Charles BROWN

Born

May 1870 , Des Moines Twp., Clark, Missouri, USA

Died

7 April 1915 , Pasadena, California, USA

Cause of Death: Heart Attack (probaby)

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Born: May 1870 in Des Moines Twp., Clark, Missouri, USA

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Charles married Ida May GARDNER 8 July 1896 in Pasadena, California, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Ida May GARDNER was born 12 January 1872 in Iowa, USA. Ida May died 10 May 1954 in Pasadena, California, USA.

Charles BROWN died 7 April 1915 in Pasadena, California, USA.
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Recorded occupation: Stable Boy, Farmer, Field Hand, Carpenter.

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Charles BROWN married

Ida May GARDNER
Marriage date: 8 July 1896
Marriage place: Pasadena, California, USA

Children of Charles BROWN and Ida May GARDNER

Alta Mae BROWN

Born: June 1899,
Died: 9 July 1976, Pasadena, California, USA

Ray Gardner BROWN

Born: 18 August 1903, Jacksonville, Oregon, USA
Died: 8 January 1984, San Jose, California, USA

Married: Clara ATKINSON 20 June 1930 Place: Pasadena, California, USA

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Birth — 1870
May 1870
Des Moines Twp., Clark, Missouri, USA

Biography
Charles worked as a Stable Boy at the Green Street Hotel in Pasadena, CA in the 1890s. It was there that he met his future wife, Ida May GARDNER, who was a maid at the hotel. They had a daughter (Alta Mae BROWN). He worked as a farmhand in Jacksonville, OR, living in a small cabin on the farmer's land.in the early 1900s. It was there that their twins, Ray Gardner BROWN and Roy Gafford BROWN, were born in 1903. They returned to Pasadena where he worked as a carpenter. Their last child, Earl Robert BROWN, was born in Pasadena. He went to work one morning, and, unexpectedly, died on the job of an apparent heart attack. He was a hard-working man, a loving husband and father.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1896 Marriage / Partner
Charles BROWN and Ida May GARDNER 8 July 1896, Pasadena, California, USA

He was 26 years old.

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1903 Birth of Child
Ray Gardner BROWN was born 18 August 1903, Jacksonville, Oregon, USA

Charles was 33 years old.

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated