Elmina Frost ¹²

   Cause of her death was Infirmities of old age following a fall 24 Aug 1922.

   Another name for Elmina was Mina.

   Ancestral File Number: 1ZQ4-HVS.

  Research Notes:

Possibly died in Medford, Oregon. Death certificate confirms this.

Burial lot purchaser: W. R. Gaylord. Possibly a relative.

Informant on death certificiate: Mrs. W. R. Gaylord

Alfred Gordon and George S. Gordon are interred in distant parts of the cemetery in which Elmina is buried. One of them may be her deceased husband.

Winfield R. Gaylord is husband to one of Elmina's daughters. Letter from W.R. Gaylord dated 5 Oct 1922 to Department of the Interior in William's pension file shows this.

Listed in Probate Court records of Renville County, at Beaver Falls in the Letters of Guardianship - Minor dated 4 Sep 1894.

Winfield is married to Olive - obituary of Elmina proves this.

  Medical Notes:

Accident on ice, went with crutches since - 4 1/2 years listed on death certificate.

Died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Winfield R. Gaylord.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 10 Jun 1880, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota. ¹²
1) William C Brown, white, male, age 39, married, machinist, born in Pennsylvania, father born in Massachusetts, mother born in Canada
2) Mina Brown, white, female, wife, married, keeping house, born in Ohio, father born in Massachusetts, mother born in New York
3) Alice E Brown, white, female, age 12, daughter, single, at home, attended school within year, born in Minnesota, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Ohio
4) Lyman E Brown, white, female, age 10, daughter, single, attended school within year, born in Minnesota, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Ohio
5) Olive S. Brown, white, female, age 7, daughter, single, attended school within year, born in Minnesota, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Ohio
6) Hattie M Brown, white, female, age 5, daughter, single, born in Minnesota, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Ohio
7) Allen E Brown, white, male, age 2, son, single, born in Minnesota, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Ohio

Elmina married Reverend William C. Brown, son of Asa Clark Brown and Eleanor Huppenan, on 20 Oct 1863 in Maine Prairie, Stearns, Minnesota. (Reverend William C. Brown was born on 3 Apr 1841 in Scrubgrass, Venango, Pennsylvania ^1,2,4,12, died on 11 Jul 1886 in Lyman Prairie, Pope, Minnesota ^1,2 and was buried on 12 Jul 1886 in Grove Lake, Pope, Minnesota.) The cause of his death was lung disease and chronic diarrhea; consumption.

  Marriage Notes:

Witnesses to the marriage were Alvah Frost and RIchard Vandervort