Russell O. Brown, ^

Russell O. Brown, ^

Male 1902 - 1989  (87 years)


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  • Name Russell O. Brown  [1
    Suffix
    Birth 20 Jul 1902  NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 Nov 1989  [3
    Burial Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Person ID I12939  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2023 

    Father Orlando Wilson Brown, ^,   b. 7 Dec 1872, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1948, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Laura Floyd,   b. Abt 1877, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1944, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1901  [2, 5, 6
    Family ID F5677  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alyce Lee Austin, ^,   b. 1907   d. 1971 (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 8 Jul 1944  South Haven (Presbyterian Church), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F5678  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 May 2025 

  • Sources 
    1. [S49] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 13 Jul 1944, p. 5.
      At 5 p.m. Saturday in the South Haven Presbyterian church, Miss Alyce Lee Austin of Potsdam, became the bride of Russell O. Brown, son of Orlando Brown of Bay road. Mrs. Frederick Swezey of South Country road was the matron-of-honor for Miss Austin, and Frederick Swezey was Mr. Brown's best man. The bride wore an Alice blue silk crepe street-length dress with picture hat of pale blue and veil, and a corsage of white roses. Mrs. Swezey wore pale blue figured crepe with hat to match, with a veil, and talisman roses. The church was decorated with white flowers and ferns. The Rev. Charles Goldberg of Center Moriches, acting supply of the church, officiated.

      The bride is a graduate of Potsdam Normal school and has been teaching in Lynbrook High school the past few years. Mr. Brown is connected with the American Bronze company of Garden City. A reception at the Better 'Ole, South Country road, Brookhaven, followed the ceremony. The couple will make their home on Bay road, Brookhaven.

    2. [S115] Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington,, Census Place: Lynbrook, Nassau, New York; Roll: 1458; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 60; Image: 755.0.

    3. [S11] gravestone, Oaklawn Cemetery, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (); May, 2005.

    4. [S112] Social Security Death Index (U.S. Social Security Administration), SS # 127-10-3621.

    5. [S49] Long Island Advance (Long Island Advance, 20 Medford Ave, Patchogue, NY), 6 Jan 1944, p. 5.
      MRS ORLANDO W. BROWN

      Mrs. Laura Brown, aged 67, of Bay road, Brookhaven, died on New Year's day at her home after an extended illness. Born in New London, Conn., sh had lived in Brookhaven for the past ten years.

      Mrs. Brown leaves her husband, Orlando W. Brown of Brookhave; two sons, Douglas E. Brown, Patchogue attorney, and Russell O. Brown, both of Brookhaven; a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy M. Murdock of Brookhaven; two brothers, Milton S. Floyd and Douglas E. Floyd, both of Rockville Center; a sister, Miss Millie Floyd of Rockville Centre, and two grandchildren.

      The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Brown home, the Rev. Harold Jones of Southampton, formerly of Bellport, officiating. Interment was in Woodland cemetery, Bellport.

    6. [S32] Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA Original data: United States of America, B, Census Place: Hempstead District 10, Nassau, New York; Roll: T624_994; Page: 31B; Enumeration District: 1112; Image: 1168.