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Helen Briggs <I>Runyon</I> Brett

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Helen Briggs Runyon Brett

Birth
New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
Death
13 Jan 1929 (aged 89)
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 4084, Section100
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Helen Briggs Runyon was born 1839 in New Brunswick, NJ, the 4th of 5 known surviving children (3 boys/2 girls) born to merchant and rubber manufacturer Clarkson Runyon Sr. and his wife, Matilda Carman Mundy.

She married October 19, 1865 to Rev. Cornelius Milledoler Brett, DD and was parents to 2 known children:

* Maud Runyon Brett (1867-1836), wife of Rev. William Henry Boocock, DD (1863-1923) of Buffalo, NY.

* Philip Milledoller Brett (1871-1960, President of Rutgers College (now University).

Helen was widowed in 1922 when her husband of 57 years passed at age 79. She survived him almost 7 years, passing at her daughter's home in Buffalo in 1929, a few months shy of her 90th birthday.

Helen Briggs Runyon was born 1839 in New Brunswick, NJ, the 4th of 5 known surviving children (3 boys/2 girls) born to merchant and rubber manufacturer Clarkson Runyon Sr. and his wife, Matilda Carman Mundy.

She married October 19, 1865 to Rev. Cornelius Milledoler Brett, DD and was parents to 2 known children:

* Maud Runyon Brett (1867-1836), wife of Rev. William Henry Boocock, DD (1863-1923) of Buffalo, NY.

* Philip Milledoller Brett (1871-1960, President of Rutgers College (now University).

Helen was widowed in 1922 when her husband of 57 years passed at age 79. She survived him almost 7 years, passing at her daughter's home in Buffalo in 1929, a few months shy of her 90th birthday.



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  • Added: Aug 25, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95923139/helen_briggs-brett: accessed ), memorial page for Helen Briggs Runyon Brett (10 May 1839–13 Jan 1929), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95923139, citing Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; Maintained by pbfries (contributor 46951237).