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Personal data Eleanor Brown 

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Household of Eleanor Brown

She is married to Edward William White.

They got married on February 4, 1939 at Maryland, Verenigde Staten, she was 22 years old.Sources 4, 5, 10


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Notes about Eleanor Brown

Eleanor “Mom Mom” Brown White

Birth 20 Aug 1916

Death 26 Apr 2012 (aged 95)

Burisl Asbury Cemetery, Port Deposit, Cecil, Maryland, USA

Memorial ID 89295820

"Mom Mom"

Eleanor Brown White, 95, of Wilmington Delaware, passed away at the Highfield Masonic Home of Delaware on April 26, 2012 after a long and happy life.

Eleanor, the first child of Albert Street Brown and Mary Agatha McCausland Brown, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 20, 1916.

She was raised in Oxford, Pennsylvania and graduated from Oxford High School. On February 2, 1939, she married Edward William White of Perryville, Maryland.

They raised their family in Wilmington, Delaware. She devoted herself to her family as a daughter, sister, wife, mother and grandmother and her family was equally devoted to her.

Eleanor worked for the state of Delaware as Cafeteria Manager for Marshallton School, retiring in 1979 after 25 years of service. She was a member of the American School Food Service, a member of Marshallton United Methodist Church (1944), the United Methodist Women and Alice Ball Circle.

She is survived by her son Wayne White and his wife Joyce, her daughter and primary caregiver, Lorraine White Valente and her husband John, foster son Gerald Montgomery and his wife Karen.

Mom Mom was also survived by her grandchildren Jeanne and Don Keister, Susan and Clem Cheng, Sheila and Norman Cochran, Tina and Bucky Lloyd, Melissa and John McCafferty, Kelley Montgomery and Tracey Montgomery Conn. Great grandchildren are Matthew, Courtney and Tyler Keister, Kelsey, Lia and Justin Cheng, Vinnie and Christine Cochran, Nikki and Joey Cochran, Alex and John Hank Haney, Samantha McCafferty, Donald (DJ) Richardson and Dalton Schirling. Several nieces and nephews also survive her.

In addition to her parents, Eleanor was preceded in death by her husband, Edward White in 1967 and her four brothers, Harry, Albert, William and Paul Brown.

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Sources

  1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
  2. New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957, Ancestry.com, The National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at and Departing from Ogdensburg, New York, 5/27/1948 - 11/28/1972; Microfilm Serial or NAID: T715, 1897-1957 / Ancestry.com
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  4. Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999, Ancestry.com, Publication Date: 17/ Feb/ 1939; Publication Place: Rising Sun, Maryland, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/665590735/?article=3b71c920-144a-4ad6-97b0-952d97a773d7&focus=0.6384439,0.8003232,0.78899467,0.8872515&xid=3398 / Ancestry.com
  5. Beta: Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1940-1955, Ancestry.com, The News Journal; Publication Date: 30 Apr 2012; Publication Place: Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/164290848/?article=5cd35c77-850c-4925-a0dc-d38b9968f838&focus=0.61913747,0.042814042,0.7732505,0.68950 / Ancestry.com
  6. 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 44, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1645; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 1639 / Ancestry.com
  7. U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  8. 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0055; FHL microfilm: 2341754 / Ancestry.com
  9. 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1940; Census Place: Perryville, Cecil, Maryland; Roll: m-t0627-01545; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 8-16 / Ancestry.com
  10. United States Obituary Collection, Ancestry.com, Publication Date: 30/ Apr/ 2012; Publication Place: New Castle, Delaware, USA; URL: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/delawareonline/obituary.aspx?n=eleanor-brown-white-mom-mom&pid=157289289 / Ancestry.com
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  12. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  13. Newspapers.com - The Midland Journal - 17 Feb 1939 - Page 1, Marriage of Brown / White 17 Feb 1939 / www.newspapers.com
  14. Findagrave, Eleanor “Mom Mom” Brown White 26 Apr 2012 / www.findagrave.com
  15. Newspapers.com - The News Journal - 30 Apr 2012 - Page 21, Obituary for Eleanor, 1916-2012 (Aged 95) 30 Apr 2012 / www.newspapers.com
  16. Newspapers.com - The News Journal - 30 Apr 2012 - Page 21, Obituary for Eleanor, 1916-2012 (Aged 95) 30 Apr 2012 / www.newspapers.com

Historical events

Birthday August 20, 1916

  • The temperature on August 20, 1916 was between 11.4 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
    • August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
    • August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
    • August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
    • November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
    • November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.

Day of marriage February 4, 1939

  • The temperature on February 4, 1939 was between -6.9 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • May 3 » The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
    • September 6 » World War II: Britain suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire.
    • September 18 » World War II: The radio show Germany Calling begins transmitting Nazi propaganda.
    • September 19 » World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
    • September 30 » NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.
    • October 14 » World War II: The German submarineU-47 sinks the British battleship HMSRoyal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.

Day of death April 26, 2012

  • The temperature on April 26, 2012 was between 9.2 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
    • June 22 » A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter plane is shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces, killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria.
    • June 24 » Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise.
    • November 9 » At least 27 people are killed and dozens are wounded in conflicts between inmates and guards at Welikada prison in Colombo.
    • November 17 » At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt.
    • December 3 » At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines.
    • December 22 » Bashir Ahmad Bilour of Awami National Party and eight others are killed in a Pakistan Taliban bomber suicide attack in Dhaki Nalbandi area near Qissa Khwani Bazaar.

Day of burial May 1, 2012

  • The temperature on May 1, 2012 was between 10.4 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
    • January 13 » The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy due to the captain Francesco Schettino's negligence and irresponsibility. There are 32 confirmed deaths.
    • August 5 » The Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting took place in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six victims; the perpetrator committed suicide after being wounded by police.
    • October 1 » A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
    • November 9 » At least 27 people are killed and dozens are wounded in conflicts between inmates and guards at Welikada prison in Colombo.
    • November 24 » A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people.
    • December 12 » North Korea successfully launches its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2.


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