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Clara Brown, ^[1, 2, 3, 4] Abt 1878 - 1920

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  Birth	Abt Jan 1878  [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1880	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Education	1887	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [7]
  	at School No. 29
  	She was included in a photograph of students at the school taken 1886/1887.
  Census	1900	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [3]
  	She was living with her husband William Risley and her daughter Evelyn.
  Died	1920  [4, 6]
  Buried	Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [6]
  	Address: Lot 55
  Notes	Clara Brown and Lottie Brown are reported to have been cousins.
  Person ID	I2853	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Alfred Brown, ^,   b. 6 Sep 1844, NY ,   d. 1908, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Mother	Emma Frances Gordon, ^,   b. Abt 1854, Suffolk Co., NY ,   d. 1904
  Married	Abt 1872
  Headstones		#021.010.Brown01: Benjamin A. and Emma F. Brown gravestone Status: Located Plot: 010. B. & L.Brown
  Family ID	F355	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	William B. Risley, ^,   b. 1873, NY ,   d. 1960
  Married	26 Jun 1897  [2, 3, 4, 8]
  	At the time of the 1900 census, they had been married three years; they had had one child which was still living.
  Children	1. Evelyn Risley, <,   b. Abt May 1898, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Frances Risley, <,   b. 24 Feb 1905,   d. 1993   3. Eleanor Risley, <
  Headstones		#021.055.Risley01: William B. & Clara B. Risley Status: Located Plot: 055. William Risley
  		#021.055.Risley00: Risley plot Status: Located Plot: 055. William Risley
  Family ID	F928	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Clara Brown .. cropped from an 1886/87 group picture of students at School No. 29, Brookhaven, NY

  
  

  Documents

  Brookhaven School Class of 1887 .. with students identified

  
  

• Sources

  [S42] 1880 Census, NA Film Number: T9-0934; Page Number: 133B. [S72] Hawkins Supplement vol II, LI REF 929.2097 HAWKINS HAW., p. 395. [S191] 1900 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: T623_1165 Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 744.. [S935] Brown Family of England and Brookhaven. Benjamin Alfred Brown, born Sept 6, 1844; died 1908.... Children: 3. Clara {1878-1920} married William Risley of Brookhaven, L.I. They had three daughters—Evelyn, Frances, and Eleanor. [S42] 1880 Census, NA Film Number: T9-0934; Page Number: 133B. Age 3.. [S196] Oaklawn Cemetery. [S101] Morse Album. [S127] Advance, Long Island, From the Files, Forty Years Ago, July 2, 1897. 25 Jun, 1937, p. 14.. Last Saturday evening Miss Clara Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Brown of Brookhaven, was married to William Risley of Eastport. They will make their home in Eastport.