Category Archives: Brown

Don’s Genealogy News – 10 January 2021

Photo Friday I analyzed five more packets of negatives from the Ethel Wight Studio Collection. See Part 11 – Curtis, Davis (2), Derosier, & Dexter. Mary Derosier (1914-1994) Donald Davis (1907-1972) Four children of Hartley A. & Mary T. Davis … Continue reading

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Montrans in the News – Midweek Junior Eagle

Charlotte Montran – Staten Island (?), NY Montran Monday By Don Taylor This week for Montran Monday[i], I found the following article: This week’s entry is from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY) 17 May 1933 via Newspapers.com Midweek Junior Eagle … Continue reading

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Arthur Brown in the Censuses

Census Sunday Brown Line By Don Taylor Introduction I have long believed that Arthur Durwood Brown, my great-grandfather was the son of William Henry Brown and not the son of Henry Mack Brown. I think that the 1870 and 1880 … Continue reading

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Sanford – Surname Saturday

Name Origin Sanford is an English variant of Sandford that relates to geographical locations. Possibly refers to ancestors of the Sandford parishes in Devon and Oxfordshire, a township in Berkshire or Salop or other Sandford locations.[i] Geographical Today the vast … Continue reading

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John Parsons, Jr. & The Family Search Wiki

John Parsons, Jr. & The Hartford – Albany Turnpike By Don Taylor Sometimes, the obvious eludes me. After my first pass on an individual searching Family Search, Ancestry, and drafting up a basic sketch for an individual, I like to … Continue reading

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