Phyllis Kathryn (McKinley) Brown (1916 - 1985)

Born 21 Mar 1916 in Frenchcreek Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Nov 1985 at age 69 in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Phyllis Kathryn (McKinley) Brown was born on March 21, 1916 in Frenchcreek Township, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States. Her parents were Mark Stephen McKinley (1885 - 1950) and Blanche Emily (Mulholland) McKinley (1888 - 1972).

Her siblings were...

1. Helen Rose McKinley (1909 - 1909)
2. Rachael Genevieve (McKinley) Kebort (1911 - 2011)
3. Lillian Penelope (McKinley) Daugherty (1922 - 2021)
4. John Lincoln McKinley (1923 - 1989)
5. Mark Stephen McKinley Jr. (1924 - 1965)
6. Mary Frances Virginia (McKinley) Miller (1925 - 2013)
7. James Frederick McKinley (1928 - 1993)
8. Lila Joan (McKinley) Steck (1930 - 2020)
9. Patricia Eileen (McKinley) Frantz (1932 - 2001)

In the 1920 United States Federal Census Phyllis Mckinley (aged 3) was recorded in Polk, Venango, Pennsylvania. She was with her parents and sister.^[1]

In the 1930 United States Federal Census Phyllis K Mckinley (aged 14) was recorded in No Name, Canal, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States. She was with her parents and 5 siblings.^[2]

Phyllis married Glenn King Brown (1910 - ~1980) on August 2, 1934 in Ripley, Chautauqua, NY, US.

In the 1940 United States Federal Census Phyllis Brown (aged 24) was recorded in Clinton, Venango, Pennsylvania. She was with her husband and 2 unmarried children.^[3]

In the 1950 United States Federal Census Phyllis Brown (aged 34) was recorded in Canal, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States. She was with her husband and 3 unmarried children.^[4]

Phyllis died on November 21, 1985 in Oil City, Venango, Pennsylvania aged 69. She is buried in Shaw Farm Cemetery , Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA ^[5].

Obituary

Mrs. Phyllis Kathrine Brown, 69, of 611 E. Fourth St., Oil City, died at 4:16p.m. Thursday [21 November 1985] in the Oil City Area Health Center where she was admitted Nov. 19.

Mrs. Brown provided home care for the elderly for 20 years and had lived in Oil CIty since 1962, moving there from Franklin RD2.

She attended the Congress Hill Church of God as well as the Second Presbyterian Church of Oil CIty and was a member of the Senior Citizens Center of Oil City where she sang with the "Happy Notes."

Her husband, Glenn Brown, died May 26, 1980.

She is survived by two sons, William Brown of Franklin and Thomas Brown of Oil City.; three daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Glenna-Rae) Hall of Meadville, Mrs. Monty (Frances) Miller of Venus and Mrs. William (Julie) Cunningham of Oil City; 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Also surviving are five sister, Mrs. Wallace (Rachel) Kebert [sic] of Meadville, Mrs. Wayne (Lillian) Daugherty of Franklin, Mrs. Donald (Mary) Miller of Hannaville, Mrs. Louis (Lila) Steck of Kentucky and Mrs. Richard (Patricia) Frantz of Wyattville; and two brothers, John McKinley of Greenville and James McKinley of Denver, Colo.

A sister and a brother are deceased.

Friends will be received in the Louis H. Osenider Funeral Home, Oil City, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in the funeral home with the Rev. Lloyd Harlan, pastor of the Congress Hill Church of God, officiating.

Burial will follow in the Shaw Farm Cemetery. ^[6]

Research Notes

Phyllis reported her birth date as 3/21/13 and her age as 21 on the marriage record. ^[7] Others in the family have done the same.

Sources

1. ↑ 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census", Year: 1920; Census Place: Polk, Venango, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1656; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 118, Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
   (Ancestry Record 6061 #34291402 : subscription required, accessed 29 September 2023)
2. ↑ 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census", Year: 1930; Census Place: Canal, Venango, Pennsylvania; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0002; FHL microfilm: 2341886, Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
   (Ancestry Record 6224 #56436762 : subscription required, accessed 29 September 2023)
3. ↑ 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census", Year: 1940; Census Place: Clinton, Venango, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03616; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 61-4, Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
   (Ancestry Record 2442 #20139200 : subscription required, accessed 29 September 2023)
4. ↑ 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census", National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Canal, Venango, Pennsylvania; Roll: 279; Page: 23; Enumeration District: 61-2, Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
   (Ancestry Record 62308 #236835161 : subscription required, accessed 29 September 2023)
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #150025287
6. ↑ Transcribed from newspaper clipping from the collection of Rachael Kebort. Newspaper name and date were not retained. Suspect either Meadville Tribune, Rachael's usual newspaper, or the Oil City Derrick. Clipping in the possession of Jennifer Wanner 29 Oct 2020
7. ↑ Marriage: "New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936", Original data: Marriage Records. New York Marriages. Various New York County Clerk offices, Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
   (Ancestry Record 61377 #901101063 : subscription required, accessed 29 September 2023)

• * Death: "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014", Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File, (Ancestry Record 3693 #7469159 : subscription required, accessed 29 September 2023)
• Phyllis K Brown (1916-1985) on Find A Grave: Memorial #150025287 retrieved 21 March 2018