Henry E Brown was born in 1852 to parents John George Brown and Mary Miller. Henry had two sisters, along with two brothers: John M and George W. I do not have Henry’s birth certificate, but his birth date Jan 25 1852 is listed upon his 1927 death certificate from Eaton County, Michigan. I do have a copy of that.
Henry’s brother John M married a neighbor: Clarissa Disher in 1867. Henry’s brother George W married Susan Katharina Disher in 1869. Susan and Clarissa were first cousins once removed.
Henry married Rosa Katharina Disher in 1873, three months before their first child (a daughter) was born.
Both Rosa and her sister in law Susan Katharina Disher (they were also sisters) were born in Switzerland and arrived in the US in 1861. The arrival in 1861 is mentioned on both the 1900 and 1920 Federal Census, I have Rosa’s baptismal record from Switzerland and also her marriage record to Henry. Both Rosa and Henry are recorded on several of their children’s birth and even marriage records.
Henry and Rosa lived in Providence Township, Lucas County, Ohio from their marriage in1973 until sometime between the 1890 and 1900 Federal Census; when Henry moved Rosa and the children to Hoaglin, Van Wert County, Ohio. And he moved them again, sometime between the 1910 and the 1920 census to Charlotte, Eaton County, Michigan. His death certificate from Charlotte, Eaton County, Michigan states he died August 2 1927. Thru lines on ancestry.com show that the son of Henry and Rosa: Allen L Brown was my half great uncle and the half sibling of my great grandmother Minnie M Brown. Allen’s grandaughter shows up as my half second cousin, once removed. We have spoken.
My great grandmother Minnie M Brown, mentioned just above, was born out of wedlock on Oct 10 1874. Her mother, Louise Hettinger, had only just turned sixteen the month before. So, Louise was fifteen when she became pregnant. Thru Lines shows that her father was Henry E Brown and her mother was Louise Hettinger. Henry and Louise didn’t marry until June 1876 when Minnie was 20 months old. I have a copy of the ledger page which records their marriage. (Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993)
Henry and Louise went on to have three more children during what I believe was their bigamous marriage. I have several birth records and marriage records for them showing Louise and Henry as parents.
For the 1900 Federal Census - the only one which found Henry at BOTH family homes - he gave his dob as January 1852 to the census taker in Van Wert, Ohio where he lived with Rosa. In Providence Township at his home with Louisa, the dob was November 1852.
Then, I have a death recorded at Toledo State Hospital (formerly the Toledo Asylum for the Insane). It shows that Henry E Brown, age 48, died on August 25, 1901. If Henry was born in November 1852, then he would be 48 then. I believe the cause of death was a heart attack.
The Henry E Brown who died at the insane asylum was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Neapolis, Lucas County, Ohio. Years later in 1928, his wife Louise was buried there - at least according to the list of tombstone transcriptions recorded by the Northwester Geneological Society - Cemetery Project Committee.
And in that same cemetery are buried his brothers John and George. One of them married to Rosa Disher’s first cousin once removed and one married to Rosa’s sister.
I hope that this is the type of timeline that you were looking for?
I was under the impression that rootschat considered parish registers to be solid sources of information. So I thought my list of tombstone transcriptions made it more likely than not that they were buried in Mt. Pleasant, since his brothers and their wives are buried there according to Find A Grave?
