Alma McKinnis
(1861-1944)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Peter Brown

Alma McKinnis 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 31 Dec 1861, , Jackson, OH 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Peter Brown on 28 Mar 1886 in Otterbein, Benton, IN, USA 1
  • Died: 11 May 1944, Otterbein, Benton, IN, USA at age 82 2 3
  • Buried: Otterbein: Pond Grove Cemetery, Warren, IN, USA 2

   FamilySearch ID: KLTS-WYM.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Otterbein, Benton, IN, USA. 5 The 1900 census recorded renting a home: Peter Brown, farmer, 36, born Oct 1863, living with wife Alma, 38, Dec 1861; Lucy, 13, Apr 1887; and Leona, 9, Nov 1890. Peter and Alma were married 14 years and she had birthed 2 children by 1900. Peter, his mother, and his children were born in Indiana. His father was born in Pennsylvania. Alma and her parents were born in Ohio.

2. Census in 1910 in Okmulgee, Okmulgee, OK. 6 The 1910 census recorded Peter Brown, 47, living with wife Alma, 48; and daughter Alma S., single, 19. Peter, his mother, Alma S., and her father were born in Indiana. Peter's father was born in Pennsylvania. Mother Alma and her parents were born in Ohio. Alma and Peter were married 24 years and she had birthed 2 children, 1 alive in 1910.

3. Census in 1920 in Prairie Township, Washington, AR, USA. 7 The 1920 census recorded owning a home on S. Olive Street: Peater Brown [sic, as written by census taker], no occupation, 57, living with wife Alma, 58; and daughter A. Leona, single, occupation chicken fancier at home, 26. Peater and Leona were born in Indiana. HIs father was born in Pennsylvania and mother in South Carolina. Alma and her parents were born in Ohio.

4. Census in 1930 in South Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA. 8 The 1930 census recorded renting at 312 North Chicago Street: Peter Brown, poultry stockman, 66, living with wife Alma, 68, and daugther Alma L., poultry club secretary, 38. Peter, his parents, and his daughter were born in Indiana. His wife and her parents were born in Ohio.

5. Census in 1940 in Montmorenci, Tippecanoe, IN, USA. 9 The 1940 census recorded Peter Brown, 76, living with wife Elma, 78. He was born in Indiana and she in Ohio.

6. Obituary: Journal and Courier: obituary of Mrs. Alma McKinnis Brown on 11 May 1944 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN, USA. 3 MRS. PETER BROWN
OTTERBEIN, May 11. Mrs. Alma (McKinnis) Brown, 82, wife of Peter Brown, died at 5:45 a. m. today at the family home here, from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born in Jackson county, Ohio, she has been a member of the Oxford Christian church and the Otterbein O. E. S. for 40 years. While a resident of Burlington, Wis., she was national secretary of the White Holland Turkey club. She was married March 28, 1886. Surviving are the husband, with a daughter, Alma Leona Brown, Indianapolis. Body at Vogel funeral home.


Alma married Peter Brown, son of David Henry Brown and Anna Beeker, on 28 Mar 1886 in Otterbein, Benton, IN, USA.1 (Peter Brown was born on 6 Oct 1863 in Otterbein, Benton, IN, USA,10 died on 28 May 1946 in Fort Wayne, Allen, IN 1 10 and was buried in Otterbein: Pond Grove Cemetery, Warren, IN, USA 10.)


Sources


1 "Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)," 29 May 1946, page 8. Obituary of Peter Brown.

2 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35777140.

3 "Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)," 11 May 1944, page 11. Obituary of Mrs. Peter Brown.

4 Ancestry.com, "Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017," Anna Lucinda Jackson, father Peter Brown, mother Alma Brown, spouse Wm Pearcy Jackson.

5 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMB8-9SV Peter Brown, Bolivar Township Otterbein town, Benton, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 8A, family 168.

6 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML7S-D7S Peter Brown, Okmulgee Ward 2, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 152, sheet 23A, family 193.

7 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDF5-M8J Peater Brown, Prairie, Washington, Arkansas, United States; citing ED 147, sheet 22B, line 59, family 578.

8 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9S9-Y46 Peter Brown, South Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 366, sheet 12A, line 26, family 264.

9 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1BW-1S1 : Peter Brown, Montmorenci, Shelby Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 79-30, sheet 11A, line 36, family 11.

10 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35777153.



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