Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Melvin Leo Brown

Male 1896 - 1982  (86 years)


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  • Name Melvin Leo Brown 
    Born 17 Jun 1896  Crediton, Stephen Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Military WW1  [4
    Military 1914  WW1 Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    WW1, 1st Depot Battalion, Service #3130627 
    Name Melvin Leo Braun 
    Residence Abt 1916  165 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Meter Reader 
    Residence 265 Frederick St., Kitchener, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1921  265 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Evangelical 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-114674P 
    Died 26 Oct 1982  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I114674  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Mother Flora,   b. 1862, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F45247  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Brown,   b. Abt 1862,   d. Bef 1921  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Mother Flora,   b. 1862, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F243711  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BROWN, Melvin L. -- On Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1982, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Melvin Leo Brown, aged 86 years, of 7 Locust St., Kitchener. Dear husband of the former Irene Woods; brother of Erma Moser of Palm Bay, Fla., Royal and his wife Mabel of Dearborn, Mich.; brother-in law of Mabel Murdie of Kitchener. Predeceased by his brothers, Ira, Fraser and Maurice; his sisters, Idella Burn and Mildred Hinton; his father, Samuel Brown and his mother, the former Florina Seibert of Crediton. He was a member of Zion United Church, where he was a tenor soloist for many years; a member of the Rockway Senior Citizen's Glee Club; an employee of Kitchener PUC, until his retirement and had served overseas during the First World War with the Signal Corp. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 2 p.m. on Thursday, where the family will be in attendance from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Funeral service in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel, Friday at 1 p.m. Rev F.J. Roberts officiating. Committal service at Greenhill cemetery, Lucknow at 3 p.m. Friday.

      The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 27 Oct 1982

  • Sources 
    1. [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 502702 (1896), Melvin Leo Braun, accessed 2 Aug 2010.
      Melvin Leo Braun Date of Birth: 17 Jun 1896 Gender: Male Birth County: Huron Father's Name: Samuel Braun of Crediton Mother's Name: Florina Siebert

    2. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 30 Page 5.

    3. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers.

    4. [S1890] Military - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Public Library WW1 Soldiers Card Index Soldier Information Cards - World War One.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Jun 1896 - Crediton, Stephen Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Abt 1916 - 165 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Meter Reader - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - 265 Frederick St., Kitchener, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1921 - 265 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 26 Oct 1982 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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