----- Original Message ----- From: "JAMES O BRASHER" <jims505@msn.com> To: "mo-stlouis-metro-l rootsweb" <mo-stlouis-metro-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 12:52 PM Subject: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] More Info > My word, my friends on the list sure get rowdy with me sometimes when > I leave something undone. So here is the info I am searching for. > > > > Betty Mae Brown was the daughter of Septimus Brown and was born July > 6, 1899 in Ellsinore, MO in Carter County. She married Ralph Waldo > Brasher Sr in Cape Girardeau, MO, March 30, 1915 and became Betty Mae > Brown Brasher. The happy couple would have two children; Ralph Jr in > 1916 and Nolda May in 1918. By 1919 the happy couple was no longer > happy and was divorced by the 1920 census. > > > > Sometime in the mid to late 1920s Betty would place her two children > in homes for wayward children in Independence, MO. The two children > were approximately 6 and 8 years old when this took place and I can't > even guess how wayward a six and eight year child can be. They would > remain there until 1933. > > > > Knowing her great beauty could not be concealed from the world for any > great length of time, she headed for Hollywood where she would > re-marry sometime in the 20s, 30s or 40s. (I suspect the 30s) The > mystery man had a last name; "Stevenson," according to Betty Mae's > death certificate of 1953, from Juneau, Alaska. No one in the family > knows what his first name was. > > > > I know she appeared in a movie but have not one shred of evidence what > the name was or what name she used; it could have been: > > Betty Mae Brown > > Mae or May Brown > > Betty Brasher > > Mae or May Brasher > > Betty Stephenson > > Betty Stevens > > > > Or any combination of the above names, but I suspect Brown. I have > pictures of this grandmother, who I have always thought of as "the > wicked witch of the north." I must admit she was a pretty good looking > woman though. Most will remember my search for Septimus Brown's second > family and my brick wall. As a refresher you can find that story at > the below address. The found family was Betty Mae's sisters and > brothers. > > > > http://www.ancestrymagazine.com/2007/03/found/she-had-me-at-junkyard/<http://www.ancestrymagazine.com/2007/03/found/she-had-me-at-junkyard/> > > > > The story was very well written by Megan Smolenyak, a professional > genealogist for Ancestry Dot Com Magazine. There you have it, my > father's mother and another closet full of skeletons.----Jim > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MO-STLOUIS-METRO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >