Georgette Wetmore (Sherman) Brown (1872 - abt. 1960)

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Biography

On October 4, 1892, Mr. Brown married Georgette Sherman, daughter of the late William Watts and Annie Derby Rogers (Wetmore) Sherman, the latter named a sister of United States Senator George Peabody Wetmore. Mrs. Brown traces her descent on both the paternal and maternal lines from several of the foremost of American colonial families. She is well known in social circles in Newport, where she now makes her home.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4S8-D9W : 20 February 2021), Harold Brown in household of Sophia A Brown, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; citing enumeration district ED 96, sheet 250C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,210.

• "Rhode Island State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5F7-GK6 : 11 March 2018), Georgette W Sherman, Newport Ward 05, Newport, Rhode Island; citing 5, State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 953,921.

• "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KS-7LV : accessed 11 March 2021), Harold Brown, 4 Oct 1892; citing Marriage, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, Rhode Island State Archive, Providence City Archives, city and town clerk offices; FHL microfilm 2,188,896.

• "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8VS-6RZ : 4 November 2020), Georgette Brown in entry for Harold Brown, 10 May 1900; citing Death, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, various city archives, Rhode Island; FHL microfilm 2,023,376.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 March 2021), memorial page for Georgette Wetmore Sherman Brown (13 Jul 1872–25 Apr 1960), Find A Grave: Memorial #11662733, citing North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Jen Snoots (contributor 4661415) .