On 1 June 1880 Mary was 10 months old and lived with her parents in Shakopee, Minnesota.1522On 1 January 1920 Mary Brown, 38, born in Minnesota works as a milliner and lives with her husband, J. Joseph Brown, 42, at an apartment at 98 Central Terrace in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Her father was born in Illinois and mother in Ohio. Living with them are Katherine, 17, and George, 16, both born in Minnesota, and Mary’s brother and sister, Edward DeMers and Julia DeMers.1520

On 1 January 1920 J. Joseph Brown was a 42 year old railroad clerk born in Ireland. Both of his parents had been born in Ireland. He lived in an apartment at 98 Central Terrace, Saint Paul, Minnesota with Mary, 38, Katherine, 17, George, 16 and Mary’s brother and sister, Edward, 27 and Julia, 21. Joseph had emigrated in 1885 and become a naturalized citizen in 1888.1520