Mary Pauline Tracy ^{2 3 4}

   FamilySearch ID: L5ZC-VYM.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Otterbein, Benton, IN. ⁵ The 1900 census recorded Andrew Brown, drayman, 33, born Jul 1867, living with wife Mary, 31, Oct 1869; son Tracy, 10, Jun 1890; and son Estel, 4, Sep 1896. Andrew and Mary were married for 10 years and she had birthed 3 children by 1900, 2 alive that year. Andrew, his parents, and his sons were born in Indiana. Mary was born in Kansas, her father in Canada and mother in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1910 in Danville, Vermilion, IL. ⁶ The 1910 census recorded at 421 Green Street: Andrew J. Brown, street car motor man, 42, living with wife Mary P., 40; David E., 13; Hazel M., 9; Wilma I., 5; and Glenwood A., 3. Andrew, his parents, and his children were born in Indiana. Mary was born in Kansas, her father in Ireland and mother in Pennsylvania. Andrew and Mary were married for 19 years and she had birthed 6 children, 5 alive in 1910.

3. Census in 1920 in Detroit, Wayne, MI. ⁷ The 1920 census recorded renting at 201 Henry Street: Mary Brown, married, living with daughters Hazel Bradshaw, married, sorter in factory, 19, and Wilma, stringer in jewelry shop, 16, and son Glenwood, delivery boy, 13. Also in the home is Wilma's husband, Harold Bradshaw, rubber worker in factory, 24. Mary was born in Kansas, her father in Ireland, and mother in Pennsylvania. Her children and their father were born in Indiana. Harold and his mother were born in New York and his father in Canada.

4. Census in 1930 in Detroit, Wayne, MI. ⁸ The 1930 census recorded owning a $3800 home at 15113 Birwood Street: Mary P. Brown, widowed, 60, born in Kansas, living with son Glenwood A. Brown, single, machinist in auto factory, 23, born in Indiana. Mary's father was born in Ireland and mother in Pennsylvania. Glenwood's father was born in Indiana and his mother in Kansas.
Next door is Mary's daughter Hazel living with her husband James and her two sons.

5. Census in 1940 in Detroit, Wayne, MI. ⁹ The 1940 census recorded renting at 15389 Steel Street: Hazel M. Bradshaw, widowed, assembler in auto factory, 39, living with sons James, 19, William, 18, and Ronald, 8, and her mother Mary R. Brown, 69. Hazel was born in Indiana, her sons in Michigan, and her mother in Kansas.

Mary married Andrew J. Brown, son of David Henry Brown and Anna Beeker, on 30 Jul 1889 in Montmorenci, Tippecanoe, IN.¹ (Andrew J. Brown was born on 31 Jul 1867 in Otterbein, Benton, IN and died before 1920.)