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Helen E Brown
Born about 1910; death not recorded
Helen Brown was born about 1910 and married Howard Graham Jones. The censuses of 1940 and 1950 both find her at Great Neck on Long Island with him and their three children; in 1940 she was thirty. **The census enters her as Helen B. Jones** — the B almost certainly her own surname carried as a middle initial, which is the only reason Brown is recorded at all. She is Gina Cacace's great-grandmother.
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Helen Brown was born about 1910 and married Howard Graham Jones. The censuses of 1940 and 1950 both find her at Great Neck on Long Island with him and their three children; in 1940 she was thirty. **The census enters her as Helen B. Jones** — the B almost certainly her own surname carried as a middle initial, which is the only reason Brown is recorded at all. She is Gina Cacace's great-grandmother.
Recorded as: Helen B. Jones, Jones
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s spouse's great-grandparent (by marriage)
Gina D. Cacace’s great-grandparent
Abigail Ann Leahey’s great-great-grandparent
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s no single word covers it — connected through Andrew John Leahey, who is a child
Kevin Leahey’s no single word covers it — connected through Andrew John Leahey, who is a child
Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.
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- New York
- Great Neck, Nassau County, New York
- United States
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Born
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In the 1940 census
Recorded at Great Neck in 1940 as “Helen B Jones,” wife, aged 30, with her husband Howard and their three children.
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In the 1950 census
Recorded at Great Neck on 10 April 1950, aged 40 and born in New York — agreeing with her age of 30 in 1940 and confirming a birth about 1910.
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What the records say
2 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
Howard G. Jones household, 1940 United States census, Great Neck
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Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Great Neck, North Hempstead Town, Nassau County, ED 30-217, sheet 2A, line 13. Howard G Jones, head, 35, born New York; resident in the same place in 1935. Helen B Jones, wife, 30. George David Jones, son, 2. Two further children were enumerated and are not named here, being recorded in this archive as possibly living. Also in the household: Anne Bart, 21. The enumeration district is described as "Great Neck Village bounded by (N) village limits; (E) Middle Neck Rd; (S) Beach Rd; (W) village limits; also Great Neck Preparatory School".
Record exhibit
Howard Jones household, 1950 United States census, Great Neck
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Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Great Neck, North Hempstead, Nassau County, enumerated 10 April 1950. Howard Jones, born about 1905 in New York, with his wife Helen and three children.
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What we still don't know
- Her birth, her parents and her death are all unrecorded. Her middle initial B on the 1940 census is the archive's only independent trace of the Brown surname.
- [NOTE] Her id in this archive is `helen-e-brown-1930`, which carries both a middle initial E and a year 1930 that no record supports — the 1940 census gives 30 as her **age**, implying a birth about 1910, and gives her initial as **B**. The id is left alone because ids are referenced elsewhere, but neither the E nor the 1930 should be trusted.