Vera Brown was born the seventh child on April 17, 1901 at Colonia Juarez, one of the Mormon colonies in Mexico. Her parents, Orson Pratt Brown and Martha Romney Brown, had moved to the Mormon colonies as teenagers, met then married October 10, 1887 at Colonia Juarez.
Vera married (1) Clyde Ray Foster on April 4, 1918. Clyde was born around 1897 in Colonia Juarez. The couple had two children.
Vera married (2) Keith Alpha Ray sometime in the early 1920's. They had three children: Keith Alpha Ray, Jr., Gordon Lloyd Ray, Vera Jean Ray.
Vera married (3) Willis Lynwood Liddell 30 June 1930. Lynwood was born 15 January 1905 at Sunnyside, Carbon County, Utah. He died 16 April 1979. They had two children: Lynwood Leon Liddle b, 12-27-1931, Lionel Craig Liddell b. 3-4-1936; d. 4-5-1936.
Vera Brown died April 1975 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Gordon Lloyd Ray was born in 1922 to Vera Brown and Keith Alpha Ray (b. abt. 1897 in Colonia Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico).
Gordon died Jan. 26, 1943. |
Bertha Brown, Martha Brown, Vera Brown Liddell (dau of Mattie), Mary Brown, c.1946
Sources:
PAF - Archer files = Orson Pratt Brown + Martha Diana Romney > Vera Brown
Gaylen Brown has written an account of Vera's life.
Copyright 2001 www.OrsonPrattBrown.org
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VERA ROMNEY BROWN FOSTER LIDDELL RAY - 1901-1975
