This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: OHaraHaworth68 Surnames: ARBOUR McCARTHY BROWN Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.arbour/324/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 20 May 1876 - Born in Perce, Quebec, Mary ARBOUR was the 9th of 10 children of fisher, farmer, and longshoreman John ARBOUR and his wife Mary McCARTHY. When she was just a little girl, Mary's family emigrated from Canada to the US, settling in Minnesota in the 1880s. Mary married there in about 1898 to a man named James BROWN, who was about 10 years her senior. The young family established their home in Duluth, MN, where they had 6 children, 3 daughters and 3 sons: Ella, Clarence, Mary, Ralph, Edmund, and Margaret. During their married life, James worked as a common laborer as well as a laborer at a furnace works. He died sometime after the 1930 Census, taken in April of that year. Mary was 80-years old when she died on her birthday in 1956. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.