Gerard Crane Brown and Caroline Victoria Barcroft
Husband Gerard Crane Brown
Born: 12 Nov 1842 - London, England Baptized: 10 Mar 1843 - St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London, England Died: 20 Jul 1899 - Browncroft, York, York County, PA Buried: 23 Jul 1899 - Canadochly Church Cemetery, Lower Windsor Township, York County, PA FamilySearch ID: 9NYH-88X Find A Grave ID: 11373167Marriage: 8 Feb 1872 - Fairfax, Fairfax County, VA
Wife Caroline Victoria Barcroft
Born: 3 Nov 1845 - Rosemont, Hunterdon County, NJ Baptized: Died: 13 Jan 1937 - Lower Windsor Township, York County, PA Buried: 1937 - Canadochly Church Cemetery, Lower Windsor Township, York County, PA FamilySearch ID: 9NYH-88N Find A Grave ID: 95094997
Father: John Wolverton Barcroft {FSID: 9NYH-88K, FGID: 11373091} Mother: Lucinda Berry Bray {FSID: 9NYH-88G, FGID: 11373092}
Children
1 F Mary Barcroft Braycops Brown
Born: 9 Dec 1872 - Somers, Westchester County, NY Baptized: Died: Jan 1971 - York, York County, PA Buried: - Canadochly Church Cemetery, Lower Windsor Township, York County, PA FamilySearch ID: LYVM-XW6 Find A Grave ID: 95095308Spouse: Ottis Sylvester Paules {FSID: K2XV-1VX, FGID: 90633098} Marr: 28 Sep 1917
2 F Evelyn Woolverton Brown
Born: 21 Jan 1875 - York County, PA Baptized: Died: 19 Jan 1922 - Gilcroft, York County, PA Buried: - Canadochly Church Cemetery, Lower Windsor Township, York County, PA FamilySearch ID: LD68-YWH Find A Grave ID: 11373514Spouse: Clarence Newton Gilbert {FSID: LD68-YWC, FGID: 92288737} Marr: 27 Mar 1902 - Delroy, York County, PA
3 M Benjamin Franklin Brown
Born: 21 Nov 1877 - Yorkana, York County, PA Baptized: Died: 10 May 1962 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA Buried: - Canadochly Church Cemetery, Lower Windsor Township, York County, PA FamilySearch ID: 968S-YBC Find A Grave ID: 92288820Spouse: Flora (Flossie) Gilbert {FSID: 968S-YBZ, FGID: 92288833} Marr: 26 Dec 1899 - Delroy, York County, PA
4 F Caroline Victoria Brown
Born: 6 Nov 1881 - York County, PA Baptized: Died: 13 Oct 1957 - Crafton, Allegheny County, PA Buried: - Chartiers Cemetery, Carnegie, Allegheny County, PA FamilySearch ID: LYVM-VKD Find A Grave ID: 53598277Spouse: John Smith Drake {FSID: 9HSL-JBL, FGID: 53598276} Marr: 28 Jun 1910 - York County, PA
5 M Gerald Crane Brown
Born: 10 Sep 1883 Baptized: Died: Buried:Spouse: This person had no known marriage and no known children
General Notes: Husband - Gerard Crane Brown
FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF3493
DEAT: RIN MH:IF31390
from Emma Ten Broeck Runk
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BIRTH 12 Nov 1842
England
DEATH 20 Jul 1899 (aged 56)
York County, Pennsylvania, USA
BURIAL
Canadochly Church Cemetery
York County, Pennsylvania, USA
PLOT
MEMORIAL ID 11373167
The son of Benjamin Franklin & Mary Sophia (Cops) Brown, in 1860 he was a farmer living in Carmel, Putnam County, New York.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in New York, New York, May 11, 1861, mustered into federal service there June 3 as 1st lieutenant of Co. G, 38th New York Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company September 20, 1861.
He married New Jersey-born Caroline Victoria Barcroft and fathered Mary B. B. (b. 12/??/72), Evelyn Wolverton (b. 01/21/75 - married a Gilbert), Benjamin (b. 11/21/77), Caroline (b. 11/06/81), Gerard Crane Jr. (09/10/83), and Caroline Victoria. From about 1880, he lived with his family in Lower Windsor Township, York County.
provided by Dennis Brandt
Inscription
born:tower of London, Eng.
Family Members
Spouse
Caroline Victoria Barcroft Brown 1845–1937
Children
Evalyn Woolverton Brown Gilbert 1875–1922
Benjamin Brown 1877–1962
Gerard C Brown 1883–1950
Maintained by: Frank Bobak
Originally Created by: Bruce Nicholas
Added: 17 Jul 2005
Find a Grave Memorial 11373167
memorial page for Gerard Crane Brown (12 Nov 1842–20 Jul 1899), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11373167, citing Canadochly Church Cemetery, York County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Frank Bobak (contributor 47739964) .
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9NYH-88X
"Birth • 12 November 1842
London, England, United Kingdom
Christening • 10 March 1843
St Bride's Church Fleet Street, London, England, United Kingdom
Death • 20 Jul 1899
Windsor, York, Pennsylvania
Burial • 23 Jul 1899
, York, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Gerrard Brown was born in the Tower of London, England, November 12, 1842, while his father, Benjamin F. Brown of Putnam County, New York, was visiting Europe. Brown received his education at Philips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and Yale College, graduating in 1863. He volunteered in April 1861, Co. G, 38th Regt., New York State Volunteers. He received a commission as 1st Lt., was wounded July 1861 at 1st Manassas, and honorably discharged in September of the same year. After the war, he returned to Westchester County, New York; pursued farming; moved to York, Pa. in 1874;resumed the same vocation; became state Grange Deputy for York County, 1876; and achieved the same position in Adams County, 1882. He organized the Lower Windsor Mutual Fire Insurance Co.; was elected to state Senate, 1886-1894; and often lectured for the Pa. State Grange, 1886-1888. Gerrard Brown passed away at his home in Lower Windsor, York County on July 20, 1899.
Source: Portrait and Bio: Rodearmel, Senate of Pa., 1893-94.
https://pasenategop.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/CivilWar3.pdf
"Virtue, Liberty, Independence: Pennsylvania's State Senators in the Civil War" The State Senate of Pennsylvania, 2008.
Pennsylvania State Archives (PSA)http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/overview.htm ; the Pennsylvania State Museum; the U.S. Army Military History Institute (USAMHI), Carlisle, Pa.http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ahec/ ; Dale Niesen, civilwarmystery.com.; and The Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee."
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"Born in London,England on 12 NOV 1842 to Benjamin Franklin Brown and Mary Sophia COPS. Gerard Crane Brown had 5 children. He passed away on 20 Jul 1899 in Browncroft, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States."
General Notes: Wife - Caroline Victoria Barcroft
FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF3492
from Emma Ten Broeck Runk:
"Children of Caroline Victoria Barcroft (207) and Gerard C. Brown
399. i. Mary Barcroft Braycops, born at Somers, N. Y., December 9, 1872; married September 28, 1917, Ottis S. Paules of near York, Pa.
400. ii. Evelyn Woolverton, born January 21, 1875; died at Gilcroft, Pa., January 19, 1922; married near York, Pa., March 27, 1902, Clarence N. Gilbert, born January 28, 1880, son of Joseph H. Gilbert and Anna Martin.
401. iii. Benjamin, born at Yorkana, Pa., November 21, 1877; married December 26, 1899, Flora Gilbert, daughter of Joseph H. Gilbert and Anna Martin. Reside in Phila., Pa.
402. iv. Caroline Victoria, born November 6, 1881; married June 28, 1910, John S. Drake, son of William H. Drake and Emma L. Smith. Reside in Pittsburgh, Pa.
403. v. Gerald Crane, born September 10, 1883. Unmarried."
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BIRTH 3 Nov 1845
New Jersey, USA
DEATH 13 Jan 1937 (aged 91)
Windsor, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
BURIAL
Canadochly Church Cemetery
York County, Pennsylvania, USA
MEMORIAL ID 95094997
Family Members
Parents
John Wolverton Barcroft 1817–1895
Lucinda Berry Bray Barcroft 1817–1900
Spouse
Gerard Crane Brown 1842–1899
Siblings
Mary Ann Barcroft Payne 1851–1926
John Wilson Barcroft 1856–1916
Children
Evalyn Woolverton Brown Gilbert 1875–1922
Benjamin Brown 1877–1962
Gerard C Brown 1883–1950
Created by: Frank Bobak
Added: 10 Aug 2012
Find a Grave Memorial 95094997
memorial page for Caroline Victoria Barcroft Brown (3 Nov 1845–13 Jan 1937), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95094997, citing Canadochly Church Cemetery, York County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Frank Bobak (contributor 47739964) .
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9NYH-88N
"Birth • 3 November 1845
Rosemont, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
Death • 13 January 1937
Lower Windsor Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States
Burial • 1937
, York, Pennsylvania, United States of America"
https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/caroline-victoria-barcroft-24-h48rh
"Born in Rosemount (Monmouth?), New Jersey, USA on 3 Nov 1845 to John Woolverton BARCROFT and Lucinda Bray. Caroline Victoria Barcroft had 5 children. She passed away on 13 Jan 1937 in Lower Windsor, York, Pennsylvania, USA."
Notes: Marriage
FTM
MARR: RIN MH:FF733
from Emma Ten Broeck Runk
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