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   Caroline Elizabeth (Laas) Brown was
born December 5, 1910 in Toledo, Ohio as the daughter of
John
Christian and Emma (Ullrich) Laas.
On November 17, 1928, she
married William Robert Brown who was born on May 27, 1909 also in
Toledo.
They lived on Buckingham Street in
Toledo in the 1940s and on Pickle Road in Oregon, Ohio at the time
of the 1950 U.S. Census .
William died at the age of 73 on May 4, 1983 in
Phoenix, Arizona. Caroline passed away on July 18, 2010 at the age
of 99 in Perrysburg, Ohio.
The Browns had two children:
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Alton Lewis Brown
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Arlene Joyce
Leidel
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  I
don't ever recall having a discussion with Caroline at any of the
many Heiden Family Reunions that she and her husband, Bill, attended.
Bill often took films of the events. From the pictures that I have of her with her cousins in the
early days, she seemed to be a "life of the party" type of person.
She always had a smile on her face.
While compiling information for
the 1995 Heiden Family book, she sent
information and pictures to be included. We also have some of the
films that Bill took and will be converting them to
digital
form later in 2026.
Though I saw her many times at the reunions, nobody seemed
to know how she was related to us. The RootsMagic software
that I use was able to give me an answer. Turns out she is
my third cousin, once removed. My great grandmother,
Rika Heiden, and Caroline's grandmother,
Dorothea Roggelein, were
first cousins. If you have questions about how someone in
the family is related to you,
RootsMagic may be able to help you too.
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