1893 - 1980 (86 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Dr. Otto Richard Brown was born on 30 Jun 1893 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co, OK; died on 31 Mar 1980 in San Diego, San Diego Co, CA. Notes:
Source: Personal knowledge of his daughter-in-law, Elvira (Schwartz) Brown, birth certificate and marriage license of his son, Richard John Brown, and death certificate of his son, Frank Otto Brown.
Name:
Otto Richard...born Barth was adopted by his stepfather, Dr. Edward George Brown, taking on the Brown surname and following in his footsteps as a doctor.
Otto married Clementine F. Pokorny on 31 Jul 1916 in Cuyahoga Co, OH. Clementine (daughter of Otto John Pokorny and Marie A. Sprosty) was born on 23 Aug 1895 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH; died on 19 Jun 1977 in Lancaster, Los Angeles Co, CA. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 2. Capt. Frank Otto Brown was born in 1918 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH; died on 24 Oct 1944 in Ship-Arisan Maru, North Pacific Ocean, At Sea; was buried on 24 Oct 1944 in Lost at Sea, North Pacific Ocean.
- 3. Allen Dale Brown was born on 3 Jan 1920 in Camp Eldridge, Philippines; died on 28 Jun 2007 in San Diego, San Diego Co, CA.
- 4. Dr. Richard John Brown was born on 21 Jun 1924 in Hollywood, Los Angeles Co, CA; died on 19 Jul 1964 in Riverside, Riverside Co, CA; was buried on 22 Jul 1964 in Olivewood Memorial Park, Riverside, Riverside Co, CA.
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Generation: 2
2. | Capt. Frank Otto Brown (1.Otto1) was born in 1918 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH; died on 24 Oct 1944 in Ship-Arisan Maru, North Pacific Ocean, At Sea; was buried on 24 Oct 1944 in Lost at Sea, North Pacific Ocean. Notes:
Frank was Killed In Action with the sinking of a Japanese ship carrying American prisoners of war, sailing from Manila, Philippine Islands by submarine action on October 24, 1944.
Died:
The Arisan Maru was a Japanese freighter POW ship, one among many. It was sunk 24 October 1944 by an Allied forces torpedo. The two possible submarines which sank the Arisan Maru were the USS Shark or the USS Snook, with inadequate or conflicting information about which submarine was responsible. These two submarines were part of a wolf pack of allied submarines responsible for the many sinkings of the Japanese convoy MATA-30 heading for Takao. The USS Shark was sunk in Luzon Strait by Japanese destroyers on 24 October 1944. The last contact from the USS Snook was on 8 April 1945 in Luzon Strait. — View Ships' Information — Close Ships' InformationJapanese Freighter Arisan Maru POW ShipArisan Maru was a Japanese freighter and was one of Imperial Japan's "hell ships". The vessel, named for a mountain on Formosa, was initially used as a troop transport. The vessel was then used for the transportation of POWs from the Philippines to Manchuria, China or Japan. On October 24, 1944 the ship was torpedoed by an American submarine and sank. Of the 1,781 POWs aboard, all of them escaped the sinking ship but were not rescued by the Japanese. In the end, only nine of the prisoners survived the sinking. (click ship image to close ship information) | Allied Submarine USS Shark POW Ship On 24th October, USS Seadragon received a message from the USS Shark stating that she had made radar contact with a single freighter, and she was going in to attack. This was the last message received from the submarine. She was reported as presumed lost on 27th November. Japanese records examined after the war indicate that on 24th October 1944, in Luzon Strait, Japanese destroyer Harukaze made contact with a submerged submarine and dropped depth charges. After losing and regaining the contact, the destroyer dropped another 17 depth charges which resulted in “bubbles, heavy oil, clothes and cork” coming to the surface. |
(click ship image to close ship information)Allied Submarine USS Snook POW ShipUSS SharkThe USS Snook was lost on her 9th patrol in Luzon Strait. She was last heard of on 8th April, 1945, when she was reporting her position. (click ship image to close ship information)
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3. | Allen Dale Brown (1.Otto1) was born on 3 Jan 1920 in Camp Eldridge, Philippines; died on 28 Jun 2007 in San Diego, San Diego Co, CA. Notes:
Antoinette mentioned this uncle (2008) and gave spelling as Allen. She stated he had recently died.
Allen married Vera Ellen Mercher. Vera (daughter of John Jacob Melcher and Elizabeth Louise Schultz) was born on 27 Aug 1921 in Bakersfield, Kern Co, CA; died on 11 Sep 2011 in San Diego, San Diego Co, CA. [Group Sheet]
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4. | Dr. Richard John Brown (1.Otto1) was born on 21 Jun 1924 in Hollywood, Los Angeles Co, CA; died on 19 Jul 1964 in Riverside, Riverside Co, CA; was buried on 22 Jul 1964 in Olivewood Memorial Park, Riverside, Riverside Co, CA. Notes:
source: pers knowledge Alvira (Schwartz) Brown, birth certs & marr lic Richard & Alvira
Richard married Elvira Elizabeth Schwartz on 18 Feb 1952 in Yuma, Yuma Co, AZ. Elvira (daughter of George Anthony Schwartz, Jr. and Ida Elizabeth Biskup) was born on 16 Oct 1921 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co, MO; died on 08 Jan 2009 in Riverside, Riverside Co, CA; was buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside Co, CA. [Group Sheet]
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Generation: 3
7. | Antoinette Louise Brown (4.Richard2, 1.Otto1) was born on 5 Dec 1952 in Brawley, Imperial Co, CA; died on 15 Feb 2020 in Beaumont, Riverside Co, CA. Notes:
Buried:
"In home" memorial for family and friends, Saturday, 29 February 2020, Beaumont, California. Cremation ashes also retained by family "in home".
Antoinette married Douglas Eugene Couch (son of Rev. Wilson Wade Couch and Margaret Ann Adkins) [Group Sheet]
Antoinette married Gordon R. Hoskins on 14 Feb 1983 in Riverside, Riverside Co, CA. Gordon was born in 1939 in CA; died in in CA. [Group Sheet]
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Generation: 4
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