New England Families

Births Registered in the City of Boston
Charles Henry Brown
born February 4, 1872, at 2 Charles St
parents: Thomas W Brown, a teamster, born in Maine, and Ellen, born in Ireland. parents both reside in Boston.

1880 Census East Boston, ED 586 page 32D
June 10, 1880
at 176 Everett Street

Thomas W Brown, 50, teamster of some kind, born in Maine, father in England, mother in Nova Scotia
Helen Brown, 35, born in Ireland, parents also
William H Brown, 8
Annie F 11, Martha J 4, Mary 20

living at 185 Marginal Street when their daughter Annie Louisa was born

living at 168 Marginal Street when their son William was born

1900 Census Ward 2, (East) Boston, ED 1180, sheet 2b
January 1, 1900
at 168 Marginal Street

William Brown, 28, February 1872, married 4 years, Born in Massachusetts, father in Maine, mother in Ireland, longshoreman, out of work 4 months in past year
Margaret Brown, 34, December 1865, married 4 years, 2 children, 1 alive, born in England, parents in Ireland, unknown when arrived
Annie L Brown, 4, June 1895, born in Massachusetts, father in Maine, mother in England

"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9YS-2RG : accessed 4 March 2015), William Brown, Precinct 6 Boston city Ward 2, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 2B, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,676.

1910 Census, Ward 2, (East) Boston, ED 1280, sheet 10a
April 23, 1910
at 170 Marginal Street

William H Brown, 39, widowed, married 16 years, born in Massachusetts, father also, mother in Ireland, laborer, docks, out of work 19 weeks last year
Mary E Brown, 15, born in Massachusetts, parents also
Margaret L Brown, 6, born in Massachusetts, parents also
Thomas J Glavin, 23, lodger, laborer, docks
George J Bronfield, 22, lodger, laborer, docks

 

"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2KN-F1S : accessed 4 March 2015), Mary E Brown in household of William H Brown, Boston Ward 2, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1280, sheet 10A, family 174, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,627.

1930 Census Ward 1, Boston
April 13, 1930
at 142 Bremen St

William H Brown, 58, married 1st at 22, born in Mass, father in Northern Ireland, mother in Maine, laborer, furniture?
Margaret Brown, 58, married 1st at 23, born in Canada (English), parents also, arrived 1892, naturalized

[I think William's parents' birthplaces are reversed.

1940 Census Ward 1, Boston, ED 15-21A, sheet 2B
April 30, 1940
at 63 Marion Street
William H Brown, 69, 5 years of school, born in Massachusetts, laborer, shipyard. worked 40 hours last week and 52 weeks last year for $1300/year.
Margaret Brown, 71, 5 years of school, born in Canada (English)

East Boston Leader, January 15, 1943, page 5

William H Brown, a life-long resident of this district, died suddenly at his home at 63 Marion Street last Friday in his seventy-first year.
Funeral services were held from the M.J. Kelly Funeral Parlors, Meridian Street, Tuesday morning followed by a Requiem High Mass at the Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Ulton M. McCabe as celebrant. Interment took place in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, where prayers at the grave were said by Rev. John G Hogan.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret (Steele) Brown, and one daughter.

[notes. regarding "died ... last Friday." This obituary appeared on a Friday. Did he die January 8 or 15? Also, why wasn't he buried until April 2?]

Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, plot records
owner: October 10, 1899, William H Brown, of 168 Marginal St, East Boston
grave path 13, north of St Anthony Avenue, grave 36 east, section 2

October 10, 1899, William H Brown, 1d, grave 36
January 17, 1908, Ellen Brown, 56y, grave 36
March 5, 1910, Margaret L Brown, 43y, grave 36
April 2, 1943, William H Brown, 70y grave 36
note: January 17, 1966, child in bottom of grave