Brown Justina Sophiah

Notes:

Justina died at age 30 years, 19 days, perhaps from complications of pregnancy. She gave her son, Nealy, (Cornelius) who was just nine days old when she died, to her sister, Sarah (Mrs. Henry Beard) to raise. This is according to the family bible in the possession of Margelia Chubb.

Justina is buried in the Wright Brown, Sr. cemetery plot in City Hill Cemetery, Torrey, Yates County, NY.


December 20th 1848. Sophiah Brown daughter of Wright Brown and Emily Brown was born.

Justina married Elting Louis B. on 25 Jul 1877 in Torrey, Yates Co., NY. Louis was born on 23 Aug 1833 in Conquest Cayuga County, NY; died on 11 Mar 1898 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Nealy as he was called, was given to his aunt, Sarah Brown Beard to raise when his mother became too ill to care for him. His mother, Justina Brown Elting, died nine days after he was born according to the family bible in possession of Marjelia Chubb. His father left the area and his death and burial are unknown.

In the 1900 census, he was living in Jerusalem, Yates co. NY with cousin, Louis V. Gelder and wife.

In 1930, Cornelius, age 51, was living in Corning, Steueben county, NY with his wife, Carrie, age 47, who was born in PA. They had married in 1920 and this was their first marriage for each of them. He was 41 and she, 37, at the time of their marriage.

Cornelius married Carrie about 1920. Carrie was born about 1883 in PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]