Florence Dorothy (Brown) Dabbs (1895 - 1968)

Born 12 Aug 1895 in Spink, South Dakota, United States

Daughter of Elias Brown and Emma (Huden) Brown

Wife of William Leonard Dabbs — married 17 Nov 1913 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada

Descendants

Died 25 Feb 1968 at age 72 in Alberta, Canada

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Biography

The early years

Florence Dorothy Brown was born on the 12th Aug 1895 in Sprink, South Dakota to Elias Brown and Emma Huden^[1]. It is believed the siblings are:

• Charles W Brown(1880–?)^[2]
• Arthur Walter Brown(1883–?)^[2][3]
• Carl Brown(1885–?)^[2]
• Roy Brown(1887–?)^[2][4]
• Kate Brown(1889–?)^[2]
• Harry Brown(1889–1986)^[2][5]
• Freddie Brown(1893–)^[2]
• Olive Brown(1894–?)^[2][6]
• Florence Brown (1895-1968)^[2]

Family Life

She would marry William Leonard Dabbs and they would have:

• James Dabbs(1918–?)
• Howard Earl Dabbs(1922–1942)^[7]
• Gerald Robert Dabbs(1924–1995)

Through the years

In 1900^[2] she was living with her family on a farm they owned, with a mortgage, in Athol, Spink County, South Dakota. Her mother confirmed she had had 9 children and all 9 were still living. In the home were Elias 68, Emma 43, Charles 19, Arthur 17, Earl 15, Roy 13, Kate 11, Harry 9, Freddy 7, Ollie 5, Florence 3

The conditions of the family we be noted in a few papers including on April 4, a few days after Emma's death^[8]

LIVED IN DUGOUT. A Family in Spink County Living in the Worst Kind of Poverty Found.

The following special from Iledlield gives some details of an extreme case of poverty in Spink county: One of the worst scenes that one ever looked upon was witnessed when neighbors wear to the home of Elias Brown who lives about four miles west of Athoi in this county. Brown's family consists of himself and wife and nine children ranging in age from 3 years to 19 years and they have lived in a dugout about fifteen feet square on his farm for ten years. They came to this county about 1880 and settled on the present farm and have lived a secluded life ever since. It was surmised by neighbors that Brown was not all that he ought to be to his family and for some time friends have sent in clothing and tried to give what aid they could to the struggling wife and children. These overtures have not always met the approval by the presiding genius of the fold. Last week it was discovered that some of the family were sick and upon investigating it was found that ten of the eleven at home were down with typhoid pneumonia. The father refused to allow a physician to be called and all were lying on masses of old rags without, underclothing of any kind, and all packed in the little dugout in the hill. It was found when a physician was called that there was no help for the mother, and she died on Sunday morning. For the others, there is some hope. On Saturday the neighbors clubbed together and bought lumber for a house and on Sunday build a comfortable house for the children and the ladies sent a wagon load of clothing and beds, for there were no beds in the house except a trundle bed. Brown himself opposed the idea of a doctor and would, when opportunity arose, throw all the medicine out of doors

Death

She died on the 25 FEB 1968 and she would be buried in the Valleyview Cemetery Camrose, Lloydminster Census Division, Alberta^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ South Dakota Department of Health; Pierre, South Dakota; South Dakota, Birth Index, 1856-1917 State File Number: 675175
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Year: 1900; Census Place: Athol, Spink County, South Dakota; Roll: 1554; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0301; FHL microfilm: 1241554
3. ↑ Arthur's passport application - see his profile
4. ↑ South Dakota Department of Health; Pierre, South Dakota; South Dakota, Birth Index, 1856-1917 State File 569510
5. ↑ South Dakota birth index, state file #469682
6. ↑ Olive Brown South Dakota Department of Health; Pierre, South Dakota; South Dakota, Birth Index, 1856-1917 State File 713876
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #158012485 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 September 2018), memorial page for Florence D Dabbs (1895–1968), Find A Grave Memorial no. 158012485, citing Valleyview Cemetery, Camrose, Lloydminster Census Division, Alberta, Canada ; Maintained by Deb (contributor 48155269) . Sep 13, 2018 submitted links to parents
8. ↑ The Mitchell Capital, Mitchell, South Dakota, 04 Apr 1902, Fri Page 6

DNA

• Parental and Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between JB and their 2nd cousin 2X removed TD . Their MRCAs are their great grandparents, Elias Brownand Emma Huden. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 4th to 6th Cousins, based on sharing 42 cM across 3 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
• Paternal and maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between KB and their 2nd cousin DD . Their MRCAs are their great grandparents, Elias Brown and Emma Huden. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd to 3rd Cousins, based on sharing 243 cM across 7 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
• Paternal and Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between CB and their 2nd cousin DD . Their MRCAs are their great grandparents, Elias Brown and Emma Huden. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd to 3rd Cousins, based on sharing 213 cM across 4 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.