Moses Eugene BROWE

(b. 15 June 1848 , Middlebury, Vermont, USA d. 27 March 1933 , Fresno, California, USA )

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Moses Eugene BROWE was born 15 June 1848 in Middlebury, Vermont, USA

Moses Eugene BROWE was the child of Gedeon (Jed) BROWE (BREAULT) (BRAULT) and Mary Angelica (Marie Angelique) CUSHMAN (COURCHESNE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gedeon BREAULT and Marie-Felicite JORDAN (JOURDAIN) dite GOUDREAU

Moses Eugene was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Moses Eugene married Helene Angeline UNGER abt. 1890 in California, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Helene Angeline UNGER was born 7 October 1870 in Montezuma, Solano, California, USA. Helene Angeline died 2 May 1955 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. Helene Angeline was the child of Frederick Christian UNGER and Helena Dorothea JANTZEN.

Moses Eugene BROWE died 27 March 1933 in Fresno, California, USA.

Enlisted on 12-14-1863 as a Private.
On 12-14-1863 he mustered into "E" Co. VT 1st Heavy Artillery
He was Mustered Out on 8-25-1865
He was listed as: Wounded 6-23-1864 Weldon Railroad, VA
Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
6-24-1865 from company E to company A

"Moses served in the Union Army with a regiment from Vermont, which was captured in a battle at Weldon Bridge. He had been injured and discharged and therefore saved from prison." -- Marian Browe Allison

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Moses Eugene BROWE married

Helene Angeline UNGER-- Date: abt. 1890 Place: , California, USA
Helene Angeline UNGER was the child of Frederick Christian UNGER and Helena Dorothea JANTZEN

Children of Moses Eugene BROWE and Helene Angeline UNGER:

Marion Eugene (Gene) BROWE (b.9/19/1895, Bakersfield, California, USA d. 10/15/1989, Fresno, California, USA)
m. Gladys BISHOP 1920 in Fresno, California, USA

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1848 Birth
15 June 1848
Middlebury, Vermont, USA

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

Middlebury, Vermont
Name: Moses Breau
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Middlebury, Addison, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 5
Race: White
Race (Original):
Birth Year (Estimated): 1845
Birthplace: Vermont
Household ID: 571
House Number: 518
Line Number: 8
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 920
GS Film Number: 27446
Digital Folder Number: 004191106
Image Number: 00329

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Galion Breau M 37 Canada
Arcadia Breau F 37 Canada
Mary Breau F 13 Canada
Flairs Breau F 10 Canada
Ellen Breau F 8 Vermont
Edward Breau M 7 Vermont
Moses Breau M 5 Vermont
Joseph Breau M 2 Vermont

1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

Hinesburgh, Chittenden, Vermont
Name: Moses Browe
Age: 12
Birth Year: abt 1848
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Vermont
Home in 1860: Hinesburgh, Chittenden, Vermont
Post Office: Hinesburgh
Family Number: 1336
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Household Members:
Name Age
Frank Willson 56
Lucretia Willson 50
Henry Willson 24
Sarah Willson 26
Frank Perry 3
Betsy Leavenworth 76
Frank Lavell 24, farm laborer
Franklin Cross 18, farm laborer
Edward Browe 16, farm laborer
Moses Browe 12, farm laborer
Eliza Radish 30, servant
Ann Cross 15, servant
1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Moses Eugene BROWE - Civil War Enlistment

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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

Moses Eugene BROWE - Civil War Enlistment page 2

Civil War Enlistment page 2

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1863 enlistment
Name: Moses Browe
Residence: Vermont
Enlistment Date: 1 Dec 1863
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Vermont
Was Wounded?: Yes
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company E, Vermont 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment on 14 Dec 1863.Mustered out on 25 Aug 1865.
Sources: Roster of Vermont Volunteers During the War of the Rebellion 1861-66

Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
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Moses Eugene BROWE - Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Vermont

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Vermont

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1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

Poultney, Rutland, Vermont
Name: Moses Browe
Age: 32
Birth Year: abt 1848
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1880: Poultney, Rutland, Vermont
Race: White
Gender: Male
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Occupation: Tin Peddler

Name Age
Moses Browe 32, boarder

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

Rutland County Vermont 1883 Pensioners
No. of certificate 76,220
Name of pensioner Browe, Moses
Post-office address Poultney
Cause for which pensioned g.s.w. l. forearm
Monthly rate $8.00
date of original allowance
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1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1892 Voter Registration
Name: Moses Eugene Browe
Residence Year: 1892
Residence Place: Kern, California
Age: 42
Birth Year: abt 1850

Ancestry.com. California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1895 Birth of Child
Marion Eugene (Gene) BROWE was born 9/19/1895, Bakersfield, California, USA

Moses Eugene was 47 years old.

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

Kern County, California
Name: Moses E
[Moses Browe]
Age: 49
Birth Date: Jun 1850
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1900: Township 3, Kern, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Angeline Browe
Marriage Year: 1889
Years Married: 11
Father's Birthplace: Scotland
Mother's Birthplace: France

Household Members:
Name Age
Moses E Browe 49
Angeline Browe 29
Maude E Browe 8
Marion E Browe 4
Bernice Browe 1
1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

Fresno County, California
Name: Moses E Browe
Age in 1910: 59
Birth Year: abt 1851
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1910: Township 7, Fresno, California
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Angeline H Browe
Father's Birthplace: Scotland
Mother's Birthplace: France
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Household Members:
Name Age
Moses E Browe 59
Angeline H Browe 39
Maude E Browe 18
Marion E Browe 14
Bernice Browe 11
Wallace E Browe 4

1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

Fruitvale, Fresno, California
Name: M E Browe
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: Fruitvale, Fresno, California, United States
District: 0074
Gender: Male
Age: 79
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1851
Birthplace: Vermont
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Scotland
Mother's Birthplace: France
Sheet Number and Letter: 2B
Household ID: 41
Line Number: 94
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T626
Affiliate Film Number: 115
GS Film number: 2339850
Digital Folder Number: 004532335
Image Number: 00989

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
M E Browe Head M 79 Vermont
Angie Browe Wife F 59 California
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 Death
Name: Moses F Browe
Birth Year: abt 1851
Death Date: 27 Mar 1933
Age at Death: 82
Death Place: Fresno, California, USA

Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1905-1939 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
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