Mary W. Brown, Martha Y. Brown

Mary W. Brown

Sutter Creek, Amador County, California

April 20, 1884

Dear Lizzie,

“May ever on your gentle brow

The wreath of friendship bud and bloom

And on that wreath, oh may there be

One blossom cherished long for me.”

Ever your friend

Mary W. Brown

Sutter Creek, April 20, 1884

[Handwritten note by Lizzie] Sister to Martha Brown form whom I took music lessons & daughter of Dr. Brown, Sutter Creek.

We find Mary W. Brown with a sister Martha in the 1880 census living with their widowed mother, Margaret Brown.[1] Martha is age 28, and listed as a Music Teacher; Mary W. is age 22 and listed as “at home”; Emma is age 17, and listed as “At school”.

The 1900 census finds the family still living in Amador County.[2] Margaret Brown, widow, born March 1819 in Kentucky has had 5 children, 3 who are living. Daughter Martha Y. Brown, age 48, born December 1851, California, is a Music Teacher. Daughter Mary W., age 41, born June 1858, in California is a Seamstress.

Mary W. Brown died 20 Apr 1921 in Amador County, California.[3]

Martha Y. Brown died 27 Jan 1925 in Amador County, California.[4]

There appear to be no newspapers available in the 1920s for Amador County. I did not locate burial information for Margaret, Mary or Martha. I expect they are all buried in Sutter Creek but they all might be buried without headstones. If anyone knows more about these women, please let me know so that I might update their story.

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[1] 1880 US census, Amador County, California, population schedule, Sutter Creek, Enumeration 

District (ED) #36, page 84 (stamped), sheet 42C, dwelling #491, family #504, Margaret Brown 

household; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 Sep 2017); National 

Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm #T9, roll #63.

[2] 1900 US census, Amador County, California, population schedule, Township 4, Enumeration 

District (ED) #7, page 87 (stamped), sheet 3A, dwelling #51, family #51, Margarett Brown 

household; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 Sep 2017); National 

Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm #T623, roll #84.

[3] “California Death Index, 1905-1939,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 

11 Sep 2017), entry for Mary W. Brown, 20 Apr 1921, Amador County; citing original death 

records, California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento.

[4] “California Death Index, 1905-1939,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 

11 Sep 2017), entry for Martha Y. Brown, 27 Jan 1925, Amador County; citing original death 

records, California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento.