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Buffalo NY Courier Express - 8/30/1960

TRIO REUNITED - Two
Buffalo area brothers were
reunited over the weekend
with a third brother whose
46-year existence had been
unknown to them.
"I was stunned! when I
learned I had a brother who
was adopted as an infant,"
Benjamin W. Browning of 72
McKinley Dr., Derby, said
. yesterday.
He referred to hl hitherto-unknown
brotherf Kenneth
Herdegen, 46, of 14 Franklin
St., Batavia. Herdegen's
existence came to light Sunday
evening in a dramatic
visit to a third brother, Ed-
ward L. Browning, 47 Falconer
St., North Tonawanda.
AMAZED-Later they called
on Benjamin who was
amazed at the striking resemblence
of his and Kenneth's
features.
"One good look at him convinced
me he was my brother,"
added Benjamin, who is
16 months younger than Kenneth.
According to Benjamin, his
"unknown" brother also was
named Benjamin Browning at
his birth Dec. 1, 1913.
SPURRED BY FATHER-
His father, the late Walter
G. Browning, spurned the infant.
The mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Tesch Browning, turned
the child over to her mother,
a Mrs. Tesch, who lived above
the Brownings on Broad St.,
Tonawanda. The child's adoption
followed several months
later.
The foster parents, Mr. and
Mits. Herdegen of Batavia,
named the child Kenneth Herdegen.
the name he has retained.
Herdegen and his
wife, Margery, art the parents
of two sons and a daughter.
TO VISIT STEPSISTER-
"We intend to see a lot of
each other," Benjamin Browning
said. A visit to their
stepsister, Mrs. C h a r l es
Harms of 149 Pint St., North
Tonawanda, is set for Labor
Later, they'll get together
with a stepbrother, Walter
F. Browning, 800 E. Robinson
St., North Tonawanda,
added Benjamin, a Trico
Products Corp. metal molder.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 3/26/1936

Walter G. Browning, 55 years
old, died suddenly last night at
his home, 64 William street. Born
in Williamsville, he had resided in
Tonawanda for the past 50 years.
He leaves a wife, Irene L., nee
Eaton: three sons, Walter F., Edward
F. and Benjarfin W.; three
daughters, Mrs. Charles Harms
and the Misses Lillian G. and
Mary R., and three grandchildren,
all of the Tonawandas. Last rites
will be conducted Saturday at 1.30
p.m. from the residence. Burial
will be in the White Chapel Memorial
Park.

Walter + TESCH, Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frederick + Jennie. Jennie was born about 1858 in Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]