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  • Brown family tree by Sheila Schneider

"Papa" [Robert Brown].
Date written on it is Apr 1889, Chicago.
But he died 1880.
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John Brown,
NOT Browne,
John A. Brown, born 1805, Ireland,
[Bourke, 1967] says Brown were from Belfast,
listed as "John" at his son Robert's mar,
NOT William,
emig to America,
mar Sarah ----,
owned a prominent wool and linen business, "John Brown and Sons" in Philadelphia, with a branch in New York,
he is listed as worth $500,000 in late 19th cent [Brown family tree], this is $10-50 m in today's money,
died Philadelphia, 19th Nov 1890, age 85 yrs [Brown family tree], think NOT 11th Nov,
bur 22nd Nov,
did NOT die c.1850,
had issue:

1. John Brown,
   died Philadelphia, c.1876.

   
   

2. Robert Brown [Robert Alexander],
   born 1840, born England [birth certs of his children],
   death cert says born Ireland but think this is wrong,
   mar 1870 to Margaret Hickey [Maggie, listed as "Margaret Mary" at dau's birth 1871, death cert says "Maggie A."; born 1850, Ireland, dau of John Hickey by his wife Margaret or Mary Dineen],
   NOT Hicky, [Bourke, 1967] says she was O'Kennedy-Hickey but think this is wrong,
   Hickey were from Emly, Co.Tipperary [O'Rahilly, 1991], across border from Hospital, Co.Limerick,
   her death cert says she came to US 1865,

   he ran the New York part of the Brown woollen mills business,
   returned to Philadelphia 1880,
   he died Philadelphia, 8th Nov 1880, age 40 yrs [death cert], NOT 11th Nov, leaving her with 5 small daughters,
   bur 11th Nov [death cert],
   after his death his brother James helped the family,
   she returned to New York at some point,
   she took ill on journey home from France, died New York, 2nd Oct 1895, age 45 yrs, bur 4th Oct,
   daughters now entirely in care of James,
   had issue:

   1. Mary Brown,
      Mollie, Mary Theresa Sebastian, "Mamie", born 1871,
      mar Jim Cremins [James] and had issue:
      1. Shiela Cremins [or Sheila],
         mar Gene de Pasquale [Eugene, think NOT DePasquale] and had issue:
         1. Adrian de Pasquale, mar Roisín O'Rahilly and had issue:
            1. Maria de Pasquale, mar Frank McBrayer and had issue:
               1. Eamonn McBrayer.
               2. Ciara McBrayer.
            2. Gina de Pasquale.
            3. Lucia de Pasquale, mar Ryan Odom and had issue:
               1. Connor Odom.

   2. Sadie Brown,
      Sarah, Sarah Josephine Marie, born 1873, NOT 1877,
      mar 14th Sept 1899 to Malte Stierngranat [Malte Gustaf Claës Bernhard, "Gösta", NOT Steingranat, born Sweden, 22nd Sept 1874, NOT 1875],
      mar cert has him as "Gösta Liewen Stierngranat", NOT Lierven, Liewen is a Stierngranat family name,
      he was member of Swedish nobility,
      her uncle James sent The O'Rahilly to Sweden during his honeymoon, summer 1899, to investigate his background before he would consent to the marriage, turns out he was genuine,
      had issue.
      See STIERNGRANAT in 1923 edn of "Sveriges ridderskaps och adels kalender" (Swedish Chivalry and Peerage).

      
      

   3. Nancy Brown,
      born "Annie Hickey Brown", New York, NOT Philadelphia, 4th Sept 1875 [birth cert], apparently NOT 30th Aug,
      Annie, Nannie, poss. Nancie,
      "Neans" in Irish [grave], NOT Anne,
      her father died 1880,
      she and her mother and sisters travelled a lot; went to Ireland, France,
      educ at Ursuline convent school, Fontenay-aux-Roses, Paris,
      she met Michael Joseph Rahilly at a party nr Tarbert, Co.Kerry, summer of 1893; she was only 17, on vacation from school in Paris; he was 18, between school and university [O'Rahilly, 1991],
      in his 1st term at UCD, end-1893, Michael won £20 on horses and secretly went on trip to Paris to see her, he left post-dated letters with his room-mate, Arthur Conway, to post in certain order to his family to cover his tracks, "Conway, who later became Professor of Mathematical Physics at UCD, failed to post the letters in the correct order" [O'Rahilly, 1991], Michael got into trouble when he came back,
      her mother died (she was orphaned) 1895,
      she is listed as "Nanette M. Brown" 1898 [Brown family tree], living with her sisters in Brown summer home, in the fashionable Long Branch, NJ,
      Nancy back in America, no communication with Michael except by letter, she was proposed to by a man named Marx, then Michael made his dramatic trip over in 1898 and changed her mind,
      mar 15th Apr 1899, New York, to Michael Joseph Rahilly (later "The O'Rahilly") [born 22nd Apr 1875] and had issue.

      
      

   4. Margaret Brown, twin with Madeleine, born 1878, died a few hours after birth.

   5. Madeleine Brown [Madeleine Margaret, NOT Madeline], twin with Margaret, born 1878,
      mar George Blake [George Clarence] and had issue:
      1. Sheila Margaret Blake, mar Richard Gustav Wasserbauer and had issue:
         1. Sheila Wasserbauer,
            mar Ross Schneider,
            she is researching [Brown family tree].

   6. Celie Brown,
      Ceci, Cecilia, Cecelia Celeste Brown, born 25th June 1880 [birth cert], NOT 1881, NOT 1884,
      never married,
      Aodogán said she was once engaged to a Russian Prince.

   
   

3. James Brown, born c.1846,
   Uncle James, took care of his brother's family after he died,
   never took care of family mills, always looking for some big investment that would pay off [O'Rahilly, 1991],
   family story that he was one of those who turned down a man called Bell, looking for a backer for his new invention, the telephone,
   mills declined, The O'Rahilly came over 1905 to help bail them out, but this was unsuccessful,
   died Philadelphia, 1936, age c.90 yrs.

Nancy Brown. See full size.

Nancy Brown. See full size.