1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Thomas A. BROWN (æ 14, b. MA) is living in Newburyport, Essex Co., MA, with his parents (q.v.).  Frances BLAKELY (æ 8, b. NY) is living in New York City (Ward 14), New York Co., NY (p. 163A), with her parents, John BLAKELY (æ 40, b. Ireland) & Margaret BLAKELY (æ 45, b. England).

3.  1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Thomas BROWN (æ 24, b. MA; reporter) is living in Philadelphia, PA, with his parents (q.v.).  Fanny BUCKLEY (æ 17, b. NY) is living in New York City (Ward 17), New York Co., NY (Roll M653_811, p. 645), with her mother, Marg. BUCKLEY (æ 58, b. England; seamstress), plus a boarder.

4.  1870 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #13 of 57):  New York P.O., New York City (Ward 8, 7th Dist.), New York Co., NY, Roll M593_981, p. 170A, PN 13, 46/110, enumerated 9 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Brown Allston	36	M	W	Agent Dramatic			Massachusetts
Fanny	28	F	W	Keeping house			N York
Beckley Margaret	70	F	W				England
Carrie	14	F	W				N York
Perry Rita	35	F	W				England

5.  1880 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 18):  28 Seventh Avenue, New York City (Ward 9), New York Co., NY, Roll 874, p. 105A, PN 1, SD 1, ED 177, enumerated 1 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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28

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Brown Thomas A

W

M

43

/

Dramatic Agent

MA

MA

MA

_____ Fannie

W

F

38

Wife

/

Keeping House

NY

Eng

Eng

_____ Thomas A

W

M

8

Son

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At School

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NY

MA

NY

Robinson Sarah

B

F

26

Wife

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Servant

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/

VA

VA

VA

________ Daniel B

B

M

10

Son

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Servant

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VA

VA

VA

*Seventh Avenue

6.  1890 U.S. Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

7.  1900 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find.

8.  1910 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 18):  1319 Fracker Street, Philadelphia City (Ward 42), Philadelphia Co., PA, Roll T624_1411, p. 240A, SN 2A, SD 1, ED 1069, enumerated 15 Apr 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1910:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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Brown George E

Head

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72

M1

38

MA

MA

MA

Eng

Watchmaker

Jewelry Store

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0

Y

Y

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_____ George E Mrs

Wife

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50

M1

38

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4

PA

PA

PA

Eng

None

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Y

_____ Col T Alston

Bro

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74

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MA

MA

MA

Eng

Own income

Y

Y

_____ Annie B

Dau

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W

37

S

PA

PA

PA

Eng

Milliner

OA

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Y

_____ Della H

Dau

F

W

25

S

PA

MA

PA

Eng

Stenographer & Nurse

Hospital

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N

0

Y

Y

*Fracker Street

There once was a Fracker Street in Philadelphia; it no longer seems to exist.

9.  Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1962 (online at Ancestry.com — indexed "Thomas Alberton Brown"):

How poignant, to have such fame and fortune, then die alone among strangers.

10.  Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records.  Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (online at Ancestry.com):

11.  Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):

Name	Thomas Brown*	Fanny Beckley Brown
Birth	unknown	1843
Death	Mar., 1918	Jan. 25, 1899 Manhattan, New York Co., NY
Note	Date may be interment or re-interment
Burial	Green-Wood Cemetery Brookyn, Kings Co., NY	The Evergreens Cemetery Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY
Memorial #	109890710	134944962

*This may be our subject (one of his sisters-in-law appears to be buried here, too).

12.  Anon.  9 Feb 1895.  "Obituary."  The New York Dramatic Mirror (attached to a Public Member Tree at Ancestry.com):

Margaret Beckley, mother-in-law of Colonel T. Allston Brown, died in this city on Jan. 28, at the advanced age of ninety-four years and eleven months.  She was burried on Jan. 30.

13.  Anon.  4 Apr 1918.  "Obituary."  The New York Times (New York City, NY):

COL. T. ALLSTON BROWN. Theatrical Historian and Veteran Manager Dies at 82.      T. Alston Brown, theatrical historian and retired manager, died at the home of his niece in Philadelphia on Tuesday.  Colonel Brown, as he was known to his friends, was born at Newburyport, Mass., on Jan. 16, 1836, and at the time of his retirment in 1906 was probably the oldest theatrical manager in America.  In the earlier part of his career Colonel Brown was the advertising agent for several circuses and was in 1860 manager of the famous Blondin, who crossed Niagara Gorge on a tightrope.      During his long connection with the stage Colonel Brown was editor of several dramatic publications.  In 1858 he founded The Tatler, in Philadelphia, a weekly paper devoted to the theatre, and was dramatic editor of The New York Clipper from 1864 to 1870.  From 1870 to the time of his retirement Colonel Brown was the manager of a dramatic agency in New York.  At one time he was the manager of Dion Boucicault.    Colonel Brown's first book, which appeared in 1869, was entitled "History of the American Stage."  His last book, "History of the New York Stage from 1732 to 1904," is said to be one of the most complete accounts of the development of the stage in America that has been written.      Colonel Brown was a member of the Amity Lodge, F. and A.M., and Mecca Temple.  He was one of the oldest Elks.

14.  Joseph Jackson.  1931.  Encyclopedia of Philadelphia. The National Historical Assoc., Harrisburg, PA.  4 vols. 1243 pp. (online at Ancestry.com):

Vol. I, p. 195

Brown, Thomas Allston, historian of the American stage, theatrical manager; publisher of The Tattler, Phila. (1858), editor of the New York Clipper (1863) (1835-1918).

15.  Anon.  1900.  Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year, 1899.  Third Series, Vol. IV.  D. Appleton & Co., New York, NY (online at books.google.com):

p. 578

Beckley, Fanny (Mrs. Thomas Allston Brown), actress, born in New York city, July 9, 1842; died there, Jan. 25, 1899.  She first appeared as a member of the Marsh troupe of children at the age of sixteen.  After two seasons with this traveling company she was for a time a member of Laura Keene's Varieties Theater, from which she went to play juvenile female parts with Edwin Forrest.  During the years 1861 and 1862 she was a member of a pantomime and ballet company, and in September, 1862, she married Mr. Brown, a journalist of New York city, author of a History of the American Stage.  After her marriage Miss Beckley retired to private live.

16.  T. Allston Brown (online at Wikipedia).

17.  Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).