
John Brown

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Name John Brown Birth 14 Jun 1822 Fimber, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Gender Male Burial 1904 Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States of America Death 31 Mar 1904 Waupun, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States Person ID I312684224256 Oswald Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jun 2025
Family Mary Jane Heward, b. 24 Jul 1822, North Dalton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom d. 03 Dec 1899, Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States
(Age 77 years)
Marriage 28 Nov 1846 Wetwang, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom Family ID F1961 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jun 2025
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Notes - 2 links to file images under Sources, file located on FamilySearch
(1) JOHN BROWN (Sr) PROBATE AND WILL FILE__188 pages__Fond du Lac. Probate Estate Case Files 1904
Widowed, smoker, cataracts, hard of hearing, age related dementia after death of wife.
Many pages of testimony disputing his last will dated Oct 1900.
In the end equally divided heirs are children John, Annie, Jane, William, and grandson Otto Sussex. Intentionally left out were the other surviving children.
There was family disputes after death of mother, care of mother and who took what out of the house after mother's death.
(1) probate file of daughter Mrs Jane Lambert
- 2 links to file images under Sources, file located on FamilySearch