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Letter, 6 September 1886
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Effie Laura Browne (born Manby) was born in March 1857 in Smethwick, Staffordshire, England. In 1878, she married Walter Raleigh Browne (1843-1884) in Hanover, Jamaica. They had two children during their marriage. In August 1884 she traveled with her husband to Canada to attend a meeting for the British Science Association. After they arrived in Montreal, he became ill and suffered from typhoid fever. He was taken to a hospital but died on 4 September 1884. Effie Laura died on April 10, 1941, in Bournstream, Gloucestershire, England.
Letter from Effie L. Browne to John William Dawson, written from College Green, Worcester.