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Descendents of George Brown (Apr 1836 - 23 Dec 1898)
and Alice Eleanor Messer (18 Feb 1841 - 25 Nov 1928)

Second Immigrant Generation
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13. Ida Isabelle Brown . Daughter of George W. Brown & Alice Eleanor Messer. Born 9 Nov 1888 in York Mills, NB . Died 14 Oct 1972 in Lincoln Nursing Home, Maine. Buried in Millinocket Cemetery, Millinocket, Maine.

 

       Newspaper obituary - 1972:

    NB Woman Dies in Maine

    McAdam -- Relatives in McAdam have received word of the death of Mrs Ida I. Burrell of Millinocket, Me., in a Lincoln Nursing Home after a lingering illness.

 

    Born at York Mills, in 1888, she was a daughter of the late George and Alice (Messer) Brown.

    She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Millinocket, the Gold Star Mothers and Loyal Lodge of Orange Ladies.   She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Donald V. Henry Post, and held life membership in the Onawa Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, and Natomah Rebekah Lodges.

 

    She is survived by three sons:   Stanley G. and Roscoe S., both of Millinocket, Donald V. of Portland; two daughters, Mrs. Donald (Nellie) Worchester, Lincoln, Mrs George (Helen) Casey, Millinocket; a brother, Stephen Brown, Surrey, BC, 11 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

 

    Funeral service was held from First Baptist Church with interment in the Millinocket Cemetery.

    She was predeceased by her husband Robert Simpson Burrell April 19, 1943 and a son Robert, killed in World War II Mar 25, 1944.

 

    She married Robert Walter "Simpson" Burrell, son of George Piercy Burrell & Isabella "Belle" Coburn, 6 Jul 1910 in York Mills. Born 17 Apr 1881 in Harvey. Died 19 Apr 1943 in Millinocket, Me.

    Witnesses to marriage were Annie Burrell and Stephen Brown.

 

    Simpson and Ida lived in Millinocket, Maine, and had six children, George Stanley, Nellie Alice, Roscoe Sterling, Donald Vincent, Robert Theodore and Helen Evelyn.

 

    They had the following children:

  49   i.   George "Stanley" Burrell

  50   ii.   Nellie Alice Burrell

  51   iii.   Roscoe Sterling "Oscar" Burrell

  52   iv.   Donald Vincent Burrell

  53   v.   Robert Theodore Burrell

  54   vi.   Helen Evelyn Burrell