Cora Brown

Cora Brown

• Father: Andrew Brown b. circa 1840, d. 1 June 1884
• Mother: Elsie (?) b. circa 1844, d. between 1880 and 1884

• Cora Brown was born in December 1871 in Pennsylvania.
• She married William Allebach, son of Caleb William Allebach and Charilla H. Dunkle, on 19 November 1896 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
• William Allebach and Cora Brown appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Allegheny City, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, at 1102 Franklin street. Other members of the household included Thaddeus Edward Allebach and Robert William Allebach.
• William Allebach and Cora Brown appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Ambridge, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, at 134 Maplewood Avenue. Other members of the household included Thaddeus Edward Allebach, Robert William Allebach, Caleb Frederick Allebach, Lewis Albert Allebach and Helen Lavinia Allebach.
• William Allebach registered for the draft while living with his wife Cora at 106 Beaver Road in Edgworth, and self-employed there as a grocer.
• William Allebach and Cora Brown appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Los Angeles, California, at 529 California Street. Other members of the household included Robert William Allebach, Caleb Frederick Allebach and Helen Lavinia Allebach.
• The following appeared on 6 December 1924 in The Pittsburgh Press: Mrs. W. Allebach, of Beaver rd., Edgeworth, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Helen Allebach, left for Florida this week, where she has leased the home of Mrs. L. H. Strong in Miami for the winter months.
• William Allebach and Cora Brown appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Edgeworth, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, at 221 Beaver Road. Other members of the household included Caleb Frederick Allebach and Helen Lavinia Allebach.
• William Allebach and Cora Brown appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Edgeworth, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, at 221 Beaver Road. Other members of the household included Caleb Frederick Allebach and Helen Lavinia Allebach. In 1935, daughter Helen Moore was living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• Cora Brown died on 2 October 1948 at age 76 in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida.
• Her husband William Allebach became a widower at her death.
• She was interred at Memorial Park Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida.
• The following appeared on 3 October 1948 in The Pittsburgh Press: Mrs. Cora Brown Allebach, formerly of 221 Beaver Rd., Edgeworth, died Saturday in St. Petersburg, Fla., where she had lived with her daughter for the past three years. She was 77.
       Mrs. Allebach is survived by her husband, William Allebach; one daughter, Mrs. Helen Guarneau, St. Petersburg; three sons, R. W. Allebach, Pittsburgh; F. C. Allebach, St. Petersburg and T. E. Allebach, Beaver; two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Montgomery, Pittsburgh, and Mrs. J. Frank Mills, Fredonia, N. Y; 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
       Funeral services and burial will be in St. Petersburg.
• The following appeared on 4 October 1948 in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Mrs. Cora Allebach, 77, a former resident of Pittsburgh, died Saturday in St. Petersburg, Fla. She was the wife of William Allebach and daughter [sic] of Helen Guarneau, of St. Petersburg. Also surviving are three sons, R. W. Allebach, of Pittsburgh; T. E. Allebach, of Beaver, and F. C. Allebach, of St. Petersburg; two daughters [sic], Mrs. Jennie Montgomery, of Pittsburgh, and Mrs. J. Frank Mills of Fredonia, N. Y. Funeral services and burial will be in St. Petersburg.

• Last Edited: 11 Jul 2017