BRAY-BROWN, Amy Belle (Waverly, NY)

AMY BRAY BROWN

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: Amy Bray Brown
PHOTO TAKEN: Miller Studio, Elmira NY, circa 1900
PURCHASED: 2017 Aug Madison-Bouckville Antiques Weeks

Amy Belle Bray (b. Aug 1873) daughter of James Bryant Bray (1840-1915) and Maria Amelia Ingley (1846-1915)

1880 Federal Census > NY > Tioga > Barton > Clark Street
BRAY, James B., 41, born in Michigan of NY parents, Printer
BRAY, Maria, 34, wife, born in NY of NY parents
BRAY, Eva L., 9, dau, born in NY, at school
BRAY, Amy B., 6, dau, born in NY, at school

1892 NY State Census > Tioga > Barton
BRAY, James B., 52, Printer
BRAY, Maria A., 45
BRAY, Eva L., 21
BRAY, Amy B., 19

Amy Belle BRAY married Fred E. BROWN 25 Sep 1895 in Waverly NY (abt 18 miles southeast of Elmira).

1900 Federal Census > NY > Tioga > Waverly > Fulton Street
BRAY, James B., head, Jun 1840, 59, no occupation
BRAY, Maria A., wife, May 1846, 54, no occupation
BROWN, Amy B., dau, Aug 1873, 26, no occupation
BROWN, Fred E., son-in-lay, Sep 1873, 26, born in NY, bicycle repair

1910 Census show no real change. The family unit is identical and still living on Fulton Ave in Barton. Fred's occupation now read "Sporting Goods".

Amy died in 1954 in Waverly, and is buried in the Glenwood Cemetery in that town, next to her husband who died in 1933. There are no descendants mentioned among her survivors.

Elmira Advertiser, 16 Feb 1954