Résumé

Chauffeur, Automobile Company, San Francisco, CA, 1910. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 35, San Francisco, California; Roll: T624_98; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0133; FHL microfilm: 1374111, accessed 07/22/2022.)

Inspector, City and County of San Francisco, Streets and Sewers, San Francisco, CA, 1913. He was listed as a qualified Inspector of Streets and Sewers in San Francisco, CA, in 1913. (See "Civil Service Lists Announced by Commission," Municipal Record, vol. VI, no. 28, 07/10/1913, p. 219.)

Marine Engineer, W.R. Grace Company, San Francisco, CA, 09/1918. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Napa County Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 07/13/2022.)

Inspector, San Francisco Bureau of Public Works, 1920. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1920, p. 422.)

Civil Engineer, US Bureau of Public Roads, Grass Valley, NV, 1930. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Grass Valley, Nevada, California; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 2339913, accessed 07/12/2022.)

Commander, US Coast Guard, Alameda, CA, 1942-1946. He enlisted in the US Coast Guard on 03/12/1942 and served in that branch until 09/25/1946, according to his US national cemetery interment control form. This form also indicated that he had served in the US Coast Guard Reserve.

Civil Engineer, US Bureau of Public Roads, Vacaville, CA, c. 1950. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Vacaville, Solano, California; Roll: 611; Sheet Number: 38; Enumeration District: 48-47, accessed 07/12/2022.)

Relocation

Born in CA, Ambrose B. Brown resided with his family in various locations in San Francisco during his childhood. His parents, John A. and Amelia E. Brown, made their home at 313 6th Street in 1887 and lived at 221 Sanchez Street by 1896. (See Langley's San Francisco Directory, for the Year Commencing May 1887, p. 267 and Crocker-Langley Directory San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1996, p. 324. The 1900 US Census also listed them residing at 221 Sanchez. See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 103; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0123; FHL microfilm: 1240103, accessed 08/04/2022.) They dwelled at 296 Shipley Street between 1898 and 1900. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Registers, 1898; Collection Number: 4-2A; CSL Roll Number: 107; FHL Roll Number: 977266, accessed 08/04/2022 and Crocker-Langley Directory San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1900, p. 330.) At the time of his father's premature death in 1903, the family lived at 726 14th Street in San Francisco. The obituary clipping on the Find a Grave.com website listed an erroneous date of death of 10/26/1906. According to San Francisco (See Find a Grave.com, "John A. Brown," accessed 08/04/2022 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images, accessed 08/04/2022. According to the Mortuary Record of the City and County of San Francisco, John A. Brown died on 10/28/1903. See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images, accessed 08/04/2022.)

He and his wife lived at 3605 73rd Street in San Francisco according to the 1910 US Census. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 35, San Francisco, California; Roll: T624_98; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0133; FHL microfilm: 1374111, accessed 07/22/2022.) San Francisco voter records for 1910 listed his address as being 2166 Market Street, and his occupation as "engineer." (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1910, accessed 07/12/2022.)

On 09/07/1918, the Browns lived at 215 G Street in Napa, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Napa County Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 07/13/2022.)

Brown resided at 726 14th Street, Unit #B, in San Francisco, CA, in 1920. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1920, p. 422.)

The Brown Family lived in the Sierra Apartments on South Church Street in Grass Valley, NV, in 1930. They paid $40 per month in rent. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Grass Valley, Nevada, California; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 2339913, accessed 07/12/2022.)

On 09/30/1942, Ambrose and Lavere lived at 1717 High Street in Alameda, CA.

They moved to Vacaville, CA, Route #1, Box 177, by 04/1950, where Ambrose lived until his death.

He was buried at the Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, CA.

Parents

His father was John Ambrose Brown (born 07/11/1861 in San Francisco, CA-d. 10/26 or 28/1903 in San Francisco, CA), who worked as a clerk in at least two organizations in the city. He worked as a clerk for J.J. O'Brien and Company, a dry goods merchant, in 1896. (See Crocker-Langley Directory San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1996, p. 324.) in 1900, John worked as a secretary for the San Francisco Board of Health. (See Crocker-Langley Directory San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1900, p. 330 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 103; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0123; FHL microfilm: 1240103, accessed 08/04/2022.)

His mother was Amelia Emilia Beauchamp (born c. 02/1865 in Canada), who had been born in Canada of English parents. The 1900 US Census listed her to have immigrated to the US from Canada in 1874. She had had four children by 1900, three of whom were alive in that year.

In 1900, Ambrose was the eldest of three sons. His siblings included John Brown (born c. 10/1887 in CA) and Robert Southey Brown (born 05/18/1893 in San Francisco, CA-d. 10/17/1978 in Marin County, CA). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 103; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0123; FHL microfilm: 1240103, accessed 08/04/2022.)

Spouse

He wed Lavere (or "La Vere") Leon Buettner (born 11/09/1891 in KS-d. 04/20/1972 in Butte County, CA), on 10/29/1909 in Alameda County, CA. According to the 1910 US Census, her mother, Hattie Buettner (born c. 03/1871) was from KS, her father from MO. Her parents divorced before Lavere was one year old. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado; Roll: 124; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 0029; FHL microfilm: 1240124, accessed 07/12/2022 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 35, San Francisco, California; Roll: T624_98; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0133; FHL microfilm: 1374111, accessed 07/22/2022.)

Early in life, she went by the name "Vera."

Children

They had two sons, Clarence Ambrose Brown (born 07/31/1911 in San Francisco, CA) and George B. Brown (born c. 1914 in CA)

On 09/30/1942, Clarence lived in Port Orford, OR. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Oregon, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 13, accessed 07/12/2022.)

Biographical Notes

His World War I draft registration card of 09/07/1918 described Brown as Caucasian with blue eyes and light brown hair. It described him as "tall" but did not specify his build type. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Napa County Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 07/13/2022.)