CHRISTENING: Roman Catholic Church Records, St. Augustine Parish Church, Florida, White Baptisms II, 1792-1799, page 38, entry 169. Margarita Francisca Juliana Ponz, born 7 January 1794. Baptized 11 January 1794. Daughter of Juan Ponz, n ative of Mahon, Isla de Menorca, and Juana Andreu, native of San Augustin. Godparents: Autonio Joesph Alberty and Francisca Alberty, San Augustin. Prest: Miguel O'Reilly.

DEATH: Roman Catholic Church Records, St. Augustine Parish Church, Florida, Deaths II, 1809-1882, page 190, entry 7. Margaretta Canova, age about 80, died 10 February 1875. Buried in the parish cemetery. Priest: Henry Peter Clavreul.

Philip Weedman

< Mary E. Weedman < Germana Susana (Susan) Weedman
					Carlos Weedman
			Philip Weedman
			deat: 25 NOV 1839 plac: killed by Indians Maria Barbara Antonia Hinsman marr: 1804 birt: 1786 plac: Saint Augustine, Florida
					Paula Landerfain

Notes:

Maria Barbara Antonia Hinsman

< Mary E. Weedman < Germana Susana (Susan) Weedman
					Anthony Hinsman
			Maria Barbara Antonia Hinsman
			birt: 1786 plac: Saint Augustine, Florida Philip Weedman marr: 1804 deat: 25 NOV 1839 plac: killed by Indians
					Eleonora Genoply

John Christopher Brown

< W H Brown < A R Brown Nena C Brown Sidney Brown < Pauline E Brown < Frances Jeanette Brown < Charles Moses Brown < Robert Edward Brown
					John Peter Brown
			John Christopher Brown
			birt: 12 FEB 1836 deat: 15 JAN 1902 Matilda Adeline Haskins marr: birt: 20 OCT 1833 plac: Charleston, S C deat: 12 JUN 1904 plac: Mandarin, Florida
					Nancy Bowden

Notes:

Mr. John C. Brown, an old and respected citizen of Mandarin, died at his home Wednesday very suddenly, having been sick only two days. The immediate cause of his death was due to an acute attack of heart trouble, together with an affecti on of the kidneys, from which he had been a sufferer for the last twenty years. Mr. Brown was appointed postmaster at Mandarin before the Civil War, which position he held for more than twenty years, including service both before and after t he war, finally resigning this position on account of his failing health. He also served one term as county commisioner of Duval county, and was for many years proprietor of the largest store in Mandarin.

He served faithfully in the last war, and when that struggle was over he was for years an important factor in re-establishing the homes and happiness of the community in which he lived. He would have been 66 years old has he lived until next month. He leaves a wife and two sons, R. E. Brown, of New Jersey, and C. M. Brown, of the government engineering corps, now stationed at Key West. His daughters, Mrs. P. J. Canova, of Green Cove Springs; Mrs. Lellaron, Mrs A. R. Doran a nd Miss Nina Brown, of Jacksonville, and Mrs. W. H. Storms of Mayport, are left, besides Miss Sidney Brown, who was living at home with him. His brothers, M. J. Brown and Thomas Brown, and one sister, Mrs. H. Harold, all of Mandarin. He has been all his life a consistent member of the Catholic church at Mandarin, from which the funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. Thus closes a long and honorable life spent within the borders of the quiet village of Mand arin where his loss will be greatly felt. The heartfelt sympathy of the entire community goes out to his family in their loss.

Matilda Adeline Haskins

< W H Brown < A R Brown Nena C Brown Sidney Brown < Pauline E Brown < Frances Jeanette Brown < Charles Moses Brown < Robert Edward Brown
			Matilda Adeline Haskins
			birt: 20 OCT 1833 plac: Charleston, S C deat: 12 JUN 1904 plac: Mandarin, Florida John Christopher Brown marr: birt: 12 FEB 1836 deat: 15 JAN 1902

Notes:

Death of Mrs. Matilda A. Brown.

Mrs Matilda A. Brown, (ne Haskins) widow of the late J, C, Brown, Died at her home in Mandarin at 2:30 o'clock Sunday morning the 12th inst.

She had been a patient sufferer for several years, but her complaint was not considered dangerous until about ten days before her death it assumed a serious nature, she grew worse rapidly and her physician advised that her children be no tified at once of her condition as he entertained no hopes of her recovery. All that medical skill could od was of no avail she grew gradually worse until the end came.

She was born in Charleston, S C, October, 20th 1833, six years after, her parents moved to St. Augustine, shortly after this her mother died and her father enlisted in the Indian War and died also in 1851, leaving her and two brothers, J ames and William, orphans. At the age of 16, on the 5th day of July 1851, she and her brothers were taken to Tampa by their uncle Vincent Leonardy, two years later she returned to St. Augustine on a visit and while there was invited by her c ousin, Mrs. Mary Bowden to visit her at Mandarin.

It was during this visit that she met her husband, Mr. J. C. Brown, it was love at first sight and they were married in a short while after, living the rest of her life and dieing on the spot where they were married. She was a widow only a short while, her husband having died January 15, 1902.

She is survived by six daughters and two sons; Mr. C. M. Brown, of May Port, Mr. R. E. Brown of New York, Mrs. W. H. Stormes and Mrs. A. R. Doran of Panama Part, Mrs. P. E. LeBaron and Miss Nena C. Brown of Jacksonville, Miss Sidney Brow n of Mandarin, and Mrs. P. J. Canova of Green Cove Springs. She was surrounded by all of her children at her death and the scene at the death bed was touching beyond description.

There was never a mother more loved by her children than she, nor a family more affectionate and loving to each other than they. She was loved by all who knew her and the esteem in which she was held can only be judged by the host of fri ends who called with beautiful floral offerings, to pay their last respects to the dead, and the long procession which followed her to her last resting place.

She was always a devout member of the Catholic Church. Her last words to the priest were, "I have always tried to live an honest, truthful, virtuous and christian life," which was highly commented upon by him. She will be missed by her m any friends as she was charitable especially to the sick.

Her interment took place Monday at 10 o'clock in the Catholic Cemetry at Mandarin, Rev. Father Baum Gartner officiating.

John Peter Brown

M J Brown Thomas Brown < H Brown < John Christopher Brown
			John Peter Brown
			birt: 17 MAR 1806 deat: 12 JAN 1852 plac: Picolata, Florida Nancy Bowden marr: birt: 14 OCT 1812

Notes:

Description: Drowning

Nancy Bowden

M J Brown Thomas Brown < H Brown < John Christopher Brown
			Nancy Bowden
			birt: 14 OCT 1812 John Peter Brown marr: birt: 17 MAR 1806 deat: 12 JAN 1852 plac: Picolata, Florida

< Charles Miguel Fairbanks < Edmund Usina Fairbanks < Anthony Mead Fairbanks < Franklin Neligan Fairbanks < Antonica Usina Fairbanks < Camilla Agnes Fairbanks
							Franklin Tinkham Fairbanks
					Charles Franklin Fairbanks
							Susan Cony Stewart
			Charles Edwin Fairbanks
			birt: 16 DEC 1872 plac: Savannah, Georga deat: 4 DEC 1920 plac: Chester, PA|Cancer Antonica Maria Usina marr: 19 JUN 1901 plac: Savannah, Georgia birt: 21 OCT 1877 plac: Savannah, Georga deat: 11 FEB 1966 plac: Mobile, Alabama
							John Howard Mead
					Mary Priscilla Mead
							Mary Elizabeth Chesson

Notes:

It is believed that one of his first jobs after he married was with the Long Island Telephone Company. It was after that he worked for Edison. He installed a phone on the wall for the family to use, but at the time it took a nickle to ma ke it operate. In the event of a problem, his wife would leave an extra nickel for the colored woman to use on the phone if needed.

< Charles Miguel Fairbanks < Edmund Usina Fairbanks < Anthony Mead Fairbanks < Franklin Neligan Fairbanks < Antonica Usina Fairbanks < Camilla Agnes Fairbanks
							Domingo Anthony Usina
					Michael Philip Usina
							Antonica Arnau
			Antonica Maria Usina
			birt: 21 OCT 1877 plac: Savannah, Georga deat: 11 FEB 1966 plac: Mobile, Alabama Charles Edwin Fairbanks marr: 19 JUN 1901 plac: Savannah, Georgia birt: 16 DEC 1872 plac: Savannah, Georga deat: 4 DEC 1920 plac: Chester, PA|Cancer
							Michael Neligan
					Camilla Luciana Neligan
							Melchora Balbina de Node

Notes:

She was the youngest of 8 children.

She said you didn't need to be dirty to be poor. She was raised in a well to do environment, but not in luxury. A colored woman would cook her 3 meals a day. When she was married in Savanah, she moved to North NJ where her husband had a job. She lived for a short time in a bording house because she didn't know how to cook. In just 19 years she was a widow, but she knew how to be a business woman to manage the house and take care of their 6 children. She was always "the lady " through out. She got the 4 boys through college, and the boys earned their way. She turned out to be a marvelous business women. She moved everyone to a smaller house when her husband died. Her son Miguel's first paycheck was used to hire a colored woman to come and clean the house and wash clothes, because from that point she had raised the 6 children by herself. It was in the 1932's which were in the days of the depression when she raised the kids, so things did not come ea sy. She didn't like to cook, because it was not of her upbringing, however she did cook for the kids.

She once bought a house in Ocean City and rented the lower floor while she lived with the kids in the upper floor. Her sister (Dena) would come and visit at this house, along with "Uncle George" for a time. They lived with the family for a time as well which made it hard. Uncle George stoked the furnace when needed, which Antonica wasn't able to do. The boys went to college in Swarthmore, except for Neligan who went to Drexal in Philadelphia.

In her later years she loved craft work. A bedspread was handed down that she knitted, also loved to sew and paint on cloth.

Lillian Jean Fairbanks Antonica Louise Fairbanks < Joan Fairbanks < Michael Fairbanks
							Charles Franklin Fairbanks
					Charles Edwin Fairbanks
							Mary Priscilla Mead
			Anthony Mead Fairbanks
			birt: 19 APR 1906 deat: 15 OCT 1998 Mary Louise Sheu marr: birt: 13 OCT deat: 5 AUG 2000
							Michael Philip Usina
					Antonica Maria Usina
							Camilla Luciana Neligan

Notes:

These notes are taken from "Down One Diamond" by Michael Fairbanks (c) 1979:

In the early thirties, Tony (Anthony) Fairbanks was one of the founding members of the Cleveland (Ohio) Balloon Club . He was 27 years old and an aeronautical engineer. Other members were Milford F. Vanik and George Hineman. Each owned h is own 35,000 cubic foot balloon, and both men had been flying balloons for several years. Tony's introduction to the sport was with Milford Vanik on a ten-hour flight from Cleveland, Ohio, to Buffalo, New York, on September 13, 1931.