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Charles Brown of Sweeny Ranch

  • Born in New York, NY

  • Period: to

    American Civil War

  • Farmer in Half Moon Bay

    Farmer in Half Moon Bay
    California Voter Registration - Age 25
  • Laborer boarding in Victoriano Guerrero's ranch - Township 4

    Laborer boarding in Victoriano Guerrero's ranch - Township 4
    Age 33. Occupation is Laborer. Living as a Boarder in the house of Victoriano Guerrero (son of Francisco Guerrero y Palomares, first prefect of the Spanish district of San Francisco, after whom Guerrero Street in the city is named). Along with another boarder, Henry Hermann, a German immigrant. Victoriano who is 3 years younger than Charles Brown is 30, and married to a 25 year old woman called Emma born in California of Irish parents. Together they have a young 5 yr old daughter.
  • Farmer in Half Moon Bay

    Farmer in Half Moon Bay
    California Voter Registration - top line of page 2
  • Dairyman living in San Mateo

    Dairyman living in San Mateo
    California Voter Register
  • Working as a Farmer. Residence in RWC. California Voter Registration

    Working as a Farmer.  Residence in RWC.  California Voter Registration
    Described as age 43. Height: 5' 5 and 3/4 inches. Dark complexion. Gray eyes. Brown Hair. Occupation: Farmer, Place of Residence Redwood City.
  • Working as a Farmer. Residence in Belmont.

    Working as a Farmer.  Residence in Belmont.
    Age 47. California Voter Registration
  • Working as a Cook - 1900 US Federal Census

    Charles Brown, 52 years old. Born in May 1848 in New York. Father English. Mother fm New York. Occupation at time of Census: Cook. Head of his own household. Living in a house in the Third Township of San Mateo County.
  • Died of Strychnine Poisoning 1903 - County Death Register

    Age 55, died 3/24/1903. Coroner James Crowe. Date of Burial 3/26/1903 in Union Cemetery.
  • Obit - Redwood City Democrat

    Obit - Redwood City Democrat
    Charles Brown, a cook employed on the ranch of James Curran, committed suicide Tuesday by taking strychnine. The deceased was about 55 years. He was an old resident of the county. No reason can be found for his act, excepting that Brown was at times a hard drinker and frequently indulged in sprees. His body is at the morgue.