Saratoga Historical Foundation and the Saratoga Community Library Mary and Her Daughters—Wife and Family of Abolitionist John Brown April 15, 2011 2-4 p.m. Saratoga Community Library 13340 Saratoga Avenue 95070 Free and open to the public (It’s her 195th birthday!) • An overview--Mary Brown, her legacy of equality and cooperation Jean Libby, Project Director and local historian Visitors’ interest in Mary Brown’s gravesite Tim Zadel, Madronia Cemetery Jim Sorden, Chair, Board of Trustees, Saratoga Cemetery District Anniversary of California Women Receiving the Vote, an exhibit at the Saratoga History Museum Annette Stransky, Curator Documentation and public library access, Mary Hanel, Library liason, Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society Mary (1816-1884) is the wife of John Brown of Harpers Ferry fame. She and her daughters emigrated to California in 1864. Her daughter Ellen Brown Fablinger moved to Santa Clara County in 1879; Mary and Sarah Brown followed in 1881. Mary and Her Daughters is a legacy of equality and cooperation in Saratoga, Santa Clara, and San Jose for the period 1880-1916. The goal is to create a publicly accessible archive of local communities who interacted with the Brown Family during their residence in Santa Clara County, and a resource of documents that pertain to Mary and her family who are buried at the Madronia Cemetery. A conference about the historic communities is planned for September 25, 2012 at Hakone Gardens. KSAR 15 Community Access TV will broadcast the conference Mary Brown and Her Daughters Project Director: Jean Libby Saratoga Historical Foundation: nonprofit partner |
Mary Anne Day Brown's birthday
April 15, 1816 commemoration in Saratoga April 15, 2011
April 15, 1816 commemoration in Saratoga April 15, 2011
| photos by Robert Walker Abcom Media Productions |
Saratoga Historical Foundation
Jack Mallory Bob Himel Ron Haeglin Jim Sorden Trina Gentry Karyn Webb MaryHanell
Willys Peck SCCHGS
C. Solomon, HopPeople
Jack Mallory Bob Himel Ron Haeglin Jim Sorden Trina Gentry Karyn Webb MaryHanell
Willys Peck SCCHGS
C. Solomon, HopPeople
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Jean Libby
Project Director
Katie Alexander Richard Angus O. C. Tinsley African American Heritage Association
SHF Menlo Park Historical Association
Alice Cook Hunt, direct descendant, is
honored at her 95th birthday on March 27, 2011
in Portland, Oregon
honored at her 95th birthday on March 27, 2011
in Portland, Oregon
President of the Saratoga Historical Foundation and
Museum, Annette Stransky discusses the exhibition on
Woman's Suffrage. California granted women the right to
vote in 1911; the national amendment came in 1919..
Museum, Annette Stransky discusses the exhibition on
Woman's Suffrage. California granted women the right to
vote in 1911; the national amendment came in 1919..
Santa Clara County District 5 Supervisor Liz Kniss
Saratoga Community Library
Saratoga Community Library
Tim Zadel, Madronia Cemetery
Mary Brown's grave is the most-visited site at the Madronia Cemetery
outside of family visits. Nominated to the National Underground
Railroad Network to Freedom (National Park Service) on April 15, 2011
Mary Brown's grave is the most-visited site at the Madronia Cemetery
outside of family visits. Nominated to the National Underground
Railroad Network to Freedom (National Park Service) on April 15, 2011
| Janine Burgess, ranger at the Santa Clara County Parks |
| Mary Hanel, local history librarian at the Santa Clara City Library |
Betty and Willys Peck
Saratoga history-makers
Saratoga history-makers
| Audience examines map of Mary Brown's Cabin site in Sanborn County Park Richard Angus Menlo Park Historical Association O. C. Tinsley African American Heritage House Mary Chiao History San Jose local history author |
Saratoga Cemetery District
Board of Trustees
Dee Howard Trina Gentry
SCCGHS
Jean Libby
Board of Trustees
Dee Howard Trina Gentry
SCCGHS
Jean Libby
| Sarah Brown's charcoal photo portraits of Historical Museum. The photographer of the John Brown bearded photograph is M. M. Lawrence of New York, 1858. Photographer of Mary Brown is Isaiah Taber of San Francisco, ca. 1878. |