Résumé

Employee, American Jewish Committee, Los Angeles, CA.

Principal, Buff Brazy Given, Designer, Los Angeles, CA.

High School / College

Graduate, South Side High School, Fort Wayne, IN, c. 1944.

Relocation

Rose-Etha "Buff" Brazy was born in Chicago, IL, to Dorothy and Nicholas Brazy. Rose-Etha's father worked as a furrier. Her family resided in South Bend, IN, by 1935 and in Fort Wayne, IN, according to the 1940 US Census. The Brazys resided at 2427 Fairfield Avenue in Fort Wayne in 1940. The household included her parents, her stepbrother and his wife Doris (born c. 1919 in IN) and brother Jack, and maternal grandmother Sophie Bernstein Miloslowsky (born c. 1875 in Sweden). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01118; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 94-110, accessed 10/02/2023.)

She lived with her first husband Milton Gotlib and their children Steven and Jillian at 5927 Broadway in Indianapolis, IN, in 1950. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; Roll: 2882; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 98-673, accessed 10/02/2023.)

By 1955, Rose-Etha and her family had a permanent residence at 1634 Benedict Canyon Drive, Beverly Hills, CA. By 07/1955, she traveled to Europe to spend two years living abroad with her family. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels and Airplanes Departing from New York, New York, 07/01/1948-12/31/1956; NAI Number: 3335533; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A4169; NARA Roll Number: 330, accessed 10/02/2023.) She continued residing at this address in 1962. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1962, accessed 10/02/2023.)

Later in life, she earned a Master of Architecture degree at UCLA, and operated her own design firm in Los Angeles, CA.

She passed away in Los Angeles on 07/05/2023.

Parents

Her mother was Dorothy Miloslowsky (born 04/25/1898 in Des Moines, IA-d. 03/22/1960 in Los Angeles, CA), her father Nicholas Matthew Brazy (born 1895-d. 1977 in CA). Their families were Jewish immigrants from Europe.

Dorothy first married Isadore Bernstein on 04/17/1917 in Polk County, IA (likely Des Moines), and had a son Robert Leonard H. Brazy (born 09/13/1917-d. 11/29/1957 in Palm Springs, CA). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Iowa Department of Public Health; Des Moines, Iowa; Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922; Record Type: Marriage, accessed 10/02/2023 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 25, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_341; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 1437, accessed 10/02/2023.)

Dorothy remarried Nicholas Brazy by c. 1921.

Robert Brazy worked in the family fur business in Fort Wayne, IN, in 1940. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01118; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 94-110, accessed 10/02/2023.)

In 1950, Nicholas and Dorothy lived back in South Bend, at 423 Marion Street. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana; Roll: 2725; Page: 77; Enumeration District: 99-27, accessed 10/02/2023.)

Spouse

Rose-Etha Brazy married twice. Her first marriage with Dr. Milton Harold Gotlib (born 08/16/1920 in New Bedford, MA-d. 07/04/1998 in Los Angeles, CA), an obstetrician, occurred on 11/22/1944 in Fort Wayne, IN. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, accessed 10/02/2023.) They divorced in 03/1968. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007, accessed 10/02/2023.)

She later wed Bertram Francis Given (born 07/05/1917 in El Paso, TX-d. 07/07/2005 in Jackson County, OR). In 10/1940, Given lived at 414 South Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills, before relocating to 10501 Eastborne Court in Los Angeles. His father resided at 518 North Arden Drive in Beverly Hills, and owned the Given Machinery Company at 2020 Santa Fe Avenue in Los Angeles. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 663, accessed 10/02/2023.)

Given had been married at least twice before Rose-Etha. He married Naomi Yesner Grossman (born 06/19/1917 in Evanston, IL) on 08/22/1939. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images. Source Information: California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017, accessed 10/02/2023.) He wed Kayla Bachrach (born 11/17/1923 in PA-d. 04/02/1987 in Los Angeles, CA) on 12/28/1975 in Los Angeles, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1960-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007, accessed 10/02/2023.)

Rose-Etha Brazy Given had two brothers, Robert Brazy and Jacques Wolf Brazy (born 01/05/1922 in IL).

Children

She had three children: Steven L. Gotlib (born c. 1946 in IN), Jillian S. Gotlib (born c. 1948 in IN) and Robin Brazy.

Biographical Notes

She flew aboard an American Airlines flight from El Paso, TX, to Monterrey, Mexico, on 12/19/1943. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Manifests of American Airlines Passengers and Crew Arriving and Departing From El Paso, Texas; ARC Number: A3935; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85, accessed 10/02/2023.)

She traveled with her two children Steven and Jill aboard the USNS General Maurice Rose departing from New York, NY, to Southampton, England, on 07/30/1955. They were to spend two years abroad, possibly joining her husband who may have been in the service of the US Navy or another government agency. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels and Airplanes Departing from New York, New York, 07/01/1948-12/31/1956; NAI Number: 3335533; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A4169; NARA Roll Number: 330, accessed 10/02/2023.)

Rose-Etha was a registered Republican voter in 1962. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1962, accessed 10/02/2023.)