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Tony and Mary Brabo were married for 82 years, reportedly the longest marriage in Marin County history. They died in 2011, at ages 99 and 100, respectively. Tony was born February 14, 1912 and Mary November 15, 1911, both in the Homestead Valley neighborhood of Mill Valley. Mary was the daughter of Manuel and Marie Brazil Bettencourt. Both families came from the Azores region of Portugal; Mary recalls speaking only Portuguese as a child. Tony and his seven brothers were orphaned when very young and worked at various dairy farms in an around Mill Valley. They married in July, 1929, having eloped to Alameda and recall watching the Great Mount Tam Fire ablaze as they returned to Marin. Tony bought a concrete mixer in the late '30s and after coming back from WWII in '45, he started what was to become a highly successful contracting business.
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204E7E17-48CD-4A5A-9A14-631822728408 2016.035.001
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American Distillery Azores Bettencourt, Fred Bettencourt, Joseph Bettencourt, Manual Bettencourt, Manual (Jr.) Bettencourt, Mary Bettencourt, Tony Blackie's Pasture Blood, Jim Bootlegging Brabo Construction Brabo, Beatrice Brabo, George Brabo, Loretta Brabo, Mary Brabo, Tony Brazil, Mary Brown's Hall Brown, Bill Brown, Hilda Construction Construction industry Cooper, John Cunha Ranch Dairy farming Depression (economy) Dias Ranch Dias, Jim Distilleries Dowd's Moving and Storage Earthquake Ezekial, Doc Ezekial, Patricia Farm life Farmers Ferrera, Louis Fostine, John Fostine, Manuel Frank's Valley George, Albert Gomez, Manny Hartwell, Ben Homestead boardwalks Homestead Grocery Homestead Hall Homestead School Homestead Valley Hunting Immigration King, Beatrice King, Joe Landmarks Society History Collection Marriage Mason's distillery McCurdy, Mary McCurdy, William Milking Muir Beach Muir Woods MV history - Interwar years MV history - WWI and WWII Okubara, Mirika Old Mill School Oral history - Local business Oral history - Natural disasters Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church Park School Pimental ranch Portugal Portuguese Prohibition Prohibition Police (prohibes) Quonsets Ranches Red Cart Market Rynders, Fred Santos, Joe Santos, Manuel Santos, William Shapiro, Herb Silva, Joaquin Silva, Mary Silva, Simiana Slide Ranch Stinson Beach Stinson Beach hot springs Summit School Tam Canyon slide Tamalpais High School Tennessee Valley Von der Werth, Albert World War I
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