- As to whether the wife of George Morton BROWN is Phoebe WAMBOLDT b. 1872 or Effie WAMBOLDT b. 1876 (according the her Application for Delayed Registration of Birth):
1. The 1889 marriage record for George M. BROWN names his wife as "Phebe E. WAMBOLT" age 17, d/o Joseph and Olivia WAMBOLT.
2. If there were a Phebe b. 1872 who d. 1890 [according to one source] and an Effie b. 1876 who m. George BROWN and dies in VT, then both should show up in the1881 census in the family of Joseph WAMBOLDT. But there is only "Phebe" b. 1872 in said census.
3. The "evidence" submitted to support several Application(s) for Delayed Registration of Birth is the George and Effie BROWN family bible which lists their children in the flyleaf. In particular, the application for Percy BROWN states that said family bible records him as being the eighth child. There is a genealogy on Ancestry, placed there by someone who appears to have seen said flyleaf, that lists a first child named Lottie b. 17 Dec 1889, d. Mar 1890, and she is needed in order to count seven children before Percy. So, although I can't otherwise document her, I'm willing to risk my genuine and highly prized Canadian beaver nickel [that's as high as I ever bet], that Lottie did, in fact exist. If that's true, then a wife of George BROWN who was born 1876 would have given birth at age 13. While that's physically possible, I simply don't believe it.
4. There is no sign, in the 1881 through 1901 censuses, of two George BROWN's. So, I cannot believe that the one and only George BROWN married Phebe who d. 1890, and had a child by her sister Effie in 1889.
Therefore, to my mind, the only logical conclusion is that Phoebe Evelyn and Effie are the same person and that this person was born 4 Jan 1872 and died 13 Nov 1865.
- As to whether the wife of George Morton BROWN is Phoebe WAMBOLDT b. 1872 or Effie WAMBOLDT b. 1876 (according the her Application for Delayed Registration of Birth):
1. The 1889 marriage record for George M. BROWN names his wife as "Phebe E. WAMBOLT" age 17, d/o Joseph and Olivia WAMBOLT.
2. If there were a Phebe b. 1872 who d. 1890 [according to one source] and an Effie b. 1876 who m. George BROWN and dies in VT, then both should show up in the1881 census in the family of Joseph WAMBOLDT. But there is only "Phebe" b. 1872 in said census.
3. The "evidence" submitted to support several Application(s) for Delayed Registration of Birth is the George and Effie BROWN family bible which lists their children in the flyleaf. In particular, the application for Percy BROWN states that said family bible records him as being the eighth child. There is a genealogy on Ancestry, placed there by someone who appears to have seen said flyleaf, that lists a first child named Lottie b. 17 Dec 1889, d. Mar 1890, and she is needed in order to count seven children before Percy. So, although I can't otherwise document her, I'm willing to risk my genuine and highly prized Canadian beaver nickel [that's as high as I ever bet], that Lottie did, in fact exist. If that's true, then a wife of George BROWN who was born 1876 would have given birth at age 13. While that's physically possible, I simply don't believe it.
4. There is no sign, in the 1881 through 1901 censuses, of two George BROWN's. So, I cannot believe that the one and only George BROWN married Phebe who d. 1890, and had a child by her sister Effie in 1889.
Therefore, to my mind, the only logical conclusion is that Phoebe Evelyn and Effie are the same person and that this person was born 4 Jan 1872 and died 13 Nov 1865.
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| Children |
| | 1. Lottie BROWN, b. 17 Dec 1889, Molega Mines, Queens, NS  d. Mar 1890, Molega Mines, Queens, NS (Age 0 years) |
| | 2. Kenneth MacDonald BROWN, b. 14 Feb 1891, Molega Mines, Queens, NS d. 3 Jul 1918, Bramshott, Hampshire, UK (Age 27 years) |
| | 3. Grace Olivia BROWN, b. 8 Jul 1893, Molega Mines, Queens, NS d. 5 Jan 1957, St. Catherines, Niagara, ON (Age 63 years) |
| | 4. Harold Joseph BROWN, b. 22 Jul 1895, Molega, Queens, NS d. 3 Apr 1939, Rutland, Rutland, VT (Age 43 years) |
| | 5. Maxwell BROWN, b. 9 Mar 1897, Molega Mines, Queens, NS d. 15 Dec 1970, Waterbury, Washington, VT (Age 73 years) |
| | 6. Margaret Viola BROWN, b. 6 May 1899, Molega Mines, Queens, NS d. 1974, Kitchener, Waterloo, ON (Age 74 years) |
| | 7. Morton George BROWN, b. 12 May 1901, Molega Mines, Queens, NS d. 12 Mar 1984, Castleton, Rutland, VT (Age 82 years) |
| | 8. Percy Z. BROWN, b. 27 Apr 1903, Molega Mines, Queens, NS d. 10 Oct 1986, Hydeville, Castleton, Rutland, VT (Age 83 years) |
| | 9. Gertrude BROWN, b. 18 May 1905, Molega Mines, Queens, NS d. 20 Jun 1978, Poultney, Rutland, VT (Age 73 years) |
| | 10. Arthur Orion BROWN, b. 4 Jul 1907, Molega Mines, Queens, NS d. 18 Mar 2002, Rutland, Rutland, VT (Age 94 years) |
| | 11. James William BROWN, b. 28 Nov 1909, Molega Mines, Queens, NS d. 17 Jan 1977, St. Petersburg, Pinellas, FL (Age 67 years) |
| | 12. Eleanor Pauline BROWN, b. 18 Jun 1911, Molega Mines, Queens, NS d. 19 Jun 1991, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA (Age 80 years) |
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1872 - 1965 (93 years)