Emil Robert Gehail Browning (1905 - 1979)

Born 1 Jul 1905 in Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lois Elsie (Bennett) Browning — married 23 Aug 1970 in Linn, Oregon, United States

Died 2 Nov 1979 at age 74 in Lebanon, Linn, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Emil Robert Gehail Browning was the son of David Lewis Browning and Mary Ellen (Trimble) Browning Leonard.^[1]

His first wife was Bessie Marie Richardson, married 23 Apr 1932 in Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon. She died in 1968.^[2]

He was the third husband of his second wife Lois Elsie (Bennett) Ellenburg Youngberg. She died in 1987.^[3]

Born in Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon; Died in Lebanon Hospital, Lebanon, Linn, Oregon

All three of his names were from members of his mother's family; he died after a short battle with cancer.

Emil was the husband of Bessie "Betty" Marie Richardson, b. 28 October 1904, Macon Co, Illinois; d. 14 February 1968, Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, Multnomah , Oregon; buried at Riverview Abbey, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. She was Bessie to her Richardson relatives and Betty to the Brownings and Trimbles. She was the youngest of 12 children.

Emil and Bessie Browning had 2 children: Emil Richard Browning, b. 12 September 1934, Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon; d 13 September 1934, Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon; buried Hillcrest Memorial Park, Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon. Emilie Joan Browning, b. 18 November 1935; living. Married Joseph John Thomas and we have 5 grown children.

Thanks to FAG contributor Joanne Thomas for this biographical information Nov 6, 2010

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLYN-MG9 : accessed 18 July 2020), Emil R G Browning in household of Stephen M Leonard, Grants Pass Ward 4, Josephine, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 125, sheet 5A, family 108, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1281; FHL microfilm 1,375,294.
2. ↑ "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZC4-765 : 11 December 2014), Emil Browning in entry for Bessie M Browning, 14 Feb 1968; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Multnomah, Oregon, certificate number 2564, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.
3. ↑ "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZCH-3TC : 11 December 2014), Emil Browning in entry for Lois Elsie B Browning, 06 Jul 1987; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Linn, Oregon, certificate number 87-12761, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M48S-5JS : accessed 18 July 2020), Emil Browning in household of Stephen Leonard, Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, United States; citing ED 212, sheet 10A, line 4, family 235, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1495; FHL microfilm 1,821,495.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRT-SNT : 26 January 2020), Emil R Browning, Ward 4, Grants Pass, Grants Pass Election Precinct 4, Josephine, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17-17, sheet 6A, line 6, family 4, 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 3364.
• "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ4H-HWL : 11 December 2014), Emil R Browning, 02 Nov 1979; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Linn, Oregon, certificate number 79-18043, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV1-23NV : 12 March 2019), Emil Robert Gehail Browning, ; Burial, Lebanon, Linn, Oregon, United States of America, IOOF Cemetery; citing record ID 28180165, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28180165