Ancestry of
Brandon Routh

TV and Movie Actor

Leigh Alfred Brown

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• • Great-grandfather of Brandon Routh — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 14 
  • Father:
  • Daniel Ephraim Brown 
  • Mother:
  • Viola Adelphia Ballou   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 Jul 1896 
  • Birth Location:
  • Prescott, Adams, Iowa 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 Mar 1969 
  • Death Location:
  • Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Denver Co., Colorado 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Edith Bell Brandon
  • Marriage Date:
  • 23 Aug 1917 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Camp Dodge, Johnston, Polk, Iowa 
  • Child:

  Viola Lorraine Brown (Ahnentafel No:7 )

  • Notes: 

  • World War I veteran

    Pvt Co K, 168 Infantry

• Sources for Leigh Alfred Brown

  • ¹ Federal Census, IA, Union County, 1930, Dodge, E.D. 88-6, Sheet 4A, Image 7 of 10.
  • ² Federal Census, IA, Adams County, 1900, Carl, E.D. 1, Sheet 4B, Image 8 of 18.
  • ³ Federal Census, IA, Madison County, 1940, Union, E.D. 61-24, Sheet 6A, Image 12 of 13.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 06/09/2019).
  • ⁵ Iowa, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1999, Birth record for Leigh A Brown.
  • ⁶ Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1947, Marriage record for Leigh A Brown and Edith B Brandon.
  • ⁷ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Claim record for daughter Viola Lorraine Brown.
  • ⁸ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Draft registration for Leigh Alferd [sic] Brown.
  • ⁹ Jillson, Myrtle M., The Ballous in America: An Addendum to the Original History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America, Woonsocket, Rhode Island: The Ballou Family Association of America (1942), 191, incorrectly gives Leigh's birth date as 05 JUL 1896.

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