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Nora Alice Brown 1868 – 1953 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Jan 1868

Birth Location: Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 28 Dec 1953

Death Location: Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA

Father: Jasper Brown

Mother: Elenora McQueary

Spouse(s): David Gentry

Children(s): Floyd Gentry, Sallie Gentry, Georgia Gentry, Rose Gentry, Richard Gentry, Elizabeth Gentry, Haskell Gentry, Robert Gentry, Martha Gentry

The story of Nora Alice Brown began in 1868 in Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA. In 1870, Nora Alice Brown resided in District 5, Mount Vernon, Rockcastle, Kentucky, US. In 1880, Nora Alice Brown resided in Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA. Nora Alice Brown married David Richard Gentry, and had children including Floyd Eric Gentry, Sallie May Gentry, Georgia B Gentry, Rose lee Gentry, Richard Hampton Gentry, Elizabeth Ellen Gentry, Haskell Furmon Gentry, Robert Carlyle Gentry, Martha Omega Gentry. Nora Alice Brown passed away in 1953 in Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Nora Alice Brown began in 1868 in Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA.
  • In 1870, Nora Alice Brown resided in District 5, Mount Vernon, Rockcastle, Kentucky, US.
  • In 1880, Nora Alice Brown resided in Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA.
  • Nora Alice Brown married David Richard Gentry, and had children including Floyd Eric Gentry, Sallie May Gentry, Georgia B Gentry, Rose lee Gentry, Richard Hampton Gentry, Elizabeth Ellen Gentry, Haskell Furmon Gentry, Robert Carlyle Gentry, Martha Omega Gentry.
  • Nora Alice Brown passed away in 1953 in Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jasper Brown
1846 – 1905
Birth Location: Rockcastle, Kentucky
JB
Elenora McQueary
1844 – 1932
Birth Location: Plato, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA
EM

Spouses(s)

David Gentry
1868 – 1949
Birth Location: Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
DG

Children(s)

Floyd Gentry
1893 – 1922
Birth Location: Rockcastle County, KY, USA
FG
Sallie Gentry
1895 – 1898
Birth Location: Rockcastle County, KY, USA
SG
Georgia Gentry
1897 – 1996
Birth Location: Rockcastle County, KY, USA
GG
Rose Gentry
1899 – 1968
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
RG
Richard Gentry
1902 – 1969
Birth Location: Browns, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
RG
Elizabeth Gentry
1904 – 1971
Birth Location: Oklahoma
EG
Haskell Gentry
1907 – 1984
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
HG
Robert Gentry
1910 – 1995
Birth Location: Rockcastle County, Kentucky, United States of America
RG
Martha Gentry
1913 – 1995
Birth Location: Quail, Rockcastle, KY, USA
MG

Nora Brown's Ancestors

Self
Nora Brown
1868 – 1953
Birth Place: Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Jasper Newton Brown
1846 – 1905
Rockcastle, Kentucky
Elenora ("Ellen") McQueary
1844 – 1932
Plato, Pulaski, Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
William (M.) McQueary
1820 – 1891
Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States of America
Elizabeth (Ann (Betty)) McKinney
1823 – 1883
Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
John McQueary
1793 – 1852
Miranda DEAN
1797 – 1886
Flemon McKinney
1802 – 1859
Delilah Gragg
1803 – 1833
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William McQueary
1765 – 1832
Nancy Shepherd
1770 – 1835
John Dean
1764 – 1846
Hannah Marshall
1775 – 1857
William McKinney
1775 – 1862
Mary Burke
1775 – 1835
John Gragg
1775 – 1825
Elizabeth Booth
1801 – 1860

Nora Brown's Descendants

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Nora (Alice) Brown (14 Jan 1868 – 28 Dec 1953) m. David (Richard) Gentry (6 Mar 1868 – 16 Aug 1949)
  1. 1. Floyd (Eric) Gentry (30 May 1893 – 2 April 1922)
    1. 1. Gentry (27 Jul 1913 – )
  2. 2. Sallie (May) Gentry (08 Jun 1895 – 14 Oct 1898)
  3. 3. Georgia (B) Gentry (21 Feb 1897 – 9 June 1996) m. James (Monroe) Rexroat (9 April 1892 – 14 July 1960) m. Chelsie (Ferman) Pearson (20 May 1893 – 13 Mar 1996) m. Bryant
  4. 4. Rose (lee) Gentry (5 September 1899 – 12 July 1968) m. Robert (Lee) Shepard (26 August 1897 – 19 June 1973)
    1. 1. Mae (Lillian) Shepard (22 Aug 1931 – ) m. Charles (Wayne) Hardison (22 Aug 1931 – 6 Jul 2008)
      1. 1. Brian Hardison
    2. 2. Roberta (Lee) Shepard (22 Jan 1940 – ) m. Gene (Thomas) Roach (6 Apr 1939 – )
  5. 5. Richard (Hampton) Gentry (17 Jul 1902 – 11 Oct 1969) m. Maude (B.) Poteet (15 Jan 1909 – 12 Jun 1981)
    1. 1. Richard (Lee) Gentry (12 February 1926 – 1 July 2014) m. Arevia (Hannah) Weddle (6 Sep 1922 – )
      1. 1. Carol (Ree) Gentry (14 Jan 1948 – ) m. John (Howard) Williams
        1. 1. Zane (Randolph) Williams (27 Jul 1977 – ) m. Jodi (Lanee) Smith (abt 1977 – )
      2. 2. Ellen Gentry (22 Mar 1952 – ) m. Stanley (Earl) Todd
    2. 2. William (Murrell) Gentry (13 June 1927 – 29 October 2013) m. Doris (Jean) Albright (18 Apr 1931 – 2019)
      1. 1. William (Gary) Gentry (10 Mar 1953 – )
      2. 2. Ann Gentry
    3. 3. David (Robert) Gentey (10 August 1929 – 12 June 2006)
    4. 4. Norma (Jean) Gentry (10 Apr 1931 – 30 Dec 2007) m. Charles (Daniel) Stevens (18 Jan 1930 – )
      1. 1. Charles (Daniel) Stevens (17 Mar 1955 – 7 Jun 2016)
      2. 2. Timothy (Wayne) Stevens
    5. 5. Nina (Berneice) Gentry (17 August 1932 – 31 Jul 2013)
    6. 6. Daisy ("Norene") Gentry (11 Sep 1935 – 30 Oct 2005) m. Jim Hayes (abt 1934 – ) m. Ray Manis
      1. 1. Patricia (Ann) Manis (22 Apr 1963 – 10 Nov 2005) m. Stephen (Allen) Long (27 Oct 1962 – )
        1. 1. Stephen (Ray) Long (16 Nov 1981 – )
    7. 7. Nellie (Marie) Gentry (29 Oct 1938 – 31 Jul 2013) m. Claire (Lional) Ratley (4 Feb 1928 – )
      1. 1. Maxine (E.) Ratley (Jul 1952 – ) m. Joseph (J.) Scopolll m. Rick Brock (Jul 1955 – )
        1. 1. Crystal (Leigh) Brock (abt 1981 – ) m. Ian (Leslie) England (abt 1978 – )
      2. 2. Rodney Harper
  6. 6. Elizabeth (Ellen) Gentry (14 March 1904 – 4 January 1971) m. Edgar Cash (5 Jan 1909 – 4 May 1995)
    1. 1. David (Franklin) Cash (29 Apr 1931 – 1 August 2000) m. Rita (Jone) Harris (2 October 1935 – 13 December 2019)
      1. 1. Allison (E) Cash (17 Oct 1958 – )
      2. 2. Lorrie (A) Cash (18 Dec 1960 – )
    2. 2. Robert (Edgar) Cash (1 Apr 1935 – 17 May 1938)
    3. 3. Jackie (Lee) Cash (12 April 1939 – 2 March 2004) m. Mabel (I) Caldwell (8 Oct 1940 – )
      1. 1. Regina (Colleen) Cash (27 Feb 1966 – 2 Mar 2014)
  7. 7. Haskell (Furmon) Gentry (20 March 1907 – 29 Jan 1984) m. Manervia (May) Thompson (19 Sep 1911 – 13 May 1997)
    1. 1. Charles (Everett) Gentry (12 Jul 1932 – 21 Dec 2014) m. Sallie (Fern) Owens (12 November 1933 – 3 August 2009)
      1. 1. Anthony (Edward) Gentry (24 Mar 1954 – ) m. Judy (Herman) Bachman
      2. 2. Lisa (Lynn) Gentry (3 Aug 1961 – )
    2. 2. Irene Gentry (abt 1939 – )
    3. 3. Edward Gentry
  8. 8. Robert (Carlyle) Gentry (25 September 1910 – 4 July 1995) m. Geneva (Beatrice) Thompson (2 August 1913 – 27 Jan 2000)
    1. 1. Robert (Paul) Gentry (8 May 1936 – 6 October 1995) m. Charlene
    2. 2. Virginia (Mae) Gentry (25 Feb 1939 – 2002) m. L (E) Pruitt (abt 1936 – )
  9. 9. Martha (Omega) Gentry (3 May 1913 – 14 May 1995)

Nora Brown's Timeline

12 Records

1868
14 Jan 1868
Birth of Nora Alice Brown in Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
1870
1870
Age 2
Nora Alice Brown resided here in District 5, Mount Vernon, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
District 5, Mount Vernon, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
1880
1880
Age 12
Nora Alice Brown resided here in Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
1900
1900
Age 32
Nora Alice Brown resided here in Seaggs Creek, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
Seaggs Creek, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
1907
1907
Age 39
Nora Alice Brown resided here in Mcalester, Oklahoma, USA
Mcalester, Oklahoma, USA
1910
1910
Age 42
Nora Alice Brown resided here in Browns, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
Browns, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
1918
29 Nov 1918
Age 50
Nora Alice Brown resided here in Mount Vernon, Kentucky, USA
Mount Vernon, Kentucky, USA
1920
1920
Age 52
Nora Alice Brown resided here in Browns, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
Browns, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
1930
1930
Age 62
Nora Alice Brown resided here in District 3, District 3, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
District 3, District 3, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
1935
1935
Age 67
Nora Alice Brown resided here in Rockcastle, Kentucky
Rockcastle, Kentucky
1940
1940
Age 72
Nora Alice Brown resided here in 3 MD, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
3 MD, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
1953
28 Dec 1953
Age 85
Death of Nora Alice Brown in Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Jan 1868
    Event Place: Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky
    [2] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Rockcastle, Kentucky; Roll: 440; Page: 395A; Enumeration District: 097
    [3] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Seaggs Creek, Rockcastle, Kentucky; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0071; FHL microfilm: 1240550
    [4] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Browns, Rockcastle, Kentucky; Roll: T624_500; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0103; FHL microfilm: 1374513
    [5] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: District 5, Mount Vernon, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Rockcastle, Kentucky; Roll: 440; Page: 395A; Enumeration District: 097

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Seaggs Creek, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Seaggs Creek, Rockcastle, Kentucky; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0071; FHL microfilm: 1240550

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1907
    Event Place: Mcalester, Oklahoma, USA
    Record Source: U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Browns, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Browns, Rockcastle, Kentucky; Roll: T624_500; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0103; FHL microfilm: 1374513

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 29 Nov 1918
    Event Place: Mount Vernon, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Kentucky, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current, Mount Vernon Signal; Publication Date: 29/ Nov/ 1918; Publication Place: Mount Vernon, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Browns, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: District 3, District 3, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Rockcastle, Kentucky
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Rockcastle, Kentucky; Roll: m-t0627-01353; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 102-11

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: 3 MD, Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Rockcastle, Kentucky; Roll: m-t0627-01353; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 102-11

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Rockcastle
    Record Source: Kentucky, U.S., Death Index, 1911-2000

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Dec 1953
    Event Place: Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky
    [2] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Rockcastle County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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