Joseph Leon Brown^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1863 - 1944  (81 years)

• Name	Joseph Leon Brown  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	15 Jan 1863	Russia   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	15 Jan 1873	Russia   [1]
  Arrival	1883  [5]
  Arrival	1886  [4]
  Name	Joseph E Brownstein  [3]
  Residence	Seattle, Washington   [1]
  Residence	1897	Norfolk, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Residence	1900	El Paso Ward 2, El Paso, Texas, USA   [5]
  Residence	1917	Yakima, Washington, USA   [3]
  Residence	1920	Yakima, Yakima, Washington, USA   [4]
  Residence	1925	Seattle, Washington, USA   [3]
  UID	E3EE6320CD204444AD959914AB64CB0C9E23
  Death	15 Feb 1944	Yakima, Washington
  Person ID	I122271727863	Martin Rind Tree
  Last Modified	31 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Samuel Brownstein,   b. 1835, Russia d. bef. 1900 (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Sarah Brownstein,   b. Feb 1839, Russia d. 16 Oct 1904, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F2146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Julia Goldstein,   b. Mar 1875, Hungary d. 16 Jan 1930, Manhattan State Hospital, New York City, New York, USA (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1894  [5, 6]
  Children	1. Sarah Brown,   b. 27 Oct 1897, Mexico City, Mexico d. 7 Feb 1938, Auburn, New York, USA (Age 40 years)   2. Martin Brown,   b. 25 Jun 1899, El Paso, Texas d. 9 Jul 1973, Yakima, Yakima, Washington, USA (Age 74 years)   3. Minnie Brown,   b. 22 Dec 1900, El Paso, Texas d. 11 May 1983, Seattle, Washington (Age 82 years)   4. Samuel Brown,   b. 23 Oct 1902, El Paso, Texas d. 21 Sep 1965, Yakima, Washington (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F1550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph Brown was a Russian Jew, according to Felix Stastny (1975 interview, part B, circa 21:00). Charles Stastny met him in Yakima, and later he moved to Seattle. Joseph Brown, born in Russia abt 1860: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/29766378:7884?tid=&pid=&queryId=ab3751c68467d5ef573c7953c4e8bbd2&_phsrc=UNz9&_phstart=successSource This page records the death of Joseph L. Brown at age 78 in Seattle, but gives no date; if this is the same one, this would have been circa 1918: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6716&h=3883733&tid=&pid=&queryId=ab3751c68467d5ef573c7953c4e8bbd2&usePUB=true&_phsrc=UNz10&_phstart=successSource

  
  

• Sources

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