Marie and Brown had two children

 

Marie Van Brittan Brown

 (October 30, 1922 – February 2, 1999)

 

 Marie Van Brittan Brown's father was born in Massachusetts and her mother was from Pennsylvania. Both were African-American.^[4] Brown and her husband lived at 151-158 & 135th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, New York.^[5] 

 

 She worked as a nurse and her husband was an electrician, so they did not always have normal hours or simultaneously work. Her mother, father, and grandmother all had the nickname "Dee Dee". She didn't have any siblings.^[6] 

 

Marie and Brown had two children. Their daughter, followed in her mother's footsteps and became a nurse and inventor.^[4]