Brown Family Tree - Person Sheet
Brown Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameCecelia Dolorus Garvey , F
Birth Date31 May 1897
Birth PlaceAnita, Jefferson, PA
Death Date14 Feb 1996 Age: 98
Death PlaceErie, PA
FatherJames J. Garvey , M (~1848-1899)
MotherMary Jane Gardner (Gardiner) , F (1860-1943)
Spouses
1Henry James Matthews , GG Uncle, M
Birth Date10 May 1886
Birth PlacePittsburgh, PA
Death Date6 May 1943 Age: 56
Death PlacePhilipsburg, PA
Burial PlaceBrandy Camp, Elk County, Pennsylvania
OccupationBookkeeper, Shawmut Mining Company
EducationShawmut School, Lock Haven Normal School
Military ServiceBoxer Rebellion, Shanghai, China, U.S. Marines, 1900. Served two enlistments. Purple Heart, Distinguished Service Cross.
ChildrenJohn W. (Jack) , M (1921-1987)
 Dorothy Margaret (Dottie) , F (1921-1982)
 Francis , M (1923-1943)
Birth Date4 Jul 1877
Birth PlaceJefferson County, PA
Death Date21 Aug 1957 Age: 80
Death PlaceErie, PA
Notes for Henry James (Spouse 1)
Boxer Rebellion, Shanghai, China, U.S. Marines, 1900. Served two enlistments. Purple Heart, Distinguished Service Cross.

The Boxer RebellionBoxer Uprising, was a violent anti-foreignanti-Christian, and anti-imperialist uprising in China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by the Militia United in Righteousness, known in English as Boxers because many of their members had practiced Chinese martial arts, referred to at the time as Chinese Boxing.
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