María Francisca Ruíz de Brown

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Gender: F
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Biographical details

The daughter of Francisco Ruiz and María del Carmen Ruiz, she married Thomas Brown in Cumaná in 1828. She was widowed in 1832 and in 1845, seeking compensation, she told the Cumaná courts that she had become "reduced to a state of extreme poverty, almost blind because of her sufferings, ànd only survived because of the occasional benevolence of her aunt." (Brown, 194)

Life Events

Married	1828	She married Thomas Brown.
Other	1832	She was widowed.
Other	1845	She petitioned the Cumaná courts for financial support.

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