining Picnic, August 2nd, 1922, was held at Springbank, London, Ont. This was the 100th anniversary of the Brown's coming to Nissouri. Thomas Uren came in 1820, Rev. S. Vining in 1821 and Reuben Gleason in 1826,

Research Notes

According to her brother's autobiography Eliza was born prior to the family moving to Lower Canada. This implies she was born in Vermont.

Sources

• Autobiography of Thomas Brush Brown page 6 http://genealogy.ocl.net/genealogy/tbb.pdf

• Birth year given on page 43 of Autobiography of Thomas Brush Brown

• 1871 Canada Census East Nissouri, North Oxford, Ontario, Canada page 25 line 6 http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1871/pdf/4396606_00150.pdf