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Ruth Marie Brown 1928 – 2024 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 December 1928

Birth Location: Baldwin, Jackson County, Iowa, United States of America

Death Date: 16 February 2024

Death Location: Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa, United States of America

Father: Harlan Brown

Mother: Mabel Alden

Spouse(s): Raymond Jorgensen

Children(s): Dixie Jorgensen, Ron Jorgensen, David Jorgensen

According to available records, Ruth Marie Brown was born in 1928 in Baldwin, Jackson County, Iowa, United States of America, the child of Harlan Steward Brown and Mabel Gertrude Alden. Following those early years, Ruth Marie Brown married Raymond Donald Jorgensen, and their family grew to include Dixie R. Jorgensen, Ron Jorgensen and David Jorgensen. In the later years of life, Ruth Marie Brown died in 2024 in Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa, United States of America.

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Parents

Harlan Brown
1907 – 1975
Birth Location: Brandon Township, Jackson County, Iowa
HB
Mabel Alden
1909 – 2004
Birth Location: Iron Hill, Farmers Creek, Jackson, Iowa
MA

Spouses(s)

Raymond Jorgensen
1921 – 1997
Birth Location: Jackson County, Iowa, United States of America
RJ

Children(s)

Dixie Jorgensen
1949 –
Birth Location: Iowa
DJ
Ron Jorgensen
Birth Location: –
RJ
David Jorgensen
Birth Location: –
DJ

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 31 December 1928
    Event Place: Baldwin, Jackson County, Iowa, United States of America
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, 1950 United States Federal Census, Iowa, Births and Christenings Index, 1857-1947, Iowa, U.S., Births 1880-1904, 1921-1944 and Delayed Births, 1856-1940, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1, U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2, Year: 1940; Census Place: Wyoming, Jones, Iowa; Roll: T627_1172; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 53-29, Year: 1930; Census Place: Monmouth, Jackson, Iowa; Roll: 660; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0019; Image: 343.0; FHL microfilm: 2340395, State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Title: Iowa Birth Records, 1888-1904, 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: Madison, Jon

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Monmouth, Jackson, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Monmouth, Jackson, Iowa; Roll: 660; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0019; Image: 343.0; FHL microfilm: 2340395

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Rural, Jackson, Iowa
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Wyoming, Jones, Iowa; Roll: T627_1172; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 53-29

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1 Apr 1940
    Event Place: Wyoming, Jones, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Wyoming, Jones, Iowa; Roll: T627_1172; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 53-29

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Madison, Jones, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, 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: Madison, Jon

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1987
    Event Place: Preston, IA
    Record Source: U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1993
    Event Place: Maquoketa, IA
    Record Source: U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Maquoketa, Iowa, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 16 February 2024
    Event Place: Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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