This month marks the 110^th anniversary of the birth of my Aunt Susie.  Born Elizabeth Naomi Jane, she was the first child of Charles and Lucy Brown, and her maternal grandmother helped to deliver her on September 19 in Davidson Township, Sullivan County, PA.  She was known to most as Susie, although some called her Lizzie.  Susie grew up in the Sullivan County area until she was about 6 years of age, and she likely knew something of her grandparents. Continue reading →

This year marks the 100^th anniversary of the birth of one of my aunts, Laura Silveretta Oranna Brown, who was born in January 1915. She was the 5^th child born to Charles and Lucy Swank Brown, in Aurora NY or “York State” as the family always referred to it. In 1918 the family moved to Indiana county PA where Silveretta, or Sally as she was commonly called by family, spent most of her life, except when she worked for General Electric Company as a laborer in Erie for a period of time. She never married and resided on North 11^th Street in Indiana PA in the house her parents bought during the 1940s.

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