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Rufus Stuart Brown 1868 – 1958 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Jan 1868

Birth Location: Potton, Memphrémagog, Quebec, Canada

Death Date: 19 Jan 1958

Death Location: Derby, Orleans, Vermont

Father: Ira Brown

Mother: Julia Morrill

Spouse(s): Elfreda Welch, Ella Clifford

Children(s): Archie Brown, Kathleen Brown, Grace Brown, Gladys Brown, Hattie Brown, Horace Brown, Helen Brown, Horace Brown, Cornelia Brown, Bernard Brown, Wells Brown, Alton Brown, Annis Brown, Elouise Brown, Donald Brown, Edgar Brown, Ebenazer Brown

In 1868, Rufus Stuart Brown entered the world in Potton, Memphrémagog, Quebec, Canada, born to Ira Eben Brown and Julia Ann Morrill. In 1871, Rufus Stuart Brown resided in Potton, Brome, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada. In 1881, Rufus Stuart Brown resided in Potton, Brome, Quebec, Canada. Rufus Stuart Brown married Elfreda Welch, Ella Clifford, and had children including Archie Brown, Kathleen W Brown, Grace E Brown, Gladys M Brown, Hattie M Brown, Horace C Brown, Helen M Brown, Horace Stuart Brown, Cornelia E Brown, Bernard W Brown, Wells Boyd Brown, Alton W Brown, Annis I Brown, Elouise M Brown, Donald E Brown, Edgar Francis Brown, Ebenazer Brown. Rufus Stuart Brown passed away in 1958 in Derby, Orleans, Vermont.

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Biography

  • In 1868, Rufus Stuart Brown entered the world in Potton, Memphrémagog, Quebec, Canada, born to Ira Eben Brown and Julia Ann Morrill.
  • In 1871, Rufus Stuart Brown resided in Potton, Brome, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada.
  • In 1881, Rufus Stuart Brown resided in Potton, Brome, Quebec, Canada.
  • Rufus Stuart Brown married Elfreda Welch, Ella Clifford, and had children including Archie Brown, Kathleen W Brown, Grace E Brown, Gladys M Brown, Hattie M Brown, Horace C Brown, Helen M Brown, Horace Stuart Brown, Cornelia E Brown, Bernard W Brown, Wells Boyd Brown, Alton W Brown, Annis I Brown, Elouise M Brown, Donald E Brown, Edgar Francis Brown, Ebenazer Brown.
  • Rufus Stuart Brown passed away in 1958 in Derby, Orleans, Vermont.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ira Brown
1826 – 1918
Birth Location: Potton, Memphrémagog, Quebec, Canada
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Julia Morrill
1830 – 1920
Birth Location: Newport Center, Orleans, Vermont
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Spouses(s)

Elfreda Welch
1876 – 1954
Birth Location: England
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Ella Clifford
1868 – 1891
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Archie Brown
1888 – 1991
Birth Location: Quebec, Canada
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Kathleen Brown
1899 –
Birth Location: Vermont
KB
Grace Brown
1900 –
Birth Location: Vermont
GB
Gladys Brown
1902 –
Birth Location: Vermont
GB
Hattie Brown
1904 –
Birth Location: Vermont
HB
Horace Brown
1904 –
Birth Location: Vermont
HB
Helen Brown
1905 –
Birth Location: Vermont
HB
Horace Brown
1908 – 1987
Birth Location: Derby, Orleans, Vermont
HB
Cornelia Brown
1910 –
Birth Location: Vermont
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Bernard Brown
1912 –
Birth Location: Vermont
BB
Wells Brown
1912 – 2004
Birth Location: Derby, Orleans, Vermont
WB
Alton Brown
1914 –
Birth Location: Vermont
AB
Annis Brown
1916 –
Birth Location: Vermont
AB
Elouise Brown
1918 –
Birth Location: Vermont
EB
Donald Brown
1919 –
Birth Location: Vermont
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Edgar Brown
1889 – 1951
Birth Location: Stanstead, Memphrémagog, Quebec, Canada
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Ebenazer Brown
1886 –
Birth Location: Quebec, Canada
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Rufus Brown's Ancestors

Self
Rufus Brown
1868 – 1958
Birth Place: Potton, Memphrémagog, Quebec, Canada
Parents
Ira Eben Brown
1826 – 1918
Potton, Memphrémagog, Quebec, Canada
Julia (Ann) Morrill
1830 – 1920
Newport Center, Orleans, Vermont
Grandparents
Joseph (Samuel) Brown
1804 – 1868
Knowlton, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Lydia Brown
1807 – 1899
Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, United States of America
Gilman (A) Morrill
1795 – 1875
New Hampshire
Cynthia Whipple
1797 – 1863
Cambridge, Lamoille, Vermont
Great-Grandparents
Jonah Whipple
1763 – 1843
Hepsibah Melvin
1767 – 1837
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nathan Melvin
1729 – 1807
Anna Foster
1739 – 1818

Rufus Brown's Descendants

1.
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Rufus (Stuart) Brown (7 Jan 1868 – 19 Jan 1958) m. Elfreda Welch (1876 – 1954) m. Ella Clifford (1868 – 1891)
  1. 1. Archie Brown (Dec 1888 – 14 Feb 1991) m. Beulah (Irene) Jenkins (abt 1890 – 3 Jan 1981)
    1. 1. Muriel Herrick (abt 1917 – )
    2. 2. Beautrice Brown (abt 1921 – )
    3. 3. Barbara Brown (abt 1923 – )
  2. 2. Kathleen (W) Brown (1899 – )
  3. 3. Grace (E) Brown (1900 – )
  4. 4. Gladys (M) Brown (1902 – )
  5. 5. Hattie (M) Brown (1904 – )
  6. 6. Horace (C) Brown (abt 1904 – )
  7. 7. Helen (M) Brown (1905 – )
  8. 8. Horace (Stuart) Brown (14 Mar 1908 – 26 Jun 1987)
  9. 9. Cornelia (E) Brown (1910 – )
  10. 10. Bernard (W) Brown (abt 1912 – )
  11. 11. Wells (Boyd) Brown (2 Jun 1912 – 21 Oct 2004)
  12. 12. Alton (W) Brown (abt 1914 – )
  13. 13. Annis (I) Brown (abt 1916 – )
  14. 14. Elouise (M) Brown (abt 1918 – )
  15. 15. Donald (E) Brown (abt 1919 – )
  16. 16. Edgar (Francis) Brown (1 Mar 1889 – 19 Jan 1951) m. Lilian (Augusta) Jenkins (24 Oct 1882 – 1942)
    1. 1. Marguerite (B) Brown (abt 1911 – )
    2. 2. Hugh (H) Brown (abt 1912 – ) m. Margaret (Louise) Landon (abt 1916 – )
    3. 3. Gordon (Martin) Brown (4 May 1913 – )
    4. 4. Laurence (A) Brown (abt 1915 – )
    5. 5. Winston (A) Brown (abt 1918 – )
    6. 6. Phyllis (A) Brown (abt 1919 – )
    7. 7. Lucille (E) Brown (abt 1920 – ) m. Gottfred Weingart (abt 1918 – )
      1. 1. Joyce Weingart (abt 1939 – )
      2. 2. Barbara Weingart (abt 1939 – )
      3. 3. Jack Weingart (abt 1947 – )
  17. 17. Ebenazer Brown (abt 1886 – )

Rufus Brown's Timeline

12 Records

1868
7 Jan 1868
Birth of Rufus Stuart Brown in Potton, Memphrémagog, Quebec, Canada
Potton, Memphrémagog, Quebec, Canada
1871
abt 1871
Age 3
Rufus Stuart Brown resided here in Potton, Brome, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada
Potton, Brome, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada
1881
1881
Age 13
Rufus Stuart Brown resided here in Potton, Brome, Quebec, Canada
Potton, Brome, Quebec, Canada
1891
1891
Age 23
Rufus Stuart Brown resided here in Potton, Brome, Quebec, Canada
Potton, Brome, Quebec, Canada
1900
1900
Age 32
Rufus Stuart Brown resided here in Coventry, Orleans, Vermont
Coventry, Orleans, Vermont
1910
1910
Age 42
Rufus Stuart Brown resided here in Derby, Orleans, Vermont
Derby, Orleans, Vermont
1920
1920
Age 52
Rufus Stuart Brown resided here in Derby, Orleans, Vermont
Derby, Orleans, Vermont
1930
1930
Age 62
Rufus Stuart Brown resided here in Derby, Orleans, Vermont
Derby, Orleans, Vermont
1935
1935
Age 67
Rufus Stuart Brown resided here in Derby, Orleans, Vermont
Derby, Orleans, Vermont
1940
1940
Age 72
Rufus Stuart Brown resided here in Derby, Orleans, Vermont
Derby, Orleans, Vermont
1950
1950
Age 82
Rufus Stuart Brown resided here in Derby, Orleans, Vermont
Derby, Orleans, Vermont
1958
19 Jan 1958
Age 90
Death of Rufus Stuart Brown in Derby, Orleans, Vermont
Derby, Orleans, Vermont

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Jan 1868
    Event Place: Potton, Memphrémagog, Quebec, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] 1891 Census of Canada, Year: 1891; Census Place: Potton, Brome, Quebec, Canada; Roll: T-6389; Family No: 89
    [2] 1881 Census of Canada, Year: 1881; Census Place: Potton, Brome, Quebec; Roll: C_13201; Page: 33; Family No: 166
    [3] 1871 Census of Canada, Year: 1871; Census Place: Potton, Brome, Quebec; Roll: C-10073; Page: 25
    [4] Vermont Birth Records, 1909-2008, Vermont State Archives and Records Administration; Montpelier, Vermont; Vermont Birth Records, 1909-2008; User Box Number: PR-01560; Roll Number: S-30676; Archive Number: M-1983931
    [5] Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, Vermont State Archives and Records Administration; Montpelier, Vermont, USA; User Box Number: PR-01925; Roll Number: S-31297; Archive Number: PR-1190-1192
    [6] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont; Roll: m-t0627-04234; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 10-14
    [7] Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records, 1871–1908
    [8] 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont; Roll: T625_1874; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 58
    [9] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2342163
    [10] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Coventry, Orleans, Vermont; Roll: 1693; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0162; FHL microfilm: 1241693
    [11] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont; Roll: T624_1615; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0160; FHL microfilm: 1375628
    [12] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [13] 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Derby, Orleans, Verm

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: abt 1871
    Event Place: Potton, Brome, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada
    Record Source: 1871 Census of Canada, Year: 1871; Census Place: Potton, Brome, Quebec; Roll: C-10073; Page: 25

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Potton, Brome, Quebec, Canada
    Record Source: 1881 Census of Canada, Year: 1881; Census Place: Potton, Brome, Quebec; Roll: C_13201; Page: 33; Family No: 166

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1887
    Record Source:
    [1] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2342163
    [2] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont; Roll: T624_1615; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0160; FHL microfilm: 1375628

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1888
    Record Source:
    [1] 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont; Roll: T625_1874; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 58
    [2] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Coventry, Orleans, Vermont; Roll: 1693; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0162; FHL microfilm: 1241693

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: Potton, Brome, Quebec, Canada
    Record Source: 1891 Census of Canada, Year: 1891; Census Place: Potton, Brome, Quebec, Canada; Roll: T-6389; Family No: 89

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Coventry, Orleans, Vermont
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Coventry, Orleans, Vermont; Roll: 1693; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0162; FHL microfilm: 1241693

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont; Roll: T624_1615; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0160; FHL microfilm: 1375628

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1920
    Event Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont; Roll: T625_1874; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 58

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2342163

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont; Roll: m-t0627-04234; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 10-14

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont; Roll: m-t0627-04234; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 10-14

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Derby, Orleans, Verm

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 21 Jan 1958
    Event Place: Newport, Orleans, Vermont
    Record Source: Newspapers.com - The Newport Daily Express - 21 Jan 1958 - Page 8, Rufus Stuart Brown Obituary 21 Jan 1958

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Beebe Read, Vermont, USA
    Record Source: Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, Vermont State Archives and Records Administration; Montpelier, Vermont, USA; User Box Number: PR-01925; Roll Number: S-31297; Archive Number: PR-1190-1192

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Jan 1958
    Event Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont
    Record Source:
    [1] Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, Vermont State Archives and Records Administration; Montpelier, Vermont, USA; User Box Number: PR-01925; Roll Number: S-31297; Archive Number: PR-1190-1192
    [2] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Potton, Estrie Region, Quebec, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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