Mary Ann (Gilbert) Brown (abt. 1829 - 1916)

Born about 30 Apr 1829 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Edmondson Brown — married 1 Jun 1849 in Grimes county, Texas

Descendants

Died 15 Oct 1916 at about age 87 in San Luis Obispo, California, United States

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Biography

Mary was born in Louisiana about 1829, last child of Jonas Gilbert and Arminta Ann (Waters) Gilbert. She married Benjamin Brown in Grimes, Texas, and they had thirteen children as they migrated north through the plains, west to Utah, and finally settling in the San Luis Obispo area of California. She died in 1916.

Research Notes

She is the daughter <5 in the 1830 census with her parents and siblings in Baton Rouge ^[1]. They have not been found in 1840.

The Brown family is memorialized at a cemetery in San Luis Obispo. Listed there are:

Parents:

Benjamin E. Brown (1815 - 1880) S. Carolina

Mary Ann Gilbert Brown (1829 - 1916) Louisiana

Children:

Nancy Elizabeth Brown (1850 - 1854) Texas

Martha (?) "Minty" Ann Brown (1851 - 1854) Texas

Nicholas M. Brown (1852 - 1915) Iowa

Sarah Ann Brown Renoud (1855 - 1???) Utah

Joseph Benjamin Brown (1857 - 1893) Utah

Aaron Jonas Brown (1859 - 1943) Utah

Samuel Wilson Brown (1861 - 1892) Utah

Arminta Ann Rebecca Brown McMahill-Holdt (1865 - 1941) CA

Bertha Colie Brown (1868 - 1924) CA

Hiram Smith Brown (1873 - 1911) CA

Note that this memorial was placed there recently by a relative with dates based on her research.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPF-6DH : 20 February 2021), James Gilbert, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States; citing 254, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 43; FHL microfilm 9,686.

• Mary Ann Gilbert and Benjamin B Brown in the Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965, 1 Jun 1849, Grimes, Texas

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLK-RB7 : 23 December 2020), Mary A Brown, age 24 in household of Benjamine Brown, Grimes, Texas, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2W-8VM : 18 February 2021), Mary A Brown, age 31, in entry for B E Brown, Tonaquint, Washington, Utah Territory, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN6N-GFM : 12 April 2016), Martha Brown, age 42, in household of Benjamin Brown, California, United States; citing p. 9, family 8, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,572.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6PN-V9X : 29 July 2017), Mary Ann Brown, age 45, in household of Benjamin Brown, Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 78, sheet 322B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,080.

• Mary A Brown, in the 1900 United States Federal Census, Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo, California, age 89, widowed, in the household of son Nicolas M. Brown

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVGV-M16 : accessed 1 October 2018), Mary A Brown, age 80, in household of Nicholes M Brown, Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 45, sheet 1A, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 104; FHL microfilm 1,374,117.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162748537), Find A Grave Memorial no. 162748537, citing Santa Margarita Cemetery, Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA