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Joan Ellen Brown 1940–2002 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Oct 1940

Birth Location: Mercer County, Ohio, USA

Death Date: 31 Oct 2002

Death Location: Saint Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States of America

Father: Emery Brown

Mother: Helen Nelson

Spouse(s): Donald Sams

Children(s):

Joan Ellen Brown was born in 1940 in Mercer County, Ohio, USA, the child of Emery Brown And Helen Lenore Nelson. Joan Ellen Brown married Donald Eugene Sams. Joan Ellen Brown passed away in 2002 in Saint Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Joan Ellen Brown was born in 1940 in Mercer County, Ohio, USA, the child of Emery Brown And Helen Lenore Nelson.
  • Joan Ellen Brown married Donald Eugene Sams.
  • Joan Ellen Brown passed away in 2002 in Saint Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States of America.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Joan Brown's Ancestors

Self
Joan Brown
1940–2002
Birth Place: Mercer County, Ohio, USA
Parents
Emery Brown
1901–1952
Mendon, Mercer, Ohio, USA
Helen (Lenore) Nelson
1918–2006
Mendon, Ohio, USA
Grandparents
Ebenezer (Samuel) Nelson
1883–1935
Mendon, Mercer, Ohio, USA
Eva (Chloe) Hickernell
1886–1977
Ohio, USA
Great-Grandparents
Jesse Nelson
1855–1915
Marie Nichols
1860–1934
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Nelson
1821–1891
Alvira Townsend
1834–1910

Joan Brown's Timeline

3 Records

1940
11 Oct 1940
Birth of Joan Ellen Brown in Mercer County, Ohio, USA
Mercer County, Ohio, USA
1958
9 Nov 1958
Age 18
Joan Ellen Brown was married
None
2002
31 Oct 2002
Age 62
Death of Joan Ellen Brown in St Marys, Auglaize, Ohio, USA
St Marys, Auglaize, Ohio, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Oct 1940
    Event Place: Mercer County, Ohio, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 9 Nov 1958

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Oct 2002
    Event Place: St Marys, Auglaize, Ohio, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Saint Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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