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Margaret Brown

1867 to 1932 4 documented presences 4 places

Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Margaret Brown across 4 places, from 1867 to 1912. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Margaret Brown (née Tobin; July 18, 1867 – October 26, 1932), posthumously known as the "Unsinkable Molly Brown", was an American socialite and philanthropist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Margaret Brown was documented, and when

18 July 1867exact date
Hannibal, Missouriattested “Margaret Tobin was born on July 18, 1867, near the Mississippi River in Hannibal, Missouri, on Denkler's Alley.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Brown
18 July 1867exact date
Mississippi Riverattested “Margaret Tobin was born on July 18, 1867, near the Mississippi River in Hannibal, Missouri, on Denkler's Alley.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Brown
1912year
Denverattested “Brown spent the first months of 1912 in Paris, visiting her daughter and as part of the John Jacob Astor IV party, until she received word from Denver that her eldest grandchild, Lawrence Palmer Brown Jr., was ill.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Brown
1912year
Parisattested “Brown spent the first months of 1912 in Paris, visiting her daughter and as part of the John Jacob Astor IV party, until she received word from Denver that her eldest grandchild, Lawrence Palmer Brown Jr., was ill.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Brown

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Places Margaret Brown is documented in

Denver1 presence · 1912Paris1 presence · 1912
Hannibal, Missouri1 presence · 1867
Mississippi River1 presence · 1867

Other places tied to Margaret Brown in the record

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1 September 1886exact date
Leadvillementioned “married in Leadville Annunciation Church on September 1, 1886.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Brown
1894year
Denvermentioned “In 1894, the Browns bought a Victorian mansion, now known as the Molly Brown House, in Denver for US$30,000 ().” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Brown
1897year
Bear Creek (Colorado)mentioned “In 1897, they built a summer house, Avoca Lodge, in Southwest Denver near Bear Creek, which gave the family more social opportunities.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Brown
1914year
Newport, Rhode Islandmentioned “Also in 1914, she contributed to miners and their families after the 1914 Ludlow Massacre and she helped organize the International Women's Rights conference that year, which was held in Newport, Rhode Island.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Brown
26 October 1932exact date
New York Citymentioned “on October 26, 1932, at age 65, in New York City's Barbizon Hotel.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Brown
26 October 1932exact date
New Yorkmentioned “on October 26, 1932, at age 65, in New York City's Barbizon Hotel.” source: Wikipedia: Margaret Brown

Documented at the same place, the same year

Piet MondrianParis · 1912Albert SchweitzerParis · 1912Henri PoincaréParis · 1912Grigory ZinovievParis · 1912El LissitzkyParis · 1912Andrés SegoviaParis · 1912Alejo CarpentierParis · 1912Prince George of Greece and DenmarkParis · 1912Giuseppe UngarettiParis · 1912

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