Joseph Henry BROWE

(b. abt. 1848 , Vermont, USA d. 8 January 1921 , Spokane, Washington, USA )

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Joseph Henry BROWE was born abt. 1848 in Vermont, USA

Joseph Henry BROWE was the child of Gedeon (Jed) BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT) and Mary Angelica (Marie Angelique) CUSHMAN (COURCHESNE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gedeon BREAULT and Marie-Felicite JORDAN (JOURDAIN) dite GOUDREAU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph Henry married Alice E BENNETT 3 August 1879 in Vermont, USA . Alice E BENNETT was born 16 February 1858 in Starksboro, Vermont, USA.

Joseph Henry BROWE died 8 January 1921 in Spokane, Washington, USA.
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Joseph Henry BROWE married

Alice E BENNETT-- Date: 3 August 1879 Place: , Vermont, USA
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Name: Joseph H. Browe
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 03 Aug 1879
Event Place: Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Birth Date:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1849
Father's Name: Jedediah Browe
Mother's Name: Angelica Cushman
Spouse's Name: Alice E. Bennett
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age:
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated):
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
GS Film Number: 540065
Digital Folder Number: 004357169
Image Number: 03725

Name: Alice E Bennett
Gender: Female
Birth Date: abt 1857
Birth Place: Bristol
Marriage Date: 3 Aug 1879
Marriage Place: Bristol, Vermont, USA
Marriage Age: 22
Card Type: Bride
Father Name: Elias Bennett
Mother Name: Calista Norton
Spouse Name: Joseph H Browe

"Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:XFQ7-QXG : accessed 1 September 2015), Jedediah Browe in entry for Joseph H. Browe and Alice E. Bennett, 03 Aug 1879, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 540,065.

Children of Joseph Henry BROWE and Alice E BENNETT:

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1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

Middlebury, Vermont
Name: Joseph Breau
Age: 2
Birth Year: abt 1848
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1850: Middlebury, Addison, Vermont, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 571
Household Members:
Name Age
Salem Breau 37
Arcadia Breau 37
Mary Breau 13
Flavia Breau 10
Ellen Breau 8
Edward Breau 7
Moses Breau 5
Joseph Breau 2

1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

Hinesburgh, Chittenden, Vermont
Name: Joseph Browe
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Hinesburgh, Chittenden, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 10
Race: White
Race (Original): [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1850
Birthplace: Vermont
Page: 176
Household ID: 1267
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film Number: 805319
Digital Folder Number: 004297347
Image Number: 00396

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Mary Browe F 45 Canada
Joseph Browe M 10 Vermont
Josephine Browe F 8 Vermont
Delia Browe F 6 Vermont
1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

Living with his sister's family in Starksboro, Addison, Vermont
Name: Joseph Brow
Age in 1870: 21
Birth Year: abt 1849
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1870: Starksboro, Addison, Vermont
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Starksboro
Value of Real Estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph Brow 21
Henry Rose 28
Ellen Rose 28
Ella Rose 8
Emma Rose 5
Celia Rose 3
Alma Rose 7/ 12
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

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)

1879 Marriage / Partner
Joseph Henry BROWE and Alice E BENNETT 3 August 1879, , Vermont, USA

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

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.

Spokane, Washington, USA
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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)

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

Williams Valley, Stevens, Washington
Name: Joseph H Browe
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1910
Event Place: Williams Valley, Stevens, Washington, United States
District: 228
Gender: Male
Age: 61
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1849
Birthplace: Vermont
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Sheet Number and Letter: 9A
Household ID: 31
Line Number:
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M1283
GS Film number: 1375685
Digital Folder Number: 004454962
Image Number: 00651
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

Williams Valley, Stevens, Washington
Name: Joseph H Browe
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Williams Valley, Stevens, Washington, United States
District: 279
Gender: Male
Age: 70
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Own or Rent: Own
Birth Year (Estimated): 1850
Birthplace: Vermont
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Sheet Number and Letter: 9B
Household ID: 54
Line Number: 77
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T625
GS Film number: 1821938
Digital Folder Number: 004392094
Image Number: 00190
1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Spokane, Washington, USA
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1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

Death
Name: Joseph Browe
Event Date: 08 Jan 1921
Event Place: Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Gender: Male
Race (Original):
Age (Formatted): 71 years 1 month 29 days
Birth Year (Estimated): 1850
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Joseph Browe
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mary Cushman
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Address:
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Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Informant's Name (Original):
GS Film number: 1992886
Digital Folder Number: 4221138
Image Number: 264
Reference ID: 29

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Grave
Williams Valley Hillside Cemetery, Stevens, Washington
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Death
'Papers have been filed in the matter of the estate and will of Joseph H. Browe, deceased.'

The Colville examiner., Coleville, Washington, January 22, 1921, Page 4
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1921 - NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE
No. 1845
In the superior court of the state of Washington, in and for the county of Stevens.

In the matter of the estate of Joseph H. Browe, deceased.

Notice is hereby given that O. F. Kelly, the executor of the estate of Joseph H. Browe, deceased, has rendered and presented for settlement to, and filed in the superior court of Stevens county, state of Washington, his final account as such executor and a petition for the distribution of said estate, in which the court is asked to settle said estate, distribute the property to the heirs or persons entitled to the same, and discharge the said executor, and that Friday, the 16th day of December, 1921, at 10 o'clock A. M., at the court room of our said superior court in the city of Colville, in said Stevens county has been duly appointed by our said superior court for the hearing and settlement of said final account and petition for distribution, at which time and place any persons interested in said estate may appear and file his...Read MORE...

The Colville Examiner
Colville, Washington
November 26, 1921

1921 Death
Order approving final report and decree of distribution has been filed in the matter of the estate of Joseph H. Browe, deceased.

The Colville Examiner
Colville, Washington
December 24, 1921

Joseph is buried at: Williams Valley Hillside Cemetery, Stevens, Washington

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