According to obituary posted in Lincoln County News, accessed online at www.lincolncountynews.com on 03/16/2008 the following biographical information was shared and is quoted/credited in regard to the life of Geneva:
Widow of Paul Revere Brown, died at her nephew's home. She had been the third and last child of Henry Adniram Sidelinger and Hortense Ardelia Trask, both of Nobleboro. Lincoln Academy class of 1936 graduate - where she played basketball and enjoyed local dances. After graduating, she lived in Kentucky with her father for three years, and returned to Boston. MA area. She worked as a cashier and a waitress. During World War II, she served U.S. Navy as a personnel supervision specialist at Oakland Naval Air Hospital, after boot camp in Hunter College in New York. In Boston after the war, Geneva worked for Montague Brown Co., a wholesale automotive paint and supply business. Geneva married Paul Revere Brown, son of the Brown partner of Montague-Brown, in 1953. After Howard Brown's death, Paul and Geneva ran the business. They moved to West Bridgewater, Mass. in 1973 to the home of Paul's grandfather, Paul Revere, the great-great grandson of the patriot. As direct descendant, Paul Brown officially represented the Revere family at ceremonies at The Old North Church.
Paul and Geneva sold the business and for 18 years, traveled to California working September to November for nephew Jim Barstow, in office and as a weighmaster, weighing trucks bringing in almond hulls, a dairy feed commodity. Geneva was the 13th generation descendant of Richard Warren, of the Mayflower. Paul's historic mural of West Bridgewater, Mass. hangs in the library. Active members of The First Church of West Bridgewater, Mass. Geneva also belonged to KA, a local women's organization formed during WWI.
In the fall of 2003, following the death of her husband of 50 years, Geneva sold the 165 year old, three-generation Revere-Brown home and moved to South Easton, Mass.
She was preceded in death by her sisters, Luella Barbieri of Florida and Faustina Barstow of California.
She is survived by five nieces and nephews, 18 great nieces and nephews, 30 great-great nieces and nephews and three great-great-great nieces and nephews in Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina and California for whom she has been the family mentor throughout her life. Geneva was the aunt and great aunt of Nobleboro residents, H.C. (Chester) Wright and Dale Wright and Jeaneen Carleton of Dresden.
Widow of Paul Revere Brown, died at her nephew's home. She had been the third and last child of Henry Adniram Sidelinger and Hortense Ardelia Trask, both of Nobleboro. Lincoln Academy class of 1936 graduate - where she played basketball and enjoyed local dances. After graduating, she lived in Kentucky with her father for three years, and returned to Boston. MA area. She worked as a cashier and a waitress. During World War II, she served U.S. Navy as a personnel supervision specialist at Oakland Naval Air Hospital, after boot camp in Hunter College in New York. In Boston after the war, Geneva worked for Montague Brown Co., a wholesale automotive paint and supply business. Geneva married Paul Revere Brown, son of the Brown partner of Montague-Brown, in 1953. After Howard Brown's death, Paul and Geneva ran the business. They moved to West Bridgewater, Mass. in 1973 to the home of Paul's grandfather, Paul Revere, the great-great grandson of the patriot. As direct descendant, Paul Brown officially represented the Revere family at ceremonies at The Old North Church.
Paul and Geneva sold the business and for 18 years, traveled to California working September to November for nephew Jim Barstow, in office and as a weighmaster, weighing trucks bringing in almond hulls, a dairy feed commodity. Geneva was the 13th generation descendant of Richard Warren, of the Mayflower. Paul's historic mural of West Bridgewater, Mass. hangs in the library. Active members of The First Church of West Bridgewater, Mass. Geneva also belonged to KA, a local women's organization formed during WWI.
In the fall of 2003, following the death of her husband of 50 years, Geneva sold the 165 year old, three-generation Revere-Brown home and moved to South Easton, Mass.
She was preceded in death by her sisters, Luella Barbieri of Florida and Faustina Barstow of California.
She is survived by five nieces and nephews, 18 great nieces and nephews, 30 great-great nieces and nephews and three great-great-great nieces and nephews in Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina and California for whom she has been the family mentor throughout her life. Geneva was the aunt and great aunt of Nobleboro residents, H.C. (Chester) Wright and Dale Wright and Jeaneen Carleton of Dresden.
According to obituary posted in Lincoln County News, accessed online at www.lincolncountynews.com on 03/16/2008 the following biographical information was shared and is quoted/credited in regard to the life of Geneva:
Widow of Paul Revere Brown, died at her nephew's home. She had been the third and last child of Henry Adniram Sidelinger and Hortense Ardelia Trask, both of Nobleboro. Lincoln Academy class of 1936 graduate - where she played basketball and enjoyed local dances. After graduating, she lived in Kentucky with her father for three years, and returned to Boston. MA area. She worked as a cashier and a waitress. During World War II, she served U.S. Navy as a personnel supervision specialist at Oakland Naval Air Hospital, after boot camp in Hunter College in New York. In Boston after the war, Geneva worked for Montague Brown Co., a wholesale automotive paint and supply business. Geneva married Paul Revere Brown, son of the Brown partner of Montague-Brown, in 1953. After Howard Brown's death, Paul and Geneva ran the business. They moved to West Bridgewater, Mass. in 1973 to the home of Paul's grandfather, Paul Revere, the great-great grandson of the patriot. As direct descendant, Paul Brown officially represented the Revere family at ceremonies at The Old North Church.
Paul and Geneva sold the business and for 18 years, traveled to California working September to November for nephew Jim Barstow, in office and as a weighmaster, weighing trucks bringing in almond hulls, a dairy feed commodity. Geneva was the 13th generation descendant of Richard Warren, of the Mayflower. Paul's historic mural of West Bridgewater, Mass. hangs in the library. Active members of The First Church of West Bridgewater, Mass. Geneva also belonged to KA, a local women's organization formed during WWI.
In the fall of 2003, following the death of her husband of 50 years, Geneva sold the 165 year old, three-generation Revere-Brown home and moved to South Easton, Mass.
She was preceded in death by her sisters, Luella Barbieri of Florida and Faustina Barstow of California.
She is survived by five nieces and nephews, 18 great nieces and nephews, 30 great-great nieces and nephews and three great-great-great nieces and nephews in Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina and California for whom she has been the family mentor throughout her life. Geneva was the aunt and great aunt of Nobleboro residents, H.C. (Chester) Wright and Dale Wright and Jeaneen Carleton of Dresden.
Widow of Paul Revere Brown, died at her nephew's home. She had been the third and last child of Henry Adniram Sidelinger and Hortense Ardelia Trask, both of Nobleboro. Lincoln Academy class of 1936 graduate - where she played basketball and enjoyed local dances. After graduating, she lived in Kentucky with her father for three years, and returned to Boston. MA area. She worked as a cashier and a waitress. During World War II, she served U.S. Navy as a personnel supervision specialist at Oakland Naval Air Hospital, after boot camp in Hunter College in New York. In Boston after the war, Geneva worked for Montague Brown Co., a wholesale automotive paint and supply business. Geneva married Paul Revere Brown, son of the Brown partner of Montague-Brown, in 1953. After Howard Brown's death, Paul and Geneva ran the business. They moved to West Bridgewater, Mass. in 1973 to the home of Paul's grandfather, Paul Revere, the great-great grandson of the patriot. As direct descendant, Paul Brown officially represented the Revere family at ceremonies at The Old North Church.
Paul and Geneva sold the business and for 18 years, traveled to California working September to November for nephew Jim Barstow, in office and as a weighmaster, weighing trucks bringing in almond hulls, a dairy feed commodity. Geneva was the 13th generation descendant of Richard Warren, of the Mayflower. Paul's historic mural of West Bridgewater, Mass. hangs in the library. Active members of The First Church of West Bridgewater, Mass. Geneva also belonged to KA, a local women's organization formed during WWI.
In the fall of 2003, following the death of her husband of 50 years, Geneva sold the 165 year old, three-generation Revere-Brown home and moved to South Easton, Mass.
She was preceded in death by her sisters, Luella Barbieri of Florida and Faustina Barstow of California.
She is survived by five nieces and nephews, 18 great nieces and nephews, 30 great-great nieces and nephews and three great-great-great nieces and nephews in Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina and California for whom she has been the family mentor throughout her life. Geneva was the aunt and great aunt of Nobleboro residents, H.C. (Chester) Wright and Dale Wright and Jeaneen Carleton of Dresden.
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