Individual Details

Albert Martin Brown

(4 Jul 1870 - 9 Dec 1953)

Albert was five feet, eleven inches tall, light-complexioned, blue-eyed and auburn-headed. He logged for the U.S. Government for eleven years with a bull team of four. He taught saw milling and flour mill skills at the Covelo Reservation for some years. Albert and family remained in and around Covelo.

Events

Birth4 Jul 1870Cromwell, Union, Iowa, United States
Marriage3 Jun 1893Covelo, Mendocino, California, United States - Emma Matilda Johnson
Census (family)30 Jun 1900Covelo, Mendocino, California, United States - Emma Matilda Johnson
Census4 May 1910Round Valley Township, Mendocino, California, United States
Census (family)6 Jan 1920Round Valley Indian Reservation, Covelo, Mendocino, California, United States - Emma Matilda Johnson
Census (family)18 Apr 1930Round Valley Indian Reservation, Covelo, Mendocino, California, United States - Emma Matilda Johnson
Census (family)Apr 1940Covelo, Mendocino, California, United States - Emma Matilda Johnson
Death9 Dec 1953Covelo, Mendocino, California, United States
BurialValley View Cemetery, Covelo, Mendocino, California, United States

Families

SpouseEmma Matilda Johnson (1875 - 1950)
ChildCharles Milton Brown (1894 - 1901)
ChildFrancis Martin Brown (1896 - 1981)
ChildEmma Gonella Brown (1898 - 1966)
ChildAlbert Andrew "Rink" Brown (1900 - 1976)
ChildClarence Nelson Brown (1905 - 1987)
ChildAnna Gertrude Brown (1909 - )
ChildRoland Edison "Rollie" Brown (1912 - 1978)
FatherCharles Milton "Carl Magnusson" Brown (Torstenberg) (1835 - 1901)
MotherSarah Ann Jones (1842 - 1919)
SiblingMary Ellen Brown (1861 - 1949)
SiblingCharles Ira Brown (1875 - 1947)
SiblingFrances Gonella "Fannie" Brown (1877 - 1961)

Notes

Marriage

by I.N. Waterman, Min.

Census (family)

SD 3 ED 74 sheet 15A (same pg as sister Ellen Cummings)
204, 205, Brown, Albert M, Head, WM, July 1870, 29, Married 8 yrs, CA Sweden IL, Farmer Own free farm
Emma M, Wife, WF, March 1875, 25, M-8, 4 child born & living, CA
Milton C, Son, WM, June 1893, 6, single, CA CA CA,
Martin F, Son WM, July 1895, 4, single, CA CA CA
Emma G. Daughter, WF, Apr 1898, 2, single CA CA CA
(next pg) Albert A, Son, WM, March 1900, 2/12, single, CA CA CA

Census

Laytonville Road
179, 179 Brown, Albert M. Head 39, M1-16 yrs, Iowa, Sweden, KY Farmer-Own Account
Emma Wife 35, M1-16 yrs, 6 children, 5 living, Utah, Sweden, Sweden
Martin F. Son, 13, CA
Emma G. Daughter 12, CA
Albert A. Son, 10, CA
Clarence N. Son, 5, CA
Anna G. Daughter 8/12 CA

Census (family)

69, 69 Brown, Albert M. Head, rent, MW 49, Married IA Sweden, KY Farmer in service
Emma M Wife, FW, 44, Married, Utah, Sweden, Sweden
Albert A. Son, MW, 19, single, CA IA UT, Laborer, general work
Clarence Son, MW, 14, single, CA IA UT, attended school
Gertrude, Daughter, FW, 10 4/12, single, CA IA UT, attended school
Roland, Son, MW, 7 11/12,, single, CA IA UT, attended school
McKay, James, Boarder, M In, 65, unknown, CA, KY CA, Laborer Stock Farm

Census (family)

91 91 Brown, Albert M, Head, Own, Radio, MW 59, Married at 23, IA Sweden, KY, Rancher, stock ranch
Emma M. Wife, FW 55, Married at 18, UT Sweden Sweden
Clarence N, Son MW, 24 single, CA IA UT, Laborer, farm labor
Roland E, Son, MW, 18, single, CA IA UT, Laborer, farm labor
Wilkis, Russel F, Boarder, M In 31, Married at 21, CA Full Blood Yuna, Clergyman Pentacostal
92 92 Brown, Albert A. (son) & family

Census (family)

SD 1 ED 23-17, sheet 7A, Round Valley Judicial Twp
visit 150, own farm $1200, same place 1935
Crockett, Russell, head, MW, 33, married, HS-4, CA, yes working, 36 hrs/wk, Chaffeur school bus PW, 38 wks/1939, $750
, Gertrude A, wife, FW, 30, married, HS-4, CA, no work, housework
Brown, Albert M, Father-in-law. MW. 69, married, 6th gr, IA, no work, OT
, Emma M, Mother-in-law, FW, 65, married, 6th gr, UT, no work, OT

visit 151, own farm, $750, same place 1935
Brown, Clarence M, Head, MW, 34, married, 8th gr, CA yes work 48 hrs/wk, Laborer, stock ranch PW, 36 wks/1939 $500
, Mary G, wife, FW, 36, married, HS-2, CA no work, housework
Goodwin, Harold E, stepson, MW, 16, single, yes school HS-2, CA at school

Death

Last Name First Name Middle Birth Date Mother Maiden Father Last Sex Birth Place Death Place Residence Death Date SSN
BROWN ALBERT MILTON 07/04/1870 JONES BROWN M IOWA MENDOCINO 12/09/1953 83 yrs

Endnotes

1. , "Valley View Cemetery," database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 6 November 2011), .

2. Brown, Florena (Wisely)., Family history on Brown, Cummins, English, Lovejoy, and related families. (Tryon, OK: Florena Brown, 1994).

3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > California > MENDOCINO > COVELO Series: T623 Roll: 93 Page: 131.

4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.).

5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1920 > CALIFORNIA > MENDOCINO > ROUND VALLEY Series: T625 Roll: 121 Page: 138.

6. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1930 > CALIFORNIA > MENDOCINO > ROUND VALLEY INDIAN RESERVATION Series: T626 Roll: 177 Page: 142 .

7. California Death Records, Rootsweb.com online [http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death/search.cgi], accessed 2008-2012.

8. , "Valley View Cemetery," database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 6 November 2011), .