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Note: Census Chronology: 1910: Chicago Ward 7, Cook Co, Illinois John Lemke age 59, occupation janitor at apartment building. This says they immigrated in 1893 and were still aliens. Francis age 49 with 2 children (of her 5 children only these 2 were still alive): John age 18 (assistant janitor at apmt. building), Margaret age 16. 1920 and 1930: See Clark Brown Margaret and her family came to the US from Germany and settled in Chicago. She went to Catholic school in Blue Island, IL and had her first communion in 1900. She enjoyed knitting, flowers and doll collecting. Clark W. was her first real boyfriend. She met him through writing letters. She had only seen pictures of him when he came to Chicago to meet her, wearing his only suit. He was there for 3 days, during which time they married. They then moved to Michigan, first to Three Rivers, then Wakelee, Constantine and finally back to Three Rivers where she lived for the rest of her life. Obituary. Kalamazoo Gazette Monday, December 13, 1971 Mrs. Margaret G. Brown 600 S. Hooker Ave., Three Rivers, Mich. Age 80, passed away suddenly at her home early Saturday (11 Dec 1971) morning. Mrs. Brown was born Feb. 21, 1891, in Danzig Germany, the daughter of Mr. And Mrs. John Lemke. In 1917, she was married to Clark Brown in Chicago, who died in 1970. Surviving are 2 daughters, Mrs. Russell (Anna) Gary of Vicksburg and Mrs. Charles (Catherine) Prange of Kalamazoo; 4 sons, Rev. Clark Brown of Plainwell, Arthur J. Brown of Three Rivers, Herbert Brown of Lincoln, Nebr., and Claude Brown of Portage; 17 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; one brother, John Kemke of Evergreen, Ill., one niece. Religious services will be held Tuesday 3:30 p.m. at the Halverson Chapel, Rev. Daniel Wilson, of the Assembly of God, officiating. Interment, Riverside Cemetery, Three Rivers. According to Anna May Brown: When young, Margaret had a 21-inch waist. She was a strict German, so not the touchy-feely sort, but she "loved her kids to death." She was always there for her kids and made clothes for them. Sometimes she pouted a bit, probably because Clark took money to drink and it sounds like he was not completely engaged with the family. Margaret did everything. She was probably hoping for more from her marriage. Margaret also enjoyed working in the garden and gathered the last of the fall flowers for Anna's wedding bouquet. Margaret had her hands full with the kids, especially twins. When she was pregnant for the last time with Catherine, she sent the twins (who were not quite old enough to enter school) with a woman who taught in a 1 room school house which gave her a bit of a break.
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