Notes from Chris Chester's Brouwer Genealogy Database:
•Edwin Brower was born on 30 April 1843 at New York.1
•He appeared on the census on 9 August 1850 at Van Vorst, Hudson Co., New Jersey, Edwin C. Brower, age 7, born in New York.2
Citations
1.[S3719] William B. Bogardus Collection of Brouwer, Brower and Brewer Family Material and Correspondence, William B. Bogardus Collection, Anneke Jans and Everardus Bogardus Descendants Association, Wilmington, Ohio, Box 5, BIB BB-605, Notes by Walter M. Meserole on the records from the Bailey Brower Bible, followed by the extracted records and copies of correspondence and further genealogical notes. Origin of document is not stated, hand written notes, typescipt extracts. Page 30. 3rd handwritten chart of the descendants of Thomas LeFoy Brower. Hereafter cited as William B. Bogardus Collection.
2.[S212] Ronald V. Jackson and Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1850 United States Federal Census., Online Database (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com, 1999), Federal census, NARA Ser. M432, Roll 452, page 349B. John V. Brower household. Hereinafter cited as 1850 US Census.
Edwin C. Brower |
Mary B. Brower 65, keeping house, widowed, born New York; Edwin Brower 37, son, stationer dealer; Mary B. Taylor 39, daughtert, widowed, at home; Frederick Clement 37, adopted son, dealer in stationery; Theodore Taylor 11, grandchild, at school, born New Jersey, father born Massachusetts; Mary Taylor 9, grandchild, at school, born New Jersey, father born Massachusetts;
John V Brower 38, mahogany yard, born New Jersey; Mary B Brower 35, born New York; John V Brower 13, born New York; Bloomfied Brower 11, born New York; Mary B Brower 9, born New York; Edwin C Brower 7, born New York; Frederick B Clement 7, born New York; Mary A Kelly 19, born Ireland;
Bloomfield Brower 30, stationer, born New York; Mary Brower 53, keeping house; Edwin Brower 25, sttioner's clerk; Fred B Clement 25; Esther Johnson 29, domestic servant, born Ireland;
John V Brown 48, merchant, born New York; Mary Brown 45; John V Brown, Jr. 22, stationer, born New York; Bloomfield Brown 21; Mary B Brown 19; Edwin Brown 17, clerk, born New York; Fredrick B Clements 17; ; Nancy Darragh 36, servant, born Ireland; ; Cecilia Taylor 20, servant, born Ireland;