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Name |
Brawn, George |
Born |
22 June 1860 |
Birthplace |
Lubec, Maine |
Father |
John Brawn (1829-1908) |
Mother |
Margaret Jane Brawn (1834-1913) |
Spouse |
Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Wood 1860-1920 |
Children |
Ralph Morrill Brawn 1883-1964 Guy F. Brawn 1887-1976 Nettie B. Brawn Hooper 1891-1971 Earl Robertson Brawn 1895-1983 |
Notes |
George and Lizzie Brawn moved to South Portland around 1911. They moved here from Port Clyde with two of their adult sons (Guy and Ralph), their daughter Nettie and her husband (Norman Hooper), and their son, Earl, who was still in high school. They were all experienced in canning sardines and were hired to run the E.W. Brown sardine factory here in South Portland. Around 1915, they partnered with Frank S. Willard to start the Brawn-Willard Company in Portland. They started their own sardine factory, The Brawn Co., in 1925 on Deake's Wharf in Portland; they incorporated on April 27, 1925, with $50,000 capital. When they felt they were being charged too much for the cans, George and Lizzie's son Guy (a machinist) designed machinery so that they could buy tin plate and punch out their own sardine cans. They opened a separate company for that in 1935, named Cushing's Manufacturing Co., also on Deake's Wharf, to handle the manufacturing of their own cans. Buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, South Portland, Maine |
Deceased |
21 Sept 1938 |
Deceased where |
South Portland, Maine |
