Person Sheet

Name Grace H. BAY  Birth 28 Jun 1874, Porter County, Indiana163 Death 4 May 1952, Hinsdale, DuPage County, Illinois164 Age: 77 Burial Janes Cemetery, Union Township, Porter County, Indiana165 Father Cyrus Abraham BAY (1827-1900) Mother Lucinda FRAME (1833-1894)

Spouses

1 Charles Herbert BROWN  Birth 19 Nov 1869, Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana166 Death 20 Nov 1930, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois166 Age: 61 Burial 22 Nov 1930, Janes Cemetery, Union Township, Porter County, Indiana166,165

Notes for Grace H. BAY

Family Remembrance:167 "Grace was affectionately known by us all as 'Muddy' which is a deriviation of 'mother'. I also knew Chas. H. Brown Jr. He was married three times and was noted for developing the perfume industry in Hawaii — Brownie Perfumes now known as Royal Hawaiian Perfumes." 1880 U.S. Census:168 Grace enumerated in the household of her father Cyrus Bay in Wheeler, Union Township, Porter County, Indiana as Gracie, female, age 6 on June 1, 1880, white, daughter, single, at home, born in Indiana, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Ohio. 1920 U.S. Census:169 Grace enumerated in the household of her husband Charles H. Brown in the 7th Ward, City of Chicago, Illinois as a wife, white, female, 45, married, can read and write, born in Indiana, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Indiana, can speak English, no occupation 1950 Death of sister Lucy:170 Mrs. Grace Brown mentioned among survivors in obituary of sister Lucy Elizabeth Bay Phillips. 1952 Obituary:164 Mrs. Grace Brown Dies in Illinois. Mrs. Grace H. Brown, 77, former Wheeler and Valparaiso resident, died Sunday morning in the Lowe Foundation home near Hinsdale, Illinois. The decedent was born in Wheeler and had lived in Valparaiso for 14 years. Survivors are a son, Charles, of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands; one daughter, Mrs. Florence Smith, of Wheeler; five grandchidlren and nine great grandchildren. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Pflughoeft Funeral Home in Hobart, with Mrs. Evelyn King, reader of the First Church of Christ, Hobart, officiating. Burial will be in the Janes Cemetery, Wheeler. 1952 Tombstone:165 Janes Cemetery, Union Township, Porter County, Indiana. Grace H. Brown 1874-1952 Descendants:167 Florence Brown Smith (John I.) Charles H. Brown, Jr.