Minnie Lee (Farrer) Brandes (1887 - 1984)

Born 21 Jun 1887 in Victoria, Victoria, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of August Fredrick Brandes — married about 27 Jun 1916 in Texas, United States

Died 25 Jul 1984 at age 97 in Refugio, Refugio, Texas, United States

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Biography

Minnie Lee Farrer was born in Victoria, Victoria, Texas on 21 June 1887. She was one of at least six children born to Oliver Farrer (1847-1926) and Mary Helen (Chambles) Farrer (1856-1950).

On/abt 27 June 1916 Minnie mrrd August Fredrick Brandes (19 Aug 1886, Inez, Victoria, TX - 25 Aug 1962, Victoria, Victoria, TX). They had at least two children: Winston Farrer Brandes (1917-2006) and August Adrian Brandes (1927-1950).

1900 and 1910 census records list Minnie at Justice Precinct 4, Victoria, TX. 1920, 1930 and 1940 she is listed at Victoria, Victoria, TX. In 1943 records show Minnie at Covington, Kentucky ^[1], and by the 1950 census she is listed back in Victoria, Victoria, TX as head of house and divorced. ^[2].

Minnie d. 25 July 1984 at Refugio, Refugio, Texas ^[3], and is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria, Victoria, Texas, Sect D, Plot 10. ^[4].

Her siblings were all surname Farrer including: Oliver Marion (1878-1965); Andrew Jackson (1880-1948); Alfred William (1884-1938); Mary Idell (1887-1982); and Oswald Louis (1896-1927).

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