Clarissa C Brown

birth Clarissa C Brown
Gender female
Age at Death 58 years, 2 months, 27 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth June 9, 1861 Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States   1a
Note

Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914
Name: Clarissa Brown
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 09 Jun 1861
Birthplace: Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
Father's Name: Otis Brown
Mother's Name: Caroline C.

The book Little Compton Families, (Genealogical Publishing Com, 1967), gives her birth as 9 January 1861. I haven't seen an image of the actual record to be able to tell who made the transcription error. Her 1900 census says she was born in June 1860.

Informant November 30, 1910 Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States 284 Meridian Street 2a
Note

Clara Orton was living at 284 Meridian Street, Fall River, when she provided the information on her husband's death record.

Death September 6, 1919 Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States at: 284 Meridian Street 3a
Note

Certificate of Death, Massachusetts
September 6, 1919
Clara C Orton
at 284 Meridian Street, Fall River
white, female, widowed
born June 9, 1860, Little Compton, RI
father: Otis L Brown, born Little Compton, RI
mother: Caroline Wilbur, born Little Compton, RI
cause of death: endocarditis
buried:Oak Grove Cemetery, September 9, 1919
informant: Miss Estelle Orton, 284 Meridian

Burial September 9, 1919 Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States   3b
Note

from findagrave.com
Clara C Brown Orton
Birth Jun 1860, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Death 6 Sep 1919
Burial Oak Grove Cemetery
Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot OG2610
Memorial ID 127674867

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127674867/clara-c-orton

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Otis Lake Brown
Mother Caroline Chace Wilbor
         Clarissa C Brown June 9, 1861 September 6, 1919

Families

Family of George E Orton and Clarissa C Brown
Married Husband George E Orton ( * November 17, 1845 + November 30, 1910 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage October 6, 1881     4
Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Daisy E Ortonabout 18821949
Annie Brown Ortonabout 1883July 20, 1912
George Edward OrtonSeptember 12, 1884July 7, 1981
Clara OrtonJanuary 27, 1886January 29, 1886
daughter OrtonFebruary 28, 1888February 29, 1888
Clara M OrtonJuly 1889October 8, 1979
Florence C OrtonNovember 9, 1892February 15, 1982
Mary V OrtonSeptember 1893August 31, 1974
Dwight E OrtonFebruary 1, 1895August 28, 1967
daughter OrtonMay 17, 1896May 17, 1896
Estelle Louise OrtonApril 9, 1898January 12, 1974

Source References

  1. Rhode Island, Births and Christenings
      • Page: Clarissa Brown, 9 Jun 1861, Little Compton
      • Citation:

        "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8QT-GXT : 10 February 2018), Clarissa Brown, 09 Jun 1861; citing Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,822,414.

  2. State Arvchives, images at familysearch.org: Massachusetts Deaths
      • Page: George Orton, Fall River, Nov 30, 1910
      • Citation:

        "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4S1-SVM : 11 March 2018), George Orson, 30 Nov 1910; citing Fall River,,Massachusetts, 158, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,314,425.

  3. State Archives, Boston.: Massachusetts State Vital Records
      • Page: Deaths, Clara C Orton, September 6, 1919, Fall River
      • Citation:

        "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23TD-69X : 13 March 2018), Clara C Orton, 06 Sep 1919; citing Death, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number , page 352, State Archives, Boston.

      • Page: Deaths, Clara C Orton, September 6, 1919, Fall River
      • Citation:

        "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23TD-69X : 13 March 2018), Clara C Orton, 06 Sep 1919; citing Death, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number , page 352, State Archives, Boston.

  4. Little Compton Families