Saturday, July 2, 2016

Hedvig Elizabeth Garff Brown

Hedvig Elizabeth Garff Brown (1877 – 1962) 
Married to Ernest Porter Brown, whose death at age 34 in 1909 left Hedvig to raise their children alone. Their children were Vendla, Carl Ernest, Max Porter and Virginia. Ernest was a native of the Ogden area and they are buried there in Ogden City Cemetery, beside daughter Vendla (1903 – 1966). Prior to his passing he was recorder for Ogden City. Hedvig maintained a Boarding House in Salt Lake City.
Hedvig passed away in 1962 in Kearn County, California where she had lived with or near son Max P. Brown, a long time Funeral Home owner in Taft, California.

Carl E. Brown (1905 – 1965) passed away in Chicago, Illinois; Max P. Brown (1908 – 1991) passed away in Provo, Utah; Virginia Brown Allen (1909 – 1950) died in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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