The Frederick Browne Family
My mother flanked by Grandmother Celia (left) Grandmother’s sister, Gertrude
This wonderful bit of Goldfield, Nevada and fabulous old pictures are shared with our Society and our supporters by Frederick Browne’s granddaughter, Susan Stevens, of Lyons, Colorado.
In 1906 my mother, Frederica, was born in Goldfield as was my aunt Elizabeth in 1909. My mother was quite young when they lived there, so didn’t pass on memories of her time there, but told me one thing that she’d been told.
The story is that when she was born at home, the doctor attending the birth was drunk. After the delivery, he threw her on the couch and said, “This baby is dead!” Then, baby Frederica let out a wail!
Elizabeth and Frederica
Frederica, Elizabeth and Celia
Prince and Frederica
There was a time when Frederica needed a copy of her birth certificate, probably to get her teaching credentials in California. However, her birth certificate had burned up in a fire in Goldfield. Residents were asked if they remembered a certain baby born there in 1906. Apparently enough did because she got her teaching credential!
Both my mother and my Aunt Elizabeth were born in this little house located at 101 S. Bellevue in Goldfield. The house went through some rough times but it still stands. After many owners it has been renovated and is currently owned and occupied full time by a local gentleman. Photo far right taken in April 2024.
Little house located at 101 S. Bellevue in Goldfield, 1907.
House located at 101 S. Bellevue in Goldfield, today.
My mother was named after my grandfather, Frederick E. Browne. He and my grandmother, Celia, lived in Goldfield from about 1905 until 1910. They moved from Aspen, Colorado where my grandfather was raised and where he worked as a mining engineer. The family moved from Goldfield to Hart, CA in about 1910 where my grandfather continued his career as a mining engineer in a gold mine there. Both of my grandparents passed away in 1963.
Grandfather and his daughters
Frederick Browne mounted on Prince
Prince
Editor’s Note: Browne F E mining engr is listed on page 47 of the Goldfield Directory 1907-1908. His office was in the Nixon Block Bldg, #46
