William Percy Brown (1870 - 1926)

Born 29 Jan 1870 in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada

Husband of Gertrude A. (Murray) Brown — married 6 Nov 1895 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Died 25 Jan 1926 at age 55 in Portland, Oregon, United States of America

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Biography

William was born in 1870. William Brown married Gertrude A. Murray in Brandon, Manitoba in 1895.^[1] They had two children there together. William took on the responsibility of the widowed and single females in Gertie's family so when he moved to Saskatchewan in 1905 to become a grain buyer, he brought them with his wife and children. He worked at Radisson and then he and Gertrude and children moved to Portland, Oregon, some time in the early 1920s. William passed away in 1926.^[2]

Sources

1901 Census of Canada, Manitoba, Brandon City online image of original page at Library and Archives Canada [2]

1916 Census of the Prairie Provinces, Saskatchewan, North Battleford image of original page at Library and Archives Canada [3]

1. ↑ Transcription of Brandon Sun Weekly, Nov. 14, 1895 p. 5 "Marriages - Brown-Murray. On the 6th last at the house of the bride, Brandon. William Percy Brown and Gertie A. Murray, both of Brandon."
2. ↑ Find a Grave, River View Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon citation of obituary, no photo[1]