OBIT: Name: Brainard, Nellie
Date: Feb 24 1942
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #009.
Notes: Brainard, Nellie--Beloved wile of the late Russell, mother of Mrs. Ollie Norris, grandmother and great-grandmother. Services Wednesday, Feb. 25, Riverside Cemetery Chapel at 4 p. m.

MARRIAGE: BLAKE, NELLIE C and BRAINARD, RUSSELL B 0018 0279

Nellie may be the sister of Russell's brother-in-law, Edwin Blake.

Her name might have been Helen or he had a second wife. 1898 deed for property ceded over to S. Brooklyn lists Russell's wife as Helen.

1. Ollie BRAINARD
2. Robert Leslie BRAINARD b. 1897; d. 13 Jun 1918, Chateau Thierry, France..

1. 1. Nellie C. BLAKE b. 17 Jun 1857; d. Feb 1942, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.