Further research shows his birth date as 13 Feb 1887, but both draft registers has him born on the 14th. The Family Search Site ( Birth Registrations for Massachusetts 1841-1915 has this info:
Massachusetts Births 1841- 1915
name: Timothy Brown
event: Birth
event date:13 Feb 1887
event place: Melrose, Massachusetts
father: Patrick Brown
mother: Mary Creeden
volume/page/certificate number:p207 #15
digital folder number: 4341208
--- In nscumber@yahoogroups.com, "exportednovascotian" <plane001@...> wrote:
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> Gerry, His draft registration cards for both World Wars list him as Timothy Francis/Frank Brown. WWI lists him as single. WWII wife Edith..
> Name: Timothy Francis Brown
> City: Melrose
> County: Middlesex
> State: Massachusetts
> Birthplace: Massachusetts,United States of America
> Birth Date: 14 Feb 1887
> Race: Caucasian (White)
> FHL Roll Number: 1684683
> Draft Board: 28
> WWI Draft Registration dated June 5 1917
> Occupation: General Accounts Manager Bay State Moulding Co., Malden, Mass.
>
> WWII Draft Registration:
> Name: Timothy Frank Brown
> Birth Date: 14 Feb 1887
> Birth Place: Melrose, Massachusetts
> Residence: Middlesex, Massachusetts
> Race: White
> Wife: Edith Brown
> Occupation: American Hyde and Leather Co.
>
> regards, Penny
>
> --- In nscumber@yahoogroups.com, Gerry Mattinson <gmattins@> wrote:
> >
> > Penny lists the mother of Timothy Francis Brown as Mary C. Brown.  The Massachusetts birth registration for Timothy Brown lists his mother as Mary (Creeden?) - that's perhaps where the "C" in Mary C. Brown came from.  Note, however, that I have not been able to verify the spelling of Mary's maiden name.
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> > Penny, do you recall where you learned that Timothy F. Brown's middle name was Francis?
> >
> > Gerry
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