Erla Estelle Brown

1876 - 1939  (63 years)

• Name	Erla Estelle Brown
  Born	07 Feb 1876	Butler County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Female
  Died	24 Apr 1939	Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma
  Buried	Dewey Cemetery, Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma
  Notes	Erla Estelle Brown was a dress maker before she married. Erla Estelle Brown Shira was a very strict, but loving mother.
  Person ID	I1191	The Family Tree
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	Henderson James "Henry" Brown,   b. 28 Feb 1843, Mercer Township, Butler, Pennsylvania ,   d. 9 Dec 1913, Grove City, Mercer, Pennsylvania  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth "Lizzie" Williamson,   b. 27 Mar 1855, Butler County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 30 Nov 1927, Pittsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania  (Age 72 years)
  Married	2 Sep 1873	Harrisville, Butler, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F909	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Thomas Plummer Shira,   b. 5 Aug 1874, Butler County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 04 Dec 1939, Barksdale Air Force Base, Lafayette County, Louisiana  (Age 65 years)
  Married	13 Jul 1898	Harrisville, Butler, Pennsylvania
  	Married at the home of Erla Estelle Brown's parents, Henry James and Elizabeth Williamson Brown.
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Franklin "Frank" Shira,   b. 18 Mar 1899, Karns City, Butler, Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Aug 1933, Pawhuska, Osage, Oklahoma  (Age 34 years) + 2. Donald Brown Shira,   b. 15 Oct 1901, Karns City, Butler, Pennsylvania ,   d. 5 Nov 1985, Artesia, Eddy, New Mexico  (Age 84 years) + 3. Elizabeth Jean Shira,   b. 8 Nov 1908, Grove City, Butler, Pennsylvania ,   d. 8 Nov 1992, Kimberling City, Stone, Missouri  (Age 84 years) + 4. Gen. Robert Bruce "Bob" Shira,   b. 02 Dec 1910, Pennsylvania ,   d. 22 Nov 2002, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2009
  Family ID	F453	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Erla Estelle Brown Shira 1
  		Erla Estelle Brown Shira 2
  		Back, Left to Right: Thomas Plummer Shira, Erla Estelle Brown Shira, Ethel Leola Brown Sutton, Unknown Marked Out, and Angeline Brown Kelly. Front, Left to Right: Samuel Franklin Shira, Elizabeth Jean Shira, and Donald Brown Shira.
  		Shira Family: Left to Right; Erla Estelle Brown Shira, Thomas Plummer Shira, Samuel Franklin Shira, and Donald Brown Shira
  		Erla Estelle Brown Shira holding Elizabeth Jean Shira
  		Shira Group Back: Thomas Plummer Shira, Calvin Curtis Shira, Erla Estelle Brown Shira holding Donald Brown Shira, Unknown, Margaret (Madge) Shira McMichael holding son Kenneth; Front, Samuel Shira and Ruth Elizabeth Steintorf Shira. Please contact the site manager at ssmims63@msn.com if you can identify any of the unknown people.
  		Elizabeth Jean Shira, Erla Estelle Brown Shira, Samuel Franklin Shira, Robert Bruce Shira (on his father's knee), Donald Brown Shira, and Thomas Plummer Shira
  		Maude Catherine Wise Shirey, Unknown friend, Erla Estelle Brown Shira, and friend Margaret Dyson Please contact the site manager at ssmims63@msn.com if you can identify any of the unknown people.
  		Brown Family Gathering Erla Estelle Brown Shira, 2nd row from back, on the far right side (wearing a dark dress)
  		Presbyterian Church Thomas Plummer Shira and Erla Estelle Brown Shira helped to build; Meridian, PA
  		Erla Estelle Brown Shira, Back row 4th from the left; Elizabeth Jean Shira Shirey, Front row, 5th from the left
  		Shira Family on the porch in PA Left to Rigth: Donald Brown Shira, Elizabeth Jean Shira, Erla Estelle Brown Shira, Robert Bruce Shira, Thomas Plummer Shira, and Samuel Franklin Shira
  		Erla Estelle Brown Shira holding first grandchild, Dorothy Elizabeth Shira
  		Dewey Methodist Church Group -2 Erla Estelle Brown Shira is on the back row, far right side, Elizabeth Jean Shira and Robert Bruce Shira are on the front row, far right side
  		Family Gathering in the city Front Row, Left to Right: Kenneth Shira McMichael, Anna Elizabeth "Annie" Shira Bell, and William David Shira. Second Row, Left to Right: Thomas Plummer Shira, Calvin Curtis Shira, Margaret (Madge) A. Shira McMichael, Erla Estelle Brown Shira, Unknown, and John Horace Glenn. Third Row, Left to Right: Unknown, Unknown, Elizabeth Williamson Brown, and Unknown.
  		Shira Family Front Row, Left to Right: William David Shira; Robert Bruce Shira, Agnes E. Shira, Elizabeth Jean Shira and Erla Estelle Brown Shira. Second Row, Left to Right: Edwin Edward Bell, Margaret (Madge) A. Shira McMichael, Kenneth Shira McMichael, Unknown, Fannie Campbell Shira, and Elizabeth Ruth Steintorf. Third Row, Left to Right: Unknown, Unknown, and Anna Elizabeth "Annie" Shira Bell. Person standing on the far Left: John Everett Brown.
  		Dewey Church Group Seated far right, back row, is Erla Estelle Brown Shira
  		Maude Catherine Wise Shirey and Erla Estelle Brown Shira sitting on the cots, Others Unknown Please contact the site manager at ssmims63@msn.com if you can identify any of the unknown people.
  		Shira Family, in Dewey: Left to Right: Elizabeth Jean Shira, Donald Brown Shira, Thomas Plummer Shira, Samuel Franklin Shira, Erla Estelle Brown Shira, and Robert Bruce Shira
  		Elizabeth Jean Shira and Erla Estelle Brown Shira
  		Shira sisters visiting sister, Erla Estelle Brown Shira in Dewey, Washington Oklahoma. Margaret (Madge) Shira McMichael, Erla Estelle Brown Shira, and Eleanor Elizabeth Shira Caldwell.
  		Left to Right: Elizabeth Jean Shira, Mary Ruth Caldwell, and Erla Estelle Brown Shira
  		Left to Right: Erla Estelle Brown Shira, Thomas Plummer Shira, Robert Bruce "Bob" Shira, and Elizabeth Jean Shira.
  		Elizabeth Jean Shira, Erla Estelle Brown Shira, Eleanor Elizabeth Shira Caldwell, Mary Ruth Caldwell, Thomas Plummer Shira, and Robert Bruce Shira in the front
  		Back Row, Left to Right: Erla Estelle Brown Shira, Margaret (Madge) A. Shira McMichael, Ida Mary Shira Glen, Ruth Elizabeth Steintorf Shira, and Unknown. Elizabeth Jean Shira is the child in the front. Please contact the site manager at ssmims63@msn.com if you can identify any of the unknown people.
  		Unknown Group Photo; Erla Estelle Brown Shira is 2nd row from the back, seated on the far left side. Please contact the site manager at ssmims63@msn.com if you can identify any of the unknown people.
  		Erla Estelle Brown Shira, Unknown, and Thomas Plummer Shira
  		Left to Right: Samuel Franklin Shira, Thomas Plummer Shira, Robert Bruce Shira, Elizabeth Jean Shira, and Erla Estelle Brown Shira at home in Pennsylvania.
  		Thomas Plummer Shira and Erla Estelle Brown Shira On steps of new Methodist Church, Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma; under construction
  		Thomas Plummer Shira and Erla Estelle Brown Shira in San Diego, CA
  		Mabel Irene Brown Harward, Ethel Leola Brown Sutton, Angeline Brown Kelly, and Erla Estelle Brown Shira
  		Back Row, Left to Right: Elizabeth Williamson Brown, Mabel Irene Brown Harward, Erla Estelle Brown Shira, and Ethel Leola Brown Sutton. Front Row, Left to Right: Angeline Brown Kelly, Warren LeRoy Brown, and John Everett Brown.
  		Left to Right: Donald Brown Shira, Bruce Eugene Shirey, Erla Estelle Brown Shira, and Thomas Plummer Shira
  		Left to Right: Dorothy Elizabeth Shira, Erla Estelle Brown Shira, Bruce Eugene Shirey, and Elizabeth Jean Shira Shirey Please contact the site manager at ssmims63@msn.com if you can identify any of the unknown people.
  		Erla Estelle Brown Shira holding Sharon Lou Shira
  		Brown Gathering Left to Right: 1st person Thomas Plummer Shira, 2nd person Ethel Leola Moore Brown Sutton, 5th person Warren LeRoy Brown, 6th person Elsie Jane Bovard Brown, 9th from the left is Erla Estelle Brown Shira, 10th person John Everett Brown
  		Erla Estelle Brown Shira 3

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Thomas Plummer Shira and Erla Estelle Brown Marriage Record
  		Letter from Elizabeth Williamson Brown to Erla Estelle Brown Shira 1
  		Letter from Elizabeth Williamson Brown to Erla Estelle Brown Shira 2
  		Letter from Elizabeth Williamson Brown to Erla Estelle Brown Shira 3
  		Letter from Elizabeth Williamson Brown to Erla Estelle Brown Shira 4
  		Newspaper wedding announcement of Erla Estelle Brown and Thomas Plummer Shira
  		Post Card to Erla Estelle Brown Shira
  		Post Card to Erla Estelle Brown Shira 2
  		Sympathy note written to Erla Estelle Brown Shira after the death of her father, Henderson James "Henry" Brown 1
  		Sympathy note written to Erla Estelle Brown Shira after the death of her father, Henderson James "Henry" Brown 2
  		Sympathy note written to Erla Estelle Brown Shira after the death of her father, Henderson James "Henry" Brown 3
  		Newspaper article about the Shirey family and the Shira family. Names mentioned in the article: Clifford DeSoto Shirey, Maude Catherine Wise Shirey, Thomas Plummer Shira, Erla Estelle Brown Shira, Elizabeth Jean Shira Shirey, Bruce Eugene Shirey, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ryan, and Mr. and Mrs. H. C. DeLong.
  		Funeral Book for Erla Estelle Brown Shira 1
  		Funeral Book for Erla Estelle Brown Shira 2
  		Funeral Book for Erla Estelle Brown Shira 3
  		Obituary of Erla Estelle Brown Shira 1
  		Obituary of Erla Estelle Brown Shira 2
  		Obituary of Erla Estelle Brown Shira 3
  		Obituary of Erla Estelle Brown Shira 4
  		Brown and Shira Family Information Written by Unknown 1
  		Gloria Julene Hughey Shirey's notes on Thomas Plummer Shira and Erla Estelle Brown Shira

  
  

  Headstones		Shira, Family Headstone Dewey Cemetery, North of Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma; 2 mile road at highway 75
  		Left to Right: Shira, Thomas Plummer and Erla Estelle Brown Shira, Samuel Franklin Shira, Elizabeth Jean Shira Shirey Headstones Dewey Cemetery, North of Dewey, Washington, Oklahoma; 2 mile road at highway 75