Theodore Garlyn Browne (1909 - 1998)

Born 22 Aug 1909 in Huttig, Union, Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 Oct 1998 at age 89 in Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Theodore Browne is a part of US Black heritage.

Theodore Banks was born August 22, 1909 in Huttig, Union County, Arkansas. He was the son of Jeff Banks and Mattie Young.

1920 CENSUS - El Centro, Imperial, California ^[1]

Mattie Watson 40 Head Arkansas Black Widowed Working Out Farm

Theodore Brown 10 Son Arkansas Black

Ida Brown 9 Dau Arkansas Black

1930 CENSUS - 1318 East 28 St., Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California ^[2]

Mattie Watson 48 Head Arkansas Black Widowed Domestic Job to Job

Susan Young 65 Mother Arkansas Black Widowed Cook in Private Home

Una Davis 31 Dau Arkansas Black

Theo Brown 21 Son Arkansas Black

Geraldine Dubous 14 Dau California Black

Clara Brown 12 Dau California Black

Ida Lawrence 19 Dau Arkansas Black

1940 CENSUS - 1318 East 28th St., Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California ^[3]

Mattie Watson 59 Head Arkansas Black Widowed Maid in Private Home Age at 1st Marriage = 15 Number of Children Ever Born = 5 Elementary School 5th Grade

Theodore Brown 30 Son Arkansas Black Single Porter High School 4th Year

Bobby Mitchell 8 Grandson Grandson Black

James F Harland 47 Lodger Oklahoma Native American Widowed

He gave his mother Mattie Elizabeth Watson as his next of kin on his World War II Draft Card and his address is the same as the 1930 and 1940 Census:^[4]

Name: Theodore Garlyn Browne

Race: Negro (Black)

Age: 31

Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)

Birth Date: 22 Aug 1909

Birth Place: Huttig, Arkansas, USA

Residence Place: 1318 East 28th Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940

Registration Place: Los Angeles, California, USA

Employer: Board Of Education

Height: 6 1

Weight: 170

Complexion: Dark Brown

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Brown

Next of Kin: Mattie Elizabeth Watson, Mother

1950 CENSUS - 1318 East 29th St., Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California ^[5]

Mattie E Watson 68 Head Arkansas Black Widowed Keeping House

Theodore Brown 41 Son Arkansas Black Single Mail Trucker Driver for Post Office

Thomas Beaumont 61 Son-in-law Black Married

Una Beaumont 52 Dau Arkansas Black Married

Elizabeth Cook 39 Dau Arkansas Black Widowed

Robert Mitchel 18 Grandsn California Black

Denesy Reece 46 Lodger Male Mississippi Black Separated

Hoarse Wicks 39 Lodger Male Louisiana Male Black Separated

Theodore died on October 16, 1998 in Los Angeles County, California and was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery in the city of Inglewood. His Social Security Application listed his parents as Joseph Browne and Mattie E. Young.^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: El Centro, Imperial, California; Roll: T625_99; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 17
2. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0297; FHL microfilm: 2339879
3. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00413; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 60-473
4. ↑ National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 225
5. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 6045; Sheet Number: 16; Enumeration District: 66-1743
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #79758522